The Caucasian., 1913-12-23
CHARTER
OG oiae Banh OF Mossings1,osa

22n6 dag % December 8. H. 1888,
d~fore mo, 3. q. Geonsrd. a Notary
public in and 9or Gad1o Parish, Xa..
eiulS commissioner ana qualified,
Sana ila the presence os she witnesses
whose names arc herunsO sulp-
! scribet, personalIs came and ap-
V~are6 ehe several persons whose
Namos are lseIrunsO subscribed, Shc
declared THAI avaiIing themselves Of
The laws of ehe state OF louisiana
IN sucts cases made and proyided,
Ytheg have coSenanted and agreed,
anH 40 by these presents covenant,
agree and bind themselves, as well
as such other persons as may here
after become associated with dhelH.
TO forIN banking corporations Bn-
Ger the ARTICLES and stipulations 3"l-
\ lOWlngs tr-wit:
! ARTICLE T.
: THE naNe 0q ehis corporation
yshall DO Che ~BaaI os Mooringspo.2,"
< and dts s1onieilae os hereby es,als.
< lshed at Che Town oq MooriHgsp.ort,
4 Parish 0l Gsddp. State cg Louisiana.
] ABTSCLE 90.
A VYsis c"rporatio8 sfsaYG have AND
possess al6 She powers granted %
I Ganhng associations, savings. safe
A deposit AVID srBss oanSs under che
VprNgQsiHns o7 Vhe statutes os Che
! state eq Louisiana, beginning witis
sce NO a66, approved March g.
1 1855, entitled $40 See To establish a
4 tgeneral SYSTEM OF qree banking in
the State of Louisiana" ana cunning
through the various Acts oq Che
General 9ssenlblg 09 9lae state OF
lEouisiana subsequently enacted
lamending and se-snacsing, enlarg-
ling or modifying said original stas-
lCte, or being laws upon the same
{subjece matter. 1t shall have power
also 10 operate one or more branch
lctfices Of discount ana deposit with
in Che parish of its domicipe
/! ARTICLE III.
I Citation ana Othee lsgaY processes
Ishall be served upon the president
1of this corporation, or, in his alb
Isence, upon the sies president, and
lin the absence % the president and
Twice president, upon She cashier OF
lthe corporation.
I ARTICLE
( Che authorized capisaY esocS o,
4 THE sorporation 10 hereby fixed st
{ths suns of eWents-fvs thousand
( 1926, 100000 Collars, divided into two
hundred ana fifts (25O) shares of
Sone hundred $4,000 dollars each
iSaid stock shall be represented by
Ycertificatss of stock, signed by che
lpresident ana cashier ana sealed
with the seal of the corporation, or
lin the absence o9 the president
| signed by the vice president who is
acting president, or, in the absence
of the cashier, by the assistant
cashier, or other person acting as
cashier. And said stock shall be
transferred on the books of the cor
poration only upon the surrender OF
the outstanding certificates, or upOr
adequate proof of loss or destruc-
ton of certificates, if such be the
case. No stockholder shall be en-
titled to vote on any share of stock
which shall have been transferred
to him within thirty (30) days. pre-
ceoing any election. No stockholde1
shall be held liable for the con-
tracts or faults of this corporation
in any further sum than the unpaid
balance due the company on the
shares owned by him, nor shall any
informality in organization have
| the effect of rendering this charter
| null, nor of exposing the stockhold-
ers to any liability beyond the
amount Of their stock, or any Nn-
paid ba0ee that ma' be due
ARTICLE v,
i This corporation is authorized &c
commence business when one hun
dred and fifty $50 shares of the
authorized capital stock shall be
subscribed and paid for in lawful
money.
ARTICLE vi.
The affairs of this corporation
| shall be managed by a board of di-
rectors composed Of nine 49, stock
holders, and the following nine (9)
persons, who are subscribers to the
original capital stock, are hereby
lappointed the first board of direc-
tors, all of whom shall hold office
until the second Monday in January
A. d. 1915, to-wit: j. Eugene Groom
S. O. Williams, H. B. Simcox, C. B.
Groom, Dick Lindsey, w. V. Tullos,