St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-10-12
CHARTER.
State OF Louisiana,
Parish of ST. Landry.

State OF Louisiana,
Parish of st. Landry.
Before me, Gus. E. Dupre, "a Notarv
Public in and for theparish and Stats
aforesaid, and in the presence of the
witnesses hereinafter named and un-
d~ersigned, personally appeared the sew.
erai persons whose James are hereunfo
subscribed and declared that:
They do hereby form a corporation ia
exist for a term of Ninety-Nine 1897
Years from this date, under the name
of "The 0pelousas Stone Brick Com
pany,o with IT'S domieile in the CITY Of
Opelousas, Parish of st. Landry, for the
purpose OF manufacturing and selling
bricks, blocks and building materials
of all kinds including lumber, sand, ce.
ment and lime to acquire, hold, lease,
purchase and sell real estate and prom
erty of all kinds in connection with It's
said business: to pledge, mortgage,
bond and give as security its said prop
erty in connection with its said BUSH
ness.
The capital stock of said corporation
shall be Twenty-Five Thousand Doll
lars ($25,000.O0) divided into two hum
bred and fifty shares of one hundred
dollars each, payable in leash, or prop
erty, or by services actually rendered
the corporation, at such time and In
such manner as the Board of Directors
may determine; and the corporation
may commence business when Five
thousand dollars of the capital stock
shall have been subscribed for.
The business shall be conducted by
Board of five Directors who shall be
elected by ballot by the stockholders
on the second Monday of September Of
each wear at an election of which
thirty days notice in writing shall be
sent TO each stockhelder by mail. Three
Directors shall constitute d quorum.
Each share of stock shall be entitled
to one vote, to be cast by the owner in
person or by proxy. The Board OF Di-
~rectors shall have the right to make all
bylaws, to change and alter the same
at pleasure. The first Board shall be
composed of j.. G. LaWler, ". II. Sibille,
DIR. j.. "A. Haas, Louis Hebert, Oscar
tDaspit; and they shall hold office until
, their successors are elected and take
their places. The Board shall elect
from among its members . President,
!, Vice-Pfesident, and q Seeretary-Treas-
urer. Until such election the follow
ing shall serve as officers of the corpor-
alton, to-wit: J.G. Lawler, President;
Oscar Daspit, Vice President; and Roy
Edwards, Secretary-Treasurer. The
Directors may act by proxy at meet
ings of the Board, provided, at least a
quorum of its members are present in
person at said meeting, n provided
further, that the proxy shall be in
writing and given to q Director.
No sale or transfer of stock shall be
made without first giving the corpora
ton ten days notice in writing, with
the privilege to the corporation or any
of its members to purchase same on
equal terms with bona ide buyers out-
? side the corporation. e
$ Citation shall be served on the Presf-
! dent, and in the event OF his absence Or
disability to act, on the Viee-President:
ana in the event of his absence to act,
on the Secretary-Treasurer.
No stakeholder shall ever be held
liable or responsible for the contracts
or faults OF said corporation in any
: further sum than the unpaid balance
due on the shares Of stock owned by
him nor shall any mere informality
in orfianization have the effect of REM
deriug this charter null or of exposing
: a stockholder to any liability beyond
the amonnt unpaid on his stock.
At the termination 81 the charter OF
Y dissolution of the corporation the
! affairs shall be liquidated by the Board
= of Directors as STIMULATING commissions
ers.
9 Done, read and signed at my Office al
the City of ~Opelousas, said Parish ano
: State, IN the presence OF @. r. Bailey
? ana "a. j.. Z. Littell competent wit
: nesses, this 9th day OF August, 1912.
& Louis Hebert,
! VII Sfbille,
I J.B. SibllIe, per ". FL. s
j.. g. LaWler,
: T.. r.. Littell,
q II. LeBourgeois,
Lawrence Larcade,
J. Al. Haas.
Witnesses: E
CT. Bailey,
ell a.. j T. Lfttell.
i GUS. L. DUPRE, Notary Public.
State of Louisiana,
: Parish of ST. Landry
oil 7 certify the above and foregoing Il
be a true and correct copy Ut The origi
nal Oh file and Of record In my office i
book No. 30 Of the Mortgage records Q
tiie Parish of st. Landry.
e. Witness lliy hand and zeal thls l3tl
day sof September, 1912.
e 6. i. BAILEY,
e Dy.IHerk al,t Recorder.