St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-08-15
United States of America, State of Lou
isiana Parish of CT LANDRY

United OIaIeS OF America, SIaLe OF LOU
isiana, Parish of st. Landry.
BE IT KNOWN, That on this 31st day
of the month Of July, in the year of our
Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Fourteen
1914, before me, B. F. Vannoy a notary
public, duly commissioned, qualified
and sworn in and for the Parish of st.
Landry, State of Louisiana, and in the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally
came and appeared, Bettison
William Clopton, Mrs. Julia Foote,
Widow of DIR. William F. Clopton, and
Henry E. LoWrey, all residents of the
village of Morrow, said parish and state,
of age, being the persons whose names
are hereunto subscribed, who declared:
That availing themselves of the laws
of the state of Louisiana relative to the
organization of corporations, in such
cases made and provided, they have
constituted and formed, and by these
presents do constitute and form them
selves, their associates, successors and
assigns, into Incorporation, for the OBJ
iects and purposes and under the terms,
conditions and stipulations hereinafter
set forth, to-wit:
ARTICL.EI.
The name and title of this corporation
shall be w. F. Clopton C Company, In
~corporated, and it shall have and enjoy
corporate succession for a period of
ninety-nine years from this date, and
shall have for the purposes of the bust
ness carried o by it, all the powers
conferred by law On corporations, in
GLIDING the power to contract debts,
borrow money, issue notes and other
obligations, to purchase, lease, sell,
mortgage, pledge, exchange, and other
wise acquire, ALLEVIATE, cucumber or dis
pose OF property, real, personal or mix
ed; to contract, sue and be sued;to make
and use, if it SO desire, a corporate seal
and the same to alter or break at
pleasure; to make bylaws for its gov
eminent, and the same TO alter, amend
or repeal at pleasure; to name and en-
ploy such managers, directors, officers,
agents and employees as its Interests
may require, and generally to exercise
to carry On said business whether here
in specifically enumerated or not.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this corporation shall
be in the village of Morrow, in the par
ish of st. Landry, state Of Louisiana,
and all citations or other legal process
shall be served on the President, andin
case of his absence or disability on the
Secretary, and in any other case in the
manner provided by law.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is organized, and the
nature of the business to be carried on
by it, are declared to be the following,
to-Wit:
To acquire and to own, operate and
maintain a retail general merchandise
store or stores and business in st. Lam
dry parish, La, and in connection there
with to buy and sell live stock, cotton
and other agricultural products, moss,
lumber, etc, and in general to engage
in and carry ON all such business and
transactions as are usually conducted
at or in connection with general country
stores, or which may be complementary
or Incidental to its principal business,
and to posses and exercise all the
powers, rights, privileges and immuni-
ties granted and permitted by law.
ARTICLE ~
The Capital Stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at the sum of Ten
Thousand Three Hundred ($10, 800. OO}
dollars. divided into and represented
by One Hundred and Three
(iO3@ shares of the par value of One
Hundred Dollars $1,000 ) each, none
nreferred over others. with the priyi-
ieoe of subsequently increasing the |
amount of capital stock to twenty-five
Thousand Dollars 1925, 000. 00l as a
maximum limit, in the manner prescrib-
py law. !
Al'oI saia a and three
SHARES Gi caplLal stock are subscribed
and fully paid for at the execution OF
this act OF incorporation, the corporation
issuing said stock for cash and property
actually received the undersigned
subscribers in the proportions herein
after set forth, as payment Tor the IN
teresto of said subscribers in the net as
business formerly operated BY the
partnership OF "; = 2 Gon-
PdIy, ien1SSu = az
IT'S actual cash Vaiue III property, cash
saae a. monIom, Id 3D., t Mi.n nand v a;II ~ III
and annraised by sworn ex-
merits in the succession proceedings of
late Dr.. w. F. CIopton. No. $50 of
he probate files of st. Landry Parish.
d which valuation Is hereby adonted
made fine annraisement al the here
nafter named and UNDERSIGNED Direc-