The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-05-31
CHARTER
OF
Roanoke Farmers Telephone
Company.
United STATES OF AMERICA,


' Parish Of Calcasieu)
d BE IT KNOWN That on this. the 9th da
e Of April, i'll the year of our Lord one thonsan
n nine hundred and twelve tl912) before me-
p. Russell, Jr., Notary Public in and for th
. SAID Parish and State, duly commissioned AN
! qualified, and on this day personally cam
and appeared J. NJ. Booze, Z. Z. Mcmillan AM
J II. b. Compton, all residents OF aforesai,
Parish and State. who declared unto me
Notary, in the presence Of the two under
signed witnesses. that desiring to avail them
selves of the laws Of Louisiana, relative to the
formation Of corporations, and to acquire anC
enjoy the rights, privileges and powers of 8
body corporate and polite in law, they dc
hereby form themselves into such corpora
ton and body polite under the name and
style and for the purpose hereinafter SET
forth, viz:
ARTICLEI.
The name and title Of the corporation here
formed shall be the ROANOKE FARMERS
TELEPHONE COMPANY, and its domicile
and principal place Of business is hereby fixed
at Roanoke, Ca!caseu Parish State of Louisi-
ana. The President, and in his absence the
Vice-President Of the corporation is hereby
declared to be the proper person whom service
Of citation and other legal process shall be
made. The first Board OF Directors shall con-
slst OF the following stockholders. to-wit: j..
NJ. Booze, President; L. 7. Clayton, Vice
President; f. f. Mcmillan, Treasurer; Z. f.
/ Mcmillan, Secretary: who shall hold their Of
flee until the first Monday Of April, 1912, or
until their successors shall have been duly
elected. The officers Of said corporation shall
! be vested with the power and authority and
duties usually vested in officers holding such
offices III corporations. The President is
authorized to execute any and all bonds, atfi-
davlts or other instruments that may be
necessary in any legal proceedings in which
the corporation may be Il party. The Board
| OF Directors shall have full control Of all the
property OF the corporation, and shall conduct
manage and use the same in the manner in
which the business of the Corporation may be
best carried ont, and the promotion Of its
welfare most certainly secured They shall
have the right to hire and fix the salaries and
wages Of the employees and to name and al
point all agents, employees and laborerers
necessary for the successful operation of the
business of the Corporation. The Board of
Directors shal have full power and authority
10 frame and adopt such bylaws as in their
Judgment the best interests Of this Corpora
tlon may require, Immediately after their
election each year, the Board of Directors
shall meet and organize by electing the Off
GERS of the Corporation from among their
number.
ARTICLE II.
Under its corporate name this CORPORATION
shall have the power to contract, sue and be
sued; to make and to use corporate seal: to
buy, sell, own, lease, pledge or hypothecate
property real, personal and mixed, and
generally to do and perform all acts and
things that may he necessary. legal and prop
er to carry ont the objects and purposes for
which this Corporation is organized.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which this !
CORPORATION is established and the nature of
the business to be carried on by it are declared
to be as follows: To own, construct. main |
tain and operate system of telephone lines
for the use OF the inhabitants of the Town Of |
Roanoke and the Parish of CalcRsieu, and |
other Cities, Towns and Parishes of the State !
OF Louisiana, and generally to do any and all
things incidental to or necessary for the SHE
cessful maintainence and operation of the
above line Of business.
ARTICLE ".
This corporation shall enjoy succession by !
It's corporate name and shall possess all of the |
powers incident to and vested in corporations |
under the laws Of the State of Louisiana fora
term OF Ninety nine years from the date Of
this act unless sooner dissolved according to
law.
ARTICLEy.
The authorized capital stock of this Corno-
ration is hereby fixed at Seven Thousand
$4,000 Dollars divided into Two (2OO) bund-
req shares OF the par value of Thirtyfive
$4,000 Dollars each. This CORPORATION shall
be authorized to begin business as such as
soon as len Shares OF capital stock shall
have been subscribed and paid Tor. No stock
snail be issued for less than its par value. and
not until 1t sha have been fully paid for in
cash or its equivalent, Or by services rendered
to the corporation. The capital stock of this
ASSOCIATION shall be non .aSsessible and shall
be issued at such times and in snch amonnts
as the Board of Directors may determine
ARTICLE VI.
The corporation powers of this CORPORATION
snail be vested III and exercised by Board Of
DIRECTORS to be composed of --- stock
Dolders, who shall be elected at the animal
meeting of the stockholders, which shau ho
held ON the first Monday of the month Of
April OF each year, beginning with tho first
Monday OF the month of April, in the YEAR
l9l2. AT all stockholders meetings. all a,oc.
ions shall be by ballot, each stockholder he
ng entitled to one vote for each share of
took owned by him. Each stakeholder shall
'e entitled to vote, whether in person or bv
written proxy. Notice of all meetings If
tockholders shall be given by sending no
ice by registered mail to each stockholder It
lis or her last known postoffice address Of
east fifteen days prior to the meeting dasig-
lated.
ARTICLE VII,
lhe officers of this CORPORATION shall Ia
resident, Vice-president, a Secretarv ona
treasurer, and the Offices Of Secretarv ora .
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