St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-05-04
OF
The George Champagne Co."
State of Louisiana,

Parish Oh Sbs ANAu1 ys3
Before me, Chas. @. DeJean, q notary
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. Camei1a
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 70 of the Genera 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 heTelns
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 lame ana
style and for the purposes and bus1-
ness hereinafter set forth, viz:
The name and style of this corpora
ton shall be the aGeorge Champagne
Company y
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, 1oaning 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.
Fhe 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 Presl-
dent, and in the manner prescribed by
Jaw.
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be eight Thousand dollars ($8,0O0l
divided INTO eighty $50 shares of one
hundred dollars ($100.00) each, to be paid
for at the time of its issuance. And
this corporation shall commence bust
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,
and these three officers shall also com
pose and constitute the Board of d.
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 office of this
corporation and between the hours Of
nine a. m. and four 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 and 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 fill 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. 1913
| nineteen hundred and ~thiTteen1, Geo.
Champagne shall be the President,
Louis Champagne shall be the vice
president and lMrs) Camelia Cham
payne shall be the Secretary-Treas-
urer, and they shall constitute and
compose the Board OF directors until
that time.
No stockholder of this corporation
shall ever be held liable or responsible
for the contracts, debts or faults of the
said corporation, in any further sum
than the unpaid balance, if any, due to
the corporation on the shares by him
subscribed for.
This corporation shall exist for a
term of twenty-five years (25) from this
date; and at the dissolution of the same
by the expiration ofits charter or other
wise, the affairs thereof shall be liqni-
dated and settled by two liquidators to
be elected by q majority of its stock.
holders, ct an election specially called
for the purpose after thirty (20) days
notice to that effect, by publ; cation In 9
newspaper published at OpeIousas, st
Landry parish, Louisiana, and also by
written notices sent by registered mai
to all of the stockholders of this cor
poration, at their usual and known ad,
dresses.
Transfers OF stock shall be made on
the books of this corporation, at its of.
fee and no sale or transfer of the same
shall be made by the Wne thereof
nor be valid, unless sixty 800 days
written notice Of the intention to trans.
fer the said stock, shall have been given
to the President. vice-president and tc
the Seefetary-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 said
stock or stocks at the bona hde price
offered therefor by any nota stock.
holder, and Ii no price be thus offered
then at the book value of such stock OF
stocks; the intent of this clause being
that this corporation or its stockhold.
ers shall have the preference over out
siders to purchase the stock thereof al
aforesaid.
Done and passed at Port Barre, La.
on this 18th day of March, A. D. 1912, III
the presence of Messrs. John BurleigE
and Anthony Patin competent ane
lawful witnesses who have signee
these presents with the above nance
appearers and me Notary, after DUE
reading of the whole.
GHAS. o. DEL Fan, Notary Public.
Witnesses: Anthony Patin, Johr
Burleigh.
List OF subscribers:
Geo. Champagne,
Subscribe for nine 80 shares.
Louis Champagne,
Subscribe Tor one "a share.
Camelia Champagne,
Subscribe for five (5l shares with hel
own personal paraphernal money anG
said shares to be her separate property
Albert e. ResWeber,
To assist and authorize my wife Ca
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