The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-04
THE CHARTER OF INCORPoRA.
TON or THE MARYLAND
PLANTING COMPANY.

/. The c~o-po~,'r title Of said cor
~poration is Tie .arylAEd Planting Com
psny.
are:
r. Gidwitz. p~ostofice. Schlater, Mis-
sissippi.
J. Gidwitz, postoffcs, Sehlater, Mis-
sissippi.
NJ. Gidwita, ~Postofice, schlater, Mis-
sissippi. 49,,
R. b. Schlater, postofice, SchIater,
Mississippi. 49,,
M. l.. Holland, ~postofiee, Schlater,
Mississippi.
sissippi.
4. Amount Of capital stock Fifty
thousand Dollars $3.50. 600. CO.,
8. The par value Of shares is One
Hundred Dollars CSl00.m.l
G.. The period Of existence mot TO
exceed fifty years. is 50 wears.
7. The purpose for which il Is Great
ed is: To acquire. own. hold and enjoy
and sell agricultural lands, and timber
lands, and other lands in Leh0re Coun-
", Mississippi; to own, buy, sell, and
deal in for cash or on credit all kinds
and character OF goods. wares. mer-
chandlse, and personal property; to OPP
crate one or more saw-mills and other
woodworking or w~oodenware manu-
featuring plants or industries of every
kind; 70 operate n OF more plants or
industries or factories for the prepare
ti,n for market or the manufacture Of
cotton. cotton seed, grain, foods, feed
stuffs Of every kind. fruits, vegetables,
and any and all other crops and fruits OF
the soil, and the products and deriva-
tiyes Of any and all Of them; to operate
one or more commissaries and stores TO
carry on. deal in for cash or on credit,
and t. do a general mercantile business;
and in general, to purchase. lease, or
otherwise acquire, and To own, hold, de-
yelop. cultivate and operate, and to
sell. lease or otherwise dispose of M
or more plantations, plantation proper
ty of every kind, farm lands, timber
lands, and other lands, and to do any
and all things incident or pertaining to,
connected with, or necessary or proper
for, the conduct and furtheranCe Of the
industries and business aforesaid.
At any time after Fifteen Thousand
1915, O00I Dollars Of the capital stock
has been, in good faith subscribed, the
said corporation may organize, at a first
meeting of the subscribers which may
be called for that purpose by a notice
in writing Of the time and the place of
| such meeting, signed by n or more
| Of the aboye-named incorporators and
mailed or delivered to each subscriber
at least ten days prior to the time de-
signated for such meeting, and may at
any time thereafter, begin business
when the sum of Fifteen Thousand
($l5. 600 Dollars is paid into said cor
Doration by the said subscribers, or
any of them.
The officers of said corporation shall
be a president, a vice-president, a sec
rotary and a treasurer, all of whom
shall be elected by the board of direc-
tors and shall have and exercise such
authority, and such only, as may be
prescribed by the bylaws of said cor
poratiOn or the resolutions Of the board
of directors or stockholders.
Inc management dIlu COtlITbl VI VIC
| business and affairs of said corporation
shall be vested in the board Of directors
Of said said corporation, which shall
consist Of such number of the stock.
holders AZ may be prescribed by the by
laws and shall be elected by the said
stockholders for the term of office fixed
by the said bylaws and subject to the
| right, which shall remain vested in the
| said stockholders, Of removal in such
manner as may be prescribed by the
said bylaws Of the said corporation.
The Board of Directors of the corp0r-
alton, except in instance where it is
otherwise provided by law OF the by
laws of the corporation, may exercise
any and all the powers of said corpora
ton as fully and completely as might
the stockholders.
The stockholders may from time to
time adopt any and all bylaws needful
or proper for the welfare or convenience
of said corporation, or by them deemed
necessary or %expedient, so long as the
same are not violative of the provisions
of this charter nor contrary to law.
8. The rights and powers that may
be exercised by this corporation are
those conferred by the provisions Of
Chapter "a, Mississippi Code, 1906.
r. GIDWITZ,
j. GIDWITZ,
AZ