The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-11
THE CHARTER OF INCORPORA.
TON OF THE MARYLAND
PLANTING COMPANY.

T.. The corporate title Of said cor
poration is The Maryland Planting Com
pany.
q. The names of the incorporators
are:
r. Gidwitz, p~ostofice. Schlater, Mis-
siSsippi.
]. Gidwitz, postoAice. sehlater, Mis-
sissippi.
NJ. Gidwitz, postofice. SchIater, Mis-
sissippi.
R. b, SchIater, postofice, Schlater,
Mississippi.
NJ. l.. Holland, postofice, Schlater,
Mississippi.
3. The domiciIe is at Schlater, Mis-
sissippi.
4. Amount Of capital stock Fifty
Thousand Dollars $50. 900 ,00.)
5. The par value of shares is One
Hundred Dollars ($l00. 0O.D
6. The period Of existence mot to
exceed fifty years. is so years.
T. The purpose for which it is Great
ed is: To acquire, own, hold and enjoy
and sell agricultural lands, and timber
lands. and other lands in Leflore Coun-
Ity, and in other counties of
Mississippi; to own, buy, sell, and
deal in for cash or on credit all kinds
and character Of goods, wares, mer-
chandise, and personal property; to OPP
crate one or more saw-mills and other
wood working or woodenware manu-.
featuring plants or industries Of every
kind; to operate or more plants or
industries or factories for the prepare.
ton 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 deriya'
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 to do a general mercantile business;
and in general, to purchase, lease, or
otherwise acquire, and to own, hold, de-
veIOp, cultivate and operate, and to
sell, lease or otherwise dispose of one
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
| ($l5, COO Dollars Of the capital stock
has been, in good faith subscribed, the
said corporation may organize, at first
meeting Of the subscribers which may
be called for that purpose by . notice
in writing Of the time and the place OF
such meeting, signed by n or more
Of the above-named incorpOrators anc
mailed or delivered to each subscriber
at least ten days prior to the time de
signated for such meeting, and may a.
any time thereafter, begin business
when the sum of Fifteen Thousand
1915, 000) Dollars is paid into said cor
poration by the said subscribers, Of
any of them.
The officers of said corporation shall
be a president, a vice-president, a sec.
rotary and a treasurer, all of whor
shall be elected by the board of direc
tors and shall have and exercise suct
authority, and such only, as may be-
prescribed by the bylaws Of said cor
poration or the resolutions of the boarc
of directors or stockholders.
The management and control Of tn.
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 as may be prescribed by the by.
laws and shall be elected by the sale
stockholders for the term of Office fxeC
by the said bylaws and subject to th'
right, which shall remain vested in tht
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 corpor
alton, except in instance where it il
otherwise provided by law or the by
laws of the corporation, may exercise
any and all the powers of said corpora
ton as fully and completely as NIGH
the stockholders,
The stockholders may from time tt
time adopt any and all bylaws needfu
or proper for the welfare or convenience
Of said corporation, or by them deemed
necessary or %expedient, 80 long as tbs
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 o,
Chapter "a, Mississippi Code, 1906.
r. GIDWITZ,