The herald., 1914-09-17
CHARTER
OF MARKSvILLE ELECTRIC LIGHT &
ICE CO, INC.

drcd and fourteen. before me, Scott r. Beer,
| notary public IN and for the parish OF Or
leans, state OF Louisiana, therein residing,
duly sworn, comm ssloned and qualified, and
IN the presence OF the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came and
appeared: the parties whose names are mere
availirg themselves OF the laws Of the s.a. {
Of Louisiana IN such cases made ana proEide w.
they have agreed and contracted, and d. by
these prescQtS, agree, contract and hlnd thCW-
selves, to form and constitute corporation
and body po.luC IN la" tor the obltctS ana
purposes hcreluaiic- set out, to-"lt:
Article The, name of this corporation
shall be the MarksyllIe E.ectFic Light ice
Company, Inc, under which corporate name
sos s"1 r 11s, 5 s@So5fi$ Il a
and after the da'e hereof. il shall have
power to src and be sued, 70 contract 10
purchase, lease, mortgage, pledge: Alternate
and cucumber real estate or personal properly.
and generally 10 exercise, Tor all the purposes
Tor winch II Is Incorporated or e,iH,'. eA
thtscwliH or incidental hereto. an me pow
s-N conferred upon corporations bF me laws
ot this statc.
Arr,.r ll--ILe dami,i'c gi lh'' CORPORA
ton shall be ~ the cliy "i Ne" o''c@n 5;
Louisiana. I'dilo' OF al legal process Sh"Il
be made in pursuance "i the 4tN ol I"is state
IN such cases made ana provided
Article IlI.-lhc objects and purpose, Tor
"a,A ms C"Ii"'1ll'N Is o' a.a nc NC
nature u The business 10 ne by II carried on
are set forth a. follows, tg-"li;
To m1"uiaCiurc ana sell rl,'Nls Gu
and power and lcrr aud L" huy ana sell ali
supplies connected with the ~dld businesses
a, we'll as 70 do construction "9TE covering
the electric business, and generally 10 a. any
and all things and acts connected WIN l"'
SAID businesses above named or incidental OF
related thereto.
Article iN.-lhc capital stock OF ih'N cor
p"raurn shall be ten thousand dollars lSIH,
pNlWr 10 he represented nt one n""9. "a
shares N"l "t thc Iar NdIuc OF one Hu'tI, u u
i.| |.#ITa =
shall be tuli paid and "on-aNScNsa'!c' ana
shall bc pald Tor in cash, properly or Iab'T-
actually done and received by ms company
al in accordance win the ia%S oi I''s s'a5c.
All transfers ot stock shdIi be made ON the
books thus company, subject 10 'hG fuIta
and resp atIons 10 hc determined on ny I.t
hoard o. directors thefeol. IN a'eStdanSe =, Nm
the Ia" 'i ms state retehliy cHySuNv' ''l'
company shall he authorized TO o." nu'lh's'
as soon as Uye thousand uOllhTH OF ~ cap
ltal stock has been subscTihed ior '|Hl'h Is
htty per cent "i Inc aHtIHri1'g rdH''II 80 =
and rs soon as twenty-five hundred dollars
has been actually paid ~ IN Sash or prop
erty, appraised to he worth sdId sum by 'hv
board OF directors hereof.
Article Van the powers OF hiS So.I"'4-
uon shall be vested IN a board OF directors
consisting Of tlIee H'c,''ciN' az "a M. NJ!
company, unpledged., The said board OF dircc,
tors snail De elected dhhHS'IS @" llt s.NuI1u
Saturday OF January ol taCh year except L'S
IL
elect directors shall be delivered to the stock
holders personally or ~ dtposiuhE III lIS
post ottCc, property addressed 70 tath sII'h'
holder, at least hitccn days before tne dtle
Of the sala meeting. y" oIl'I HoI Ii'' oIHli y
rquIred. At the saId meeting, t2Ch ahaTenoIu-
eL shall be enIitled to one vote ior e4ch snare
OF stock standing IN hlS name on te D"pNo
OF this company, and majority oi the woes
cast shall elect ShaTehoIhcTS may No'S ,Dy
written proxy, or by Letter duly atte-ted pc
fore an othccr qualihed 10 au"linlNl't "atnS'
all provided IN the laws covering corpora
tons, IN thiN s,ate. Inc poaIu o. u'i'C.,IS ;.S ;
shall prescribe The rules covering the election
OF directors al Sdlu meetings. nc Ia.'"'t w w
hold such meeting snaH n3' IeIhlad'e mi MI
corporation, but thc oHCtTS ul'H iil "'''NO Nl''''
hold their Once unul their SUCCESSORS ''I
elected ana quaIlhtd., -. ..-
The hrSt board OF directors @l 'ul> Cg'Po'".
ton WIN thelr ttsPtI"Ee ",lN'' ,imI PSI
Once addresses are ~ lg,'oT - "''' W ",
kurSheedt, SI6 whitney bd"N h'uS'' w"
Orleans, La secretary 9mI treasurer yd".oS
K BLACK %S hehhTh h'us:' NS" VI ~,
La NiSS -pISS'ue" INuI5 ~ ~ - 6,,I'.,s
Islana flTe freEentioh bureau NS" .TIliS'
La president. subsequent pod'u' oL VI -
tors, when elected snail At ohCT "ilc' @ ,ne :!
eIeclion' Sh"o>e rom thci' "u,uoS. "'5. - -
u' uci.t' VIC P'eS'''''' anu q
All directors may aC' ny PIIoNS' >" - Iii
winch proxy III "riuhE' shah al'oE 'i'e .o'u u
er thcTe9l' 10 az III an .'sPCSa' -
II ti'C Sl''''''''NiNA N'e'''''''
acting m person; ~ .. =, !
NrllcIe I IL Iii ~ IL I'D reg,Ia-
by complying WIN an 'Ie Iues auI le U',', .,
tons ana laws inaue 10 C1Nei "'E ~ ~ Io,a
corporations, ana espeCldi'S dS' =" Vi i'i''
state ot LOUISIANA sec o. i, -. Z
Article .-NheneVef, IN tle luusn!en' .. "a
the board oil directors OF Uls Ioi a''o,I' !,
shall be deemed adViSdpifT @ 10 ulSSolrS AZ "a g.
quldate this eoipoLdlio,l, az S'Sf22 ~ ~ So.
IN section q 3i the ALt ~ ToY -! w all
utes OF l9lI OF the Stale OF ; Louisiaiia -,
be conplSu WIN uIIesSi aS P, P.uNau ;,Lo,t
SAID article an stocNhoiders 'o"se"' "i''io"'
other icrmalltieS. L.: 1
whenever the CotpoIa'loIl sun "e W 80
either by limitation; OF oIhei"ISF, as go
provided; theTe shall pe eleClti nun a;,iG.,
the StoCkhol9ers' dt tlr lHee!ius PJ -
tor the iiquidatioh ana uissIiu,lon ~ iiD a.
poration, two iquidatoIs wnlCi Salu 4iiu.u'' :
tors snall remain III oinCe ~ - ''s eli lori
.Ie SoiPoi "tic,. -. of tho ieath NJ
dated and settled. IN case TI .ct nt eInne e%, u
one OF them the suINlVJi s%tilL % ~ .LG,,-
Article ElIl.-No StochnpiIae' III snr,
poration shall ever Oe ildoie ~ sP..;,,
tor the contracts OF !duls II '.,,s ;I tLi.
IN any luithet sum 'iia' '"S tpi. ,,r
due by h'Hl on ~ S!o~s len ~
shall any ini3r'ndiiy W Ie s,r;,,, III
tins company nave the eueCl VI n.tb6sr
charter null or ol exposing the ;,i.C,d
to any hahlity beyond ln't doTNe ,t;s 60.
Article lAIlhe caPltaI S5s s'Cs o06 20 .,d "a
poral9n may oe S-,;',,, ~ ~ he fIr
,SpL .Spl'"; ;;,crc,Sei ~ deceased by complying