St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-04-06
CHARTER OF THE
LAWTELL GIN cO.,LTD.
State of Louisiana.

Be it known, That on this twenty
seventh (27th) day of the month o
March, in the year Of u Lord nine
teen hundred and twelve (l9l2l befor,
me, StanIslas Joseph Gosselin, q Notary
Public, duly commissioned, qualified
and sworn in n for the Parish anc
State first above written. and in the
presence OF the witnesses hereinafter
named personally came and appeared
the persons whose names are hereunte
subscribed who severally declared thai
; awaiting themselves of the provisions
: of Act No. 36 of the session of the Legis,
lature OF the State of Louisiana of 1883
approved June 18th, 1888, as we'll as the
general laws of the State relative &c
the formation and organization of cor.
p%orations, they have formed and or.
ganized, and by these presents do form
themselves and such other persons as
may hereafter become associated with
them into q corporation and body poll.
tic in law for the object and purposes
and under the stipulations following
to-Wit:
Article /. The name and style of this
corporation is hereby declared to be the
Lawtell Gin Company, Limited, and il
shall have and enjoy succession and
existence for a period of niDety-nine
years from the date hereof. 1t shall
have the power to contract, sue and be
sued, tc make a corporate seal and the
same to break or alter at pleasure; to
hold, purchase, lease, rent, sell, mort
gage, pledge, and hypothecate property
real, personal and mixed; to name,
elect and appoint managers, statesmen
and agents to make and establish by
laws. rules and regulations for the
management Of It's business and af-
fairs.
Article IL. The domicile Of this cor
poration shall be at Lawtell in the
Parish of st. Landry, State of Louis
lana, where all citations and other legal
process shall be served upon its Presi-
dent, and in case of his absence upon
the Vice-President, or in the event of
the absence Of both the President and
Vice President on the Secretary-Treas-
urer.
Article III. The object and purposes
Tor which this corporation is organized
and the nature of the business to be
carried on by it are hereby declared to
be as follows, to-Wit:
To establish and operate warehouses,
yards and store rooms for handling,
storing, weighing, sampltng and shell
terlng cotton, cotton seed, corn, rice and
other farm products TO own and oper-
ate q cotton gin or gins; to do a general
brokerage and commission business In
all farm products to own and operate
rice, sugar and. syrup mills to manu-
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blocks; to operate wood and lumber
yard; to operate q canning plant for
preserving fruits and vegetables, and to
manufacture vinegar pickles, etc; to
buy n sell all necessary raw mater
ials, and to handle all by-products of
the things so manufactured; and to
carry on in connection Herewith q
general mercantile business, anG to do
any and all things incidental and ger
manet to the objects and purposes herein
set forth.
Article ". The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum
of twenty thousand dollars, divided
into two thousand shares of the par
value Of ten dollars each. The amount
of each share shall be paid for in cash
or its equivalent and this corporation
shall become 3 going concern when
five hundred shares shall have been
subscribed and paid for.
Article Y. All the corporate power
OF this corporation shall be vested in o
board OF directors, to be composed of
five stock holders, and the manage
ment OF the business shall be in the
hands of the board. The members of
the said board shall be elected annually
on the second Tuesday IF March Of
each and every year, commencing in
the year 1912. The members of said
board shall hold offices until their sue.
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Any vacancy occurring in their body
be fl Lad by the remaining num-
bers from among the stockholders. Att
all meetings If stockholders each stock
holder shall he entitled 10 one vote
each share % stock owned by him,
which vote may he cast in person or by
proxy. The Boali of Directors shall
power to make ali rules and regu-
for their Own government and
the proper conduct Of the affairs
the corporation. They shall
elect from THEN number a Presi-
dent, Vice President and . Secretary
and Treasurer, but however the Offices
of Secretary and Treasurer may be
iltn one Office as the board
may fruhl time TO time direct. Until
election to be held by the stock
holders on the second Tuesday of
March, 1913, as hereinafter provided for
IS had, w. G. Dejean, j.. 5. Evans, DR..
Foster, Jules JouDert and John L..
Cannon shall constitute the first hoard
OF Directors with the said w. g. De-
Jean as President, j. s. Evans as Vice
aud Dr. Paul Foster as Sec
retary-Treasurer. Three members of
the said Board shall constitute a quo
rum fer the transaction of business.
Article vi. The capital stock of this
corporation may be increased at any
time in accordance with the laws OF the
State. This charter may be amended,
or changed or he corporation
dissolved by q vote of two-thirds OF the
voting by shares at al
meeting convened for that purpose
after thirty days previous notice OF
such meeting as shall have been given
each stakeholder by letter aRd by pub
LEGATION in N or more newspapers pub
lished in the Parish of st. Landry.
Article VII. No stakeholder of this
shall be held liable for any
of the faults, indebtedness, or contracts
thereof in any further sum than the
unpaid balance due the corporation on
the shares owned by him, nor shall any
tnformality in the organization have
the effect of rendering this charter null
or of exposing q shareholder to any
liability whatever.
Article VIII. A failure at any time
to hold meetings or elect directors or
as herein provided, shall not
work a forfeiture of this Charter or dis
solve the corporation, but the existing
board of directors and officers shall
until their successors have
been chosen by election, which election
shall be held as % as possible.
Article TX. At the expiration of this
Charter, unless sooner dissolved, it's af-
fairs shall be lIquidated by commits
sionersto be elected by the stockhoid-
ers, and said commissioners are in
vested with full powers to iiquidate the
affairs of the corporation. Said COM
missioners to be three in number and
to be selected or elected in such manner
as the stockholders may designate.
Thus done and passed at LaWtell,