Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-05-16
THE CHARTER OF INCORPORATION
or
THE MACON CREAMERY COMPANY

ARTICLE oNE. F ". Yates, Gus Mcleod. y. p
Owen. l.. F. HolberQ. r. B. Boyd. J. T. Smith. c
b Dorroh. Henry A. Minor. Jr.. Ed NJ MUIR hey
n. Scales A.. Klaus. W. r. Patty. W. NJ Lamber'
son. +. NJ Murphey, Henry NJ. Jones. .. G. Ferris
and others associated With them. their as'ign
and successors in office nre hereby created a body
polite and corporate under the corporate anne
and style Of The Macon Creamery Company. hav-
ing their domicile at Macon, Mississippi.
ARTICLE Two. The purpose for which thi'
Company is organized is the doing Of a creamery.
dairy. canning. and ice business. and il shall have
succession for n period Of fifty years, may sue
and be sued. plead, and be implicated before any
court. may contract and be contracted with,
may have n corporated seal. and alter same nj
win. and may do and perform all acts Of bodies
polite and corporate.
ARTICLE THREE. The capital stock Of this
Company shall be Ten Thousand tSl0.OOo0W Dol
lars, divided into shares Of twenty-five Dollars
each. and whenever the sun Of s20OOO0 has been
subscribed and paid In the Company is authorized
To begin business. The capital stock may be in
creased or diminished at any time. by a majority
vote or the stockholders.
ARTICLE Four. Said Corporation shall have the
powea 10 engage in the business OF buying and
selling. milk. butter. cows. hogs. poultry. fruit,
vegetables. ice. and all creamery and dairy mach
inery and ALL products Of milk and butter.
ARTICLE FIVE. The paid Company shall have
the power to engage in the business Of manufac-
turing butter. cheese, ice, and all milk products,
and the power to can fruits and vegetables and to
sell same.
ARTICLE Six. This Corporation shall have the
right to buy all materials and machinery and
property Of whatsoever character may be deemed
necessary TO carry out the purpose Of the said Cor
~poration as before expressed and to sell all prod
ucts manufactured or belonging to said Corpora
ton. the said Corporation may buy, own and sell
at pleasure any real estate and personal property
that may be incident to or grow out Of or be nee
essary to the successful erection and operation Of
any or all Of the plants or industries herein pro-
Vided for. Said Corporation may also buy, own
and sell real and personal property in the collec-
ton OF debts that may be 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 be
used by this Corporation for any Of the purposes
prohibited by Chapter l6l Of the Laws of 1912.
ARTICLE SEVEN. Said Corporation shall haze
The right to lease real estate for the purpose Of
iarrying on a dairy business. said lease not to be
for a longer period than twenty years.
ARTICLE EIGHT. Said Corporation shall have the
light to employ all such labor as may be deemed
lccessary to be employed for the successful opera
ion Of any or all Of its plants.
ARTICLE NINE. In addition to the powers above
'rantcd said Corporation shall have all Of the
over granted such Corporations and the rights
nat may be exercised by such Corporations con-
rrcd by Chapter "a of the Code Of 1906 of Missis-
'ppi and all amendments thereto.
Article TEN. The business of this Corpora
on shall be managed by a Board of Directors to
,e chosen by the stockholders. Said Corporation
= lall make such bylaws and regulations as are or
nay become necessary for the control and manage
lent of said Corporation, provided said rules and
equations are compatible with the laws of the
itate of Mississippi and the United States.
ARTICLE ELEVEN. The stock of said Company
shall be assignablc only on the Looks of the said
Company. and suitable books for the record of
same shall be kept. and dividends shall be paid to
the person in whose name the stock shall stand at
The time the said dividends shall be declared.
l.. V. YATES, A. KLAUS
HENRY A. MINOR Jr. ED. M. MURPHEY
~ D. boip H. Is. OWENS
AZ FAINT H. FERkiS
A.D' biNloN VIM.
l. SMITH HENRY M. JONES
SCALES GUS MCLEOD
WALTER FATTY J.k. EVANS
l.. +. HOLBERG II. M. MURPHEY
G. II Oppou n r. FERRIS
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