Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
THE CHARTER OF INCORPORATION
OF
THE MACON CREAMERY COMPANY

lwen, l.. T. Holbcrg, f.. y. Boyd. |. 7. Smith, C..
}. Dorroh, Henry A. Minor. Jr.. Ed NJ Murphey
Y. Scales. A. Klaus. w. b. Patty. W. M. Lambcr-
On, f.. NJ. Murphey. Henry NJ. Jones, =, G. Ferris
nd others associated with them, their assigns
nd successors in Office are hereby created "a body
olitic and corporate under the corporate nam,
nd style Of The Macon Creamery Company, hav
1g their domicile at Macon, Mississippi.
ARTICLE Two. The purpose for which thi'
,rnpany is organized Is the doing Of a creamery
liry, canning, and ice business, and It shall hav,
recession for n period Of fifty years, may sue
I'd be sued. plead. and be implicated before any
mrt. may contract and be contracted with
ny have n corporated seal. and alter same at
III, and may do and perform all acts Of bodief'
,litic and corporate.
ARTICLE THREE. The capital stock OF thi'
'onpany shall be Ten Thousand G10e0O0) Dol.
rs, divided into shares Of Twenty Five Dollars
lch, and whenever the sum Of 100000 has beer
described and paid in the Company is authorized
> begin business. The capital stock may be in.
reased or diminished at any time. by a majority
'otc or the stockholders.
Article FouR. Said Corporation shall have the
owea to engage in the business of buying and
cling. milk, butter, cows, hors, poultry. fruit
vegetables, Ice, and all creamery and dairy mach
merry and all products of milk and butter.
ARTICLE FIVE, The said Company shall have
he power to engage In the business of manufac-
uring butter, cheese, ice, and all milk products,
md the power to can fruits and vegetables and to
'cll same.
ARTICLE Six, This Corporation shall have the
right to buy aIl materials and machinery and
property of whatsoever character may be deemed
necessary TO carry out the purpose of the said Cor
poration MS before expressed and to sell I'll prod.
ucts manufactured or belonging to said Corpora
tion, the said Corporation may buy. own and sell
1t pleasure any real estate and personal property
that may be incident to or grow ont Of or be nee.
cssary to the successful erection and operation of
any or all of the plants or industries herein pro
vidcd for. Said Corporation may also buy, own
and sell real and personal property in the collec-
ton of debts that may he due said Corporation or
for the payment of debts or for the purpose of
converting said property into money. but said real
estate and personal property last mentioned shall
be disposed Of within five years and shall not he
used by this Corporation for any of the purposes
prohibited by Chapter l6l of the Laws of 1912.
ARTICLE SEVEN. Said Corporation shall have
the right to lease real estate for the purpose of
carrying on a dairy business, said lease not to be
for n longer period than twenty years.
ARTICLE lGHr. Said Corporation shall have the
right to employ all such labor as may he deemed
necessary to be employed for the successful opera
ton of any or all of it's plants.
ARTICLE NINE, In addition to the powers above
granted said Corporation shall have all of the
power granted such Corporations and the rights
that may be exercised by such Corporations con-
ferred by Chapter "a of the Code of 1906 of Missis-
sippi and all amendments thereto,
ARTICLE TEN. The business of this Corpora
ton shall be managed by a Board of Directors to
be chosen by the stockholders. Said Corporation
shall make such bylaws and regulations as are or
may become necessary for the control and manage
ment of said Corporation. provided said rules and
regulations are compatible with the laws of the
State Of Mississippi and the United States.
ARTICLE ELEVEN. The stock of said Company
shall be assignable only on the books of the said
Company. and suitable books for the record of
same shall be kept. and dividends shall be ruid to
the person in whose name the stock shall stand at
the time the said dividends shall be declared.
f.. V. YATES, A. KLAUS
HENRY A. MINOR Jr. ED. NJ. MuRPHEY
+, R, BOYD +. b. OWENS
&C. FAINT c. l.. FERRIS
A. u. BINlON w. NJ LAMRERSON
1T SMITH HENRY NJ. JONES
N. SCALES GUS MCLEOD
WALTER h PATTY J.R. EVANS
F.. HoLBERG +. NJ. MURPHEY
c. b. pORROH d. C. FERRIS.
ACKNoW EDGMENT
State of Mississippi. County of Noxubee.
Personally appeared before H.. A. Minor. Jr, a
Notary Public of Noxubee county, Mississippi,
f.. V. Yates, Henry A. Minor. Jr.. f.. r. Boyd. A.
{. FAINT, A.. d. Binion, |, T. Smith. N. Scales. A.
Klaus, Ed. NJ. Murphey. T.. r. Owens, c. |. Fer
rs, w. NJ. Henderson, Henry NJ. ZONES, Gus
Mcleod, w, h. Patty, J. II, Evans. l.. +. Holberg,
f, NJ, Murphey, c. b. Dorroh. d C. Ferris, lncor.
%porators oE the Incorporation known as the Macon
Creamery Company. who Acknowledged that they
signed and executed the above aud foreSoiny acts
of Incorporation NJ their act and deed on this the
18th day of May, 1913. II. A, MINOR. Jr..
Notary Public.
The following named are also incorporators, but
as it was necessary to procure their acknowledge
meats ON Thursday. May 10Th, so as to be printed
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