St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-04-13
CHARTER OF M
LAWTELLG GIN O., LTD.
State of Louisian.
pariah ~ 8

Parish of St. ,andrv.
Be it known, That on tbs fyvantv-
seventh (27th) day of the month Of
Mafcn, IN the year OF our brd nine
teen hundred and twelve Qggl before
me, Stanislas Joseph Gosselina Notarv
Public, duly commissioned, uualiied
and sworn in and for the pirisb and
State first above written, anl i, The!
presence of the witnesses ~haeinaffer
named personally came ami ,nnearad
the persons whose names arr lereunto
subscribed who S~everaily dcol asad that
aVailing themselves of the nreUisinnsl
of Act NO. 30 of the session of thsI5eais-
Iature OF he State of Louisiana r 1893
approved June 10Th, 1888, as wells the
general Laws of the State ~reIafi;e ia
the formation and organization ofeor-
porations, they have formed and n.
gained, and by these presents do fom
themselves n such other persons Is
may hereafter become associated viii
them intoa corporation and body poi4
tic in law for the object and purposes
and under the stipuIations following,
to-Wit:
Article I. The name and style ofthis
corporation is herebydeclared to be the
LawteIl Gin Company, Limited, and it
shall have and enjoy succession and
existence for a period of n~inety-nine
years from the date hereof. It shall
have the power to contract, sue and be
sued, tic 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 statesmen
and agents to make and establish by
laws. rules and regulations for the
management of its business and af-
fairs.
Article IL. The domiciIe 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 Viee-Presfdent, or in the event of
the absence of both the President and
Vice resident on the Secretary-Treas-
urer.
Article III. The object and purposes
for 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 sampIing and shell
tering cotton, cotton seed, corn, rice and
other farm products; to w and oper-
ate a cotton gin or gins; to do a general
brokerage n 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 a canning plant for
preserving fruits and vegetables, and to
manufacture vinegar pickles, etc: to
buy and sell all necessary raw mater
ials, and to handle all ~by-prodnets of
the things SO manufactured; and to
carry on in connection Herewith a
general mercantile business, and to do
any and all things incidental and ger
II name to h objects and purposes herein
set forth.
Article ". The capital stock of this
feorporation 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 ana this corporation
shall. become a going concern when
I'VE hundred shares shall have been
subscribed and paid for.
Article ". All the corporate power
of this corporation shall be vested in a
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 Of March of
each and every year, commencing In
the year 1912. The members of said
board shall hold offices until their sue
cessors have been elected ana qualified.
ANY yafancy occurring in their body
shall be- ii led by the remaining num-
bers from among the stockholders. At
all meeting Of stockholders each stock
holder shall be entitled to one vote
for each share ~ stock owned by him,
which vote may be cast in person or by
proxy. The Board of Directors shall
have power to make nil rules and regu-
iations for their oWn government and
the proper conduct of the affairs
OF lie corporation They shall
elect from their own number a. Presi-
dent, Vice-President and d Secretary
and Treasurer, but however the offices
of Secretary n Treasurer may be
combined into u office as the board
may from time 30 time direct. Until
the election to be held by the stock
holders on the second Tuesday of
March, 1918, as hereinafter provided for
Is had. Nv. G. Dejeati, j. y. Evans. DIR.
Paul Foster. jules Juubert and Jahn r.
Cannon shall constitute the first board
IT Directors with the said w. e.. De-
Jean As President, j. s.. Evans as Wee
President, and ilr. Paul Foster as sec
retary-freasurer. Three members of
the said Boarti shall constitute n quo
rum fer the transaction OF business.
/ Article vi. The capital stock 1f this
corporation may be increased at aIly
time in accordance with the laws of the
State. This charter may he amended,
altered or changed on he corporation
dissolved by a vote If twp-tlfrds Of the
stockholders votiAg Inv shares ut Il
meeting convened Tor that purpose
}. after thirty days previous notice ol
such meeting as shall have been given
each stakeholder by letter antt by pub
LEGATION III one O. more newspapers pdb-
.ilishpd in the Parish of 81. Landry.
Article VII. No stockhoidrf IL thi'
. corporation shall be held Liable for any
!, Of the faults, Indebtedness, or contracts
thereof In any further sum bar thu
unpaid balance due the corporation or
the shares owned by hun, nor shall am
tnformality in the organization hav'
the effect of rendering this charter nul
or of exposing a shareholder to an.
q liability whatever.
Article VIII. A failure at any tin'
e to held meetings r elect directors O
officers as herein provided, shaIl no
work a forfeiture of this Charter or dis
I solve the corporation, but the existing
: board OF directors and officers shall
a continue until their successors hay,
been chosen by election, which eleetfei
shall be held as soon as possible.
Article TX. At the expiration of thi
I Charter, unless sooner dissolved, It's at
fairs shall be i1quida ted by commits
r ers. and said commissioners are in
affairs of the corporation. said com
missfoners to be three in number AM
! to be selected or elected in such manne
as the stockholders may designate.
], Thus done and passed AZ Lawtef
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