St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-08-01

paosca DSipie MD HuiS u. 0~atnGftin,
Notary Public, Calcasieu Parish, La.
Terms: Cash, to pay and satisfy the
sum OF IL hundred and t~hirty-seven
and $4,000 dollars, with 6 percent inter-
est from November IL, 1912, unit paid.
together with 10 percent upon said
principal and interest as attorneys fees
and costs, unless the same is immedi.
ately paid, and upon terms of credit
corresponding with the note maturing
January lst, 1915.
july II ct M. L. sWTRDS, Sheriff.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH 9E ST. LANDRY.
Bet KNOWN, That on this list dav
of the month of July A. D. 1914 before
me, j. A. Smith, a Notary Public, duly
commissioned, qualified and sworn, in
and for said State and Parish, and IN the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally
came and appeared Antoine Foraz, Mis-
tress Maria Foraz, wife of G. Horaist.
and the said Horaist to aid, authorize
and assist his said wife herein, Mistress
Josephine Foraz, wife of Joseph Bur-
leigh, and the said Burleigh to aid,
authorize and assist his said wife here-
III, G. Horaist and Joseph Burleigh, all
residents OF this parish who declared that
they do hereby form and organize Them
selves into a corporation for a term of
twenty-five years from this date, for
the purposes and objects and under the
stipulations, articles and conditions fol-
lowing, to-wit,
ARTICLE /.
The name and title of the said cor
! poration shall be The Marie p. Colomb
Planting and Merchandising Company,
Limited, and its domicile is herebyfix
ed at the Village of Grand Coteau, La,
and under its said corporate name II
shall have power and authority to con-
tract, sue and be sued;t to make and use
a corporate seal and the same TO break
and alter at pleasure; to hold, receive,
haye, purchase and iT1pr5vs, alternate,
convey, sell, borrow, pledge, mortgage
and h~ypothecate under its said corpo-
rate name, property, real, personal and
mixed, and to do all other acts and
things permitted by law, or as shall OF
may be necessary and proper to carry
out the objects and purposes of said
corporation.
! The President, or in his absence, the
| Secretary, shall be the proper person
| upon whom citation O. other legal pro-
cess shall be served.
ARTICLE IL.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation Is organized, and the
nature Oh the business 10 DC carried on
by it, are the cultivation and operation
OF farms and plantations and the con
Quoting and running of a general mer-
camille store or stores.
ARTICLE iii.
The capital stock of said corporation
shall be tWenty-four thousand dollars,
hundred and forty shares of the sum of
to which said stock is hereby made as
hereinafter indicated, the same to be
paid for, at not less than par, either.in
cash or by property transferred orser-
vices rendered.
ARTICLE Nv.
The corporate powers Of this COM
pany shalt be vested and exercised by q
board Of three directors. The first
board to be a. F6faz, Joseph Bur-
leigh and G. Horaist. The said A. Fo-
raz, to be President and the said G. Ho-
raist to be Secretary, and the said
Joseph Burleigh Treasurer They shall
serve for one year from this date, o r until
their successors shall have been elected
and qualified. Annually on the first of
July, unless the same should be a holt
day, when the election shall be held on
the next legal day thereafter, a Board OF
Directors shall be elected.
Notice of such election shall be given
by at least two weekly publications
Immediately preceding the date for
such election.
ARTICLE v.
The Board Of Directors shall have full
power to fill vacancies in their number
caused by death, resignation or other
wise, from among the stockholders OF
the corporation,
The said board shall have full con-
trolof the property of this company,
and shall SO conduct, manage and use
the same as in their discretion they deem
fit, and that is consistent with the OBJ
iects of this company, or the welfare Of
the ami
The said board shall employ or ap-
point such agents, servants or clerks as
may be necessary for the conducting of
the business of the corporation; fix their
compensation, term of service, etc.
The said board is further authorized
to frame and adopt such bylaws, rules
and regulations as may be needful for
the proper conducting and management
of the affairs OF this company.
ARTICLE vi.
In case of dissolution or termination
of this corporation, either by limitation
of its charter or any cause, the liquida-
ton of its affairs shall be conducted by
three commissioners, selected from the
stockholders, at q meeting called for
that purpose, ten days prior notice
thereof being given.
Said commissioners shall remain IN
office until the affairs of said corpora-
tion shall have been fully liquidated.
In case of the death of one or more OF
said commissioners, the suryiv ors or
survivor shall continue to act.
ARTICLE VII.
No stakeholder of this corporation
shall ever be held liable or response
Bile for the contracts or faults thereof,
IN any further sum than the unpaid
balance due the company on the shares
of stock subscribed for or owned BY
him or her, mo shall any informality III
organization have the effect of render
ing this charter null, or of exposing q
stakeholder to any liability, beyond the
unpaid balance, if any, of his stock.
Done and passed ait Grand Coteau, La.
the day, month and year above
written, in the presence OF VIM. Brink
haus and DudleyL. Guilbeau competent
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