St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-04-13
OF
The George Champagne Co."
State of Louisiana,
Pnr.ish Of ST nndrv

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Parish of st. Landry.
Before me, Chas. @. Dejean, a notary
public, duly commissioned and quali-
fed in and for the parish of st. Landry,
State of Louisiana, and in the presence
of the undersigned lawful witnesses,
personally appeared:
George Champagne, of the Parish OF
st. Martin, Louisiana, Mrs. Camella
Champagne assisted and authorized by
her husband Albert E. Resweber, of
the Parish of st. Landry, Louisiana,
and Louis Champagne of the Parish OF
st. Martin, Louisiana, who declared
that hereby availing themselves of the
laws of this State, and especially of the
provisions of Act rs of the General As
sembly of the State of Louisiana, OF the
year 1904, relative to the formation and
organization of corporations in this
State, to carry on the business herein
after stated and enumerated, and to
acquire the rights, privileges and power
of a body corporate and polite IN law,
they do hereby form themselves into
such a corporation under the name and
style and for the purposes and ousl-
ness hereinafter set forth, viz:
The name and style of this corpora
ton shall be the George Champagne
Company"
The object and purposes of the said
corporation shall be to carry on a gene
raj mercantile business, buying, selling,
and trading for goods and merchandise,
selling on commission or otherwise,
making advances on crops, or other
wise, loaning or borrowing money with
or without pledges or mortgages; buy
ing. selling or leasing real estate; buy
ing established business, or selling
same, and in general doing and per-
forming all such acts and things, and
transacting all such business in con-
nection with the foregoing objects and
purposes, not inconsistent with or con-
trary to law.
The domicile of this corporation shall
be at Port Barre, st. Landry Parish,
Louisiana, citation and other legal
process shall be served on its President,
and in his absence on it's Vice Presi-
dent, and in the manner prescribed by
law.
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be eight thousand dollars ($8,000)
divided into eighty (90) shares of one
hundred dollars ($1G000) each, to be paid
for at the time of its issuance. And
this corporation shall commence BUSH
ness whenever fifteen hundred dollars
of its capital stock shall have been
subscribed and paid for.
The officers and managers of this
corporation shall be a President, a vice.
President and a Secretary-Treasurer,
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pose and constitute the Board OF D1-
rectors Of the said corporation; and
they shall be elected from the stock
holders of this corporation, for a term
of one year, and serve until the cleo
ton of their successors; said annual
election shall be held Oh the secoud
Monday of January at the othce OF this
corporation and between the hours OF
nine a. m. and fonr p. m. The said
Board of Directors shall have full
power to adopt all such bylaws, not
contrary to law or this charter, that
may be necessary for the carrying on
of the business INT branches of BUSH
| ness, as above set forth, of this corpora
ton also to fix the salaries and wages
OF its employees and officers to I'LL all
vacancies on the said Board and in said
| offices. Until the election of the said
officers and Board of Directors on the
second Monday of January, "A. d. 1918
nineteen hundred and thirteen1, Geo.
| Champagne shall be the President,
Louis Champagne shall be the vice.
president and (Mrs.) Camelia Cham
payne shall be the Secretary-Treas-
nrer, and they shall constitute and
compose the Board OF directors until
that time.
No stakeholder of this corporation
shall ever be held liable or responsible
| for the contracts, debts OF faults of the
said corporation. in any further sum
than the unpaid balance, il any, due to
the corporation on the shares by him
subscribed for.
This corporation shall exist for a
term of twenty-five years (251 from this
date; and at the dissolution of the same
by the expiration ofitscharter or other
| wise, the affairs thereof shall be liqui-
dated and settled by two liquidators to
be elected by q majority of its stock
holders, at an election specially called
for the purpose after thirty (30) days
notice to that effect, by publication IN 9
newspaper published at Opelousas, ST
Landry parish, Louisiana, and also by
written notices sent by registered mail
to ali of the stockholders of this COR
poration, at their usual and known adj
dresses.
Transfers of stock shall be made on
the books of this corporation, at its of.
fee; and no sale or transfer OF he's same
shall be made by the n thereof
nor be valid, unless sixty (60) days
written notice of the intention to trans
fer the said stock, shall have been given
to the President. Vice-president and tt
the Secretary-Treasurer of this corpo
ration, and unless this corporation OF
any of its stockholders shall fall with
in said term of sixty days from receipt
of said notices, to purchase the sale
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offered therefor by any one not q stock
holder, and if no price be thus offered
then at the book value of such stock OF
hstocks; the intent of this clause being
tn at this corporation or its stockhold.
ers shall have the preference over out
siders to purchase the stock thereof as
aforesaid.
Done and passed at Port Barre, La.
on this Goth day of March, A. d. 1917, in
the nresence of M essrs. John Burlpigh
and Anthony Patin competent ano
lawful witnesses who haye signed
these presents with the above named
appearers and me Notary, after due
reading of the whole.
CHAS. o. DEJEAN, Notary Public.
Witnesses: Anthony Patin, John
Burleigh.
List of subscribers:
Geo. Champagne,
Subscribe for nine ~ shares.
Louis Champagne,
SnhSpriha for one IN share