St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-04-26
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United States of America,
State of Louisiana,
Parish of st. Landry.
BE il kown, that on this 9Th day Of
the month of April, A. D., 1918, before
me. William j. Sandoz, a Notary Pub
lie. in and for the above parish and
State. duly commissioned and qualified,
personally came and appeared Louis l..
Daniel, John Fontenot, Edw. w. Daniel,
Robert M. Fitzpatrick, Pierre Mistric, J..
Collins Cormier, Chas. O. Dejean, Mrs.
John Fontenot and Mrs. Louis L.
IA Daniel. residents of the above parish
and State, who declared unto me,
NOTARY, In the presence OF the under
y signed competent witnesses, that they
\ do by these presents hereby associated
themselves, as well as other persons
who may hereafter become associated
with them, for the purpose OF forming,
under the laws of the State Of LouiSi-
ana, to following articles OF incorpora-
ton:
ARTICLE l..
The name of this corporation shall be
Port Barre Amusement and Sales Co.,
Ltd.
ARTICLE II.
The purposes for which this corpora
ton is formed is to conduct a place of
amusement and recreation, at which
moving pictures, theatricals, lectures
and other entertainments will be given
for the edification and enjoyment of
the cubic; to sell refreshments to the
guests; and to conduct a sales office of
lumber and building materials, etc.
ARTICLE III.
The domicile and place of business of
said corporation shall be at Port Barre,
st. Landry parish, Louisiana. Citation
or legal process shall be served on the
president, or in case of his absence, OF
the secretary.
ARTICLE Nv.
The said corporation is organized to
exist for a period of twenty-five years
from this date.
ARTICLE v.
The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at Five Thousand
{$5, 0O01 Dollars, divided into five hum
bred shares OF the par value of Ten
t$f0l Dollars each, which shares shall
be fully paid for by the subscribers in
cash at the time of issuance at par, and
shall be worcestershire.
ARTICLE VI.
This corporation shall be authorized
to commence business as soon as Seven
Hundred and Fifty $3.50 Dollars of its
capital stock has been subscribed and
paid i'm.
ARTICLE VII.
The first Board of Directors of this
corporation shall be Louis l.. Daniel,
John Fontenot and Chas. O. Dejean,
and they shall hold office until their
successors are elected and qualified: of
this board of directors, Louis Il. Daniel
shall be president, John Fontenot, sec
rotary and manager, and j. Collins
C0fTnier, treasurer, and Chas. O. De-
jean, vicepresident.
The corpoia ate powers of this COM
pany shall be vested in its board OF
directors, it's officers and such commit
tees al said board may appoint.
ARTICLE VIII.
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of this corporation shall
be held on the first Monday of July of
each year, beginning with the year
1914, when a board OF three directors
shall be elected to serve for the ensuing
year; the board OF directors shall or
ganize annually Immediately after
the election OF its members and at such
organization meeting shall elect officers
for this corporation; two directors shall
constitute q quorum for the transaction
of business. Ait all meetings of stock
holders each share Of stock shall rep
resent one vote and the directors shall
be elected by a majority vote of the
stock represented at said meetings.
Any suit may be brought and any bond,
affidavit or other document necessary !
TO assert theArights OF the corporation
IN a judicial proceeding may be ex- !
ecuted by the president, or in his
absence by the treasurer or secretary. F,
ARTICLE TX. !
Whenever this corporation is dis
solved, either by limitation of time or
by the determination of the stockhold-
ers, its affairs shall be liquidated by I
three commissioners appointed for that
purpose at a meeting of the stockhold-
efs, said appointment to be upon the
vote Of fifty-one per cent OF all the
stock of the corporation; in case of
death or inability to act of one or two
of the commissioners, the other or
others shall act alone. After all
liabilities OF the corporation
StsHa hhyC UecH auIuStGG any IuUuS re- Il
manning in the hands of the commits
sioners shall be divided pro rata among
the stockholders after giving twenty
days prior notice by publication in
of this parish.
ARTICLE K
No stakeholder of this corporation
shall ever be held liable Or responsible
for its contracts or faults in any further
sum than the unpaid balance due ON
shares of the stock of this corpora
bon owned by him, o shall any mere
informality in the organization of this
corporation have the effect of render
this charter null or of exposing a
stakeholder to any liability beyond the
amount of his stock.
ARTICLE XI.
This charter may be amended or the
corporation dissolved with the assent
Il fifty-one per cent in amount of the
whole capital stock at a general meet
NO or the stockholders, held for that
purpose, after thirty days notice of
;uch meeting shall be given by adver- i
isement in a newspaper published in
Landry parish, and a written notice :
to each stakeholder at the time +
he advertisement is published for the G
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