St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-04-27
CHARTER OF THE
.LAWTELL GIN co, LTD.
State of Louisiana.

seventh (Z7th1 day Oh the month of
March, in the year OF our Lord nine
teen hundred and twelve (19I2l before
me, Stanfslas Joseph G0sselin, D Notary
Public, duly commissioned, qualified
and sworn in and for the Parish and
State first above written. and in the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named personally m and appeared
the persons whose names are hereunt0a
subscribed who severaliy declared that
awaiting themselves of the provisions
of Act No. Sc Of the session of the Legis-
lature of the State OF Louisiana OF 1885,
approved June 18th, 1888, as we'll as the
general laws OF the State RELATIVES so
the formation and organization Of COR
p0rations, 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 corporation and body poll
tic in law for the object aud purposes
and under the stipulations folio finga
to-wit:
Article I. The name and style af tflis
corporation is hereby declared to b. the
Lawtell Gin Company, Limited, and tt
have and enjoy succession and
existence for a period of ninety-nine
years from the date hereof 1t shall
have the power to contract, sue and be
sued, tic make q corporate seal and the
same to break II alter at pleasure; to
hold, purchase, lease, rent, sell, mort
gage, pledge, and h~ypetheeate property
real, personal and mixed; to name,
elect and appoint managers, statesmen
and agents to make and establish by
laws, rules and regulations Tor the
management of its business and at
fairs.
Article IL. The domieile Of this cor.
poration shall be at LawteIl 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 Ntce-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
for which this corporation is organised
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 handIina,
storing, weighing, samp1ing and shell
tefing cotton, cotton seed, corn, rice and
other farm products; to own and oper-
ate a cotton gin or gins; TO do u general
brokerage and commission business In
all farm products; to own and operate
rice, sugar and syrup mills to manu-
facture n sell bricks and cement
blocks; to operate wood and lumber
yard; to operate g canning plant for
preserving fruits and vegetables, and 10
manufacture vinegar pickles, etc: to-
buy and 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. and to do
any and all things incidental and GER
name to the objects and purposes herein
set forth.
Article Nv. 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 g going concern when
five hundred shares shall have been
subscribed and paid for.
Article ". ALI the corporate power
of this corporation shall be vested In a
board of directors, TO be composed sc
i've stock holders, and the H1anapa-
ment Of the business shall be in Tire
hands OF the board. The members If
the said board shall be elected annually
on the second Tuesday Of March lit
each and every year, commencing Id
the year 1912. The members of said
board shall hold offices until their sue.
eess0rS have been elected and auali1@i.
Any vacancy occurring In their body
shall be filled by the remaining num-
beTa from among the stockholders. AZ
all meetings of stockholders each stock
holder shall be entitled TO a vote
for each share os stock owned BY him,
which vote may be east In person or BY
proxy. The Board Of Directors shall
have power to make all rules and regHe
latfons for their own government and
the proper conduct Of the affairs
of the corporation. They shall
elect from their own number q Presi-
dent Vice-Presidsnt and a Secretary
and Treasurer, but however the offices
of Secretary and Treasurer may be-
combined into one Office as the board
may from time 70 time direct. Until
the election to be held by the stock
holders on the second Tuesday or
March, 1913, as hereinafter provided for
is had. w. ~. Dejean. u. Il. Evans. DIR.
Paul Foster, j lies JoubeFt and John II.
Cannon shall constitute the first Board
OF Directors with this said VT. G.. De-
jean az President, j. s. Evans AZ Vice.
President, and Or. Paul Foster as seg-
retary-I'Teasurer. Three members of
the said Board shall constitute d aua-
rum FIR the transactions OF business
Article vi. Tie capital stock "a shis
corporation may be increased at ID
time IN accordance with the laws or the
state. This charter may be amended.
tFAt@ASAA "a 4 IL III b2L4EALG4&
d ssolved by a vote uf two-titrds OF the
stockholders voting By shares at b
meeting convened for thai purpose
after thirty days. previous notice of
sacIt meeting as shall have been given
eae!i stockho!der by letter and by pub
ltcati0n IN ONE or more newspapers pub
Ii-lsed in the Parish Of st. Landry.
Article VII. No stoekholdsr of this
corporation shall be held liable for any
Of The faults, Indebtedness, or contracts
thereof Ia any further sum than the
unpaid balance due the corporation on
the shares owned by him, nor shglI any
tnfoFmaiity in the organization have
the effect Ut rendering this charter null
or of exposing a shareholder to any
liz bIlity whatever.
Article VIII. Al failure at any time
10 hold meetings or eject directors or
rs herein provided, shall not
work a forfeiture of this Charter or dis
solve the corporation, but the existing
heard OF directors and officers shall
Until their Successors have
been chosen by election, which election
be held il Eo0n as possible.
~ iie!e TX, At the expiration OF this
flfarter, unless sooner dissolved, It's at
laiTs shall be tiquidated by commits
10 be ateeted By the sfockhold-
Frs. and said commissioners are ine
with full powers to Iiqilidata the
Of The corporation. said conn
nitssiuneTs to BE- three in number and
be selected or elected in such mannar
~ The stockholders may designate.
Thus lone aud passed 1t Lawtell,
and state aforesaid, on the day.
mouth and year first herein above writ
ten. in the presence of Joe n. Gormter
.nd AIn0s Bibm. competent witnesses,
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