The Era-leader., 1913-07-31

CHARTER.
United States of America,
State of Louisiana,
Parish of Washington.
Be it known that on this day be-
fore me, Gordon w, Goodbee, a no.
tary public duly commissioned, quail
fed and sworn in and for Washington
Parish, State of Louisiana, and in
the presence Of the witnesses herein
after named and undersigned per-
sonally came and appeared. the par
ties whose names are hereunto SUBJ
scribed, residents of the Parish OF
Washington, who declared that avail
ing themselves of the laws OF the
State of Louisiana relative to corpor-
ations and especially Act No. 7S ofthe
acts of the La. General Assembly
adopted during the year 1904, they
have covenanted and agreed and by
these presents do covenant and agree
and bind themselves as we'll as such
other persons as may hereafter be-
come associated with them, to form
and constitute corporation and
body polite in law for the purposes
and objects and under the stipulatiOns
following, to-wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name and title Of the said COR
poration shall be r. L. TONEY CO.,
and its domicile is hereby fixed at
Hackley, Washington Parish, Lou
isiana, and under its said COR
porate name, said corporation shall
have power to contract, sue and be
sued; to make and use a corporate
seal, and the same to break and alter
at pleasure; to hold, receive, have,
purchase, improve, ALLEVIATE, convey,
sell, borrow, pledge, mortgage and
hypothocate, under its said corporate
name, property, real and personal
and mixed; to name and ap-
point such officers, directors,
agents, managers and employ.
ees as the interest or convenience
of the said corporation may demand,
and to make and established by laws,
rules and regulations for the govern
ment of the said corporation, as may
be deemed necessary and proper. and
the same to change and alter at pleas.
ure, and generally to do all other
acts and things permitted by law. or
such as shall be necessary and proper
to carry out the purposes of the said
corporation. Said corporation, un.
less sooner dissolved in accordance
with its charter shall exist and con.
tinue for the period of ninety-nine
years from the date hereof.
ARTICLE II.
The president or in his absence the
vice-president and in the absence of
both the secretary-treasurer, shall be
the proper person upon whom all
legal process shall be served in &C.
cordance with the laws of this state.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is organized and the
nature of the business to he carried
on by it, are declared to be the fol-
lowing to.wit: To buy and sell all
manner of goods, wares, merchandise.
either for cash or on credit. retail or
wholesale; to purchase, hold, lease,
own, mortgage, pledge, sell, convey,
improve and handle all manner Of
property, real, personal and mixed;
to buy, sell, and deal in all manner
of building material and to own oper-
ate and run one or more branch stores
at such place or places as the board
Of directors may designate, and gen.
orally to do all acts and things neces.
ssry incident or proper in carrying
out the purposes Of this corporation.
ARTlCLElV
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at the sum of
$1,000 divided into and represented by
thirty shares Of the par value Of @l00
each, which said stock shall be paid
for in cash at the ii ne of subscription
or the same may be issued at not less
than par in payment or exchange
Tor property, movable and i'm.
movable, or rights actually re.
,eived or purchased by said cor.
poration, or the same may be issued
hull paid for cash, or for such other
valuable consideration as the board
of directors may determine, provided
hat no stock shall be issued until
he consideration therefor is actual
" received by the said corpor-