The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-04-04
G HI A R II f. n
Home Place Planting and
Manufacturing Company.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
STATE )F LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. MARY,

commissioned and qualified in and for ST.
Mary Parish, Louisiana. personally came and
appeared the persons whose names are here
unto subscribed, all of lawful age, who de-
clared that availing themselves of the pro-
visions of the laws of this state relative to
corporations, and especially to Act IS of 1904,
OF the General Assembly of Louisiana, they
have cOvenanted and agreed and by these
presents covenant and agree, and bind them
selves, as well as such other persons as may
hereafter become associated with them to
form and constitute corporation and body
polite in law for the purposes and objects
and under the stipulations, articles and con-
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of the said corporation
shall ,,, be crE10 HONE PLACE PLANTING &
cie is hereby established at Homo Place Plan
tation, Parish of st. Mary, State of louisiana
and, under its corporate name, said corpora
tion shall have power and authority to con-
tract, sue and be sued to make and use a
corporate seal, and the same to break and alter
at pleasure; to hold, receive. have purchase
improve, ALLEVIATE, convey, borrow, pledge
mortgage and hypOthecate, under its said
corporate name, property, real personal and
mixed; to name and appoint such officers, di
rectors, agents and managers or employees as
the interest or convenience of said corporation
may require; to make and establish by laws
rules and regulations for the proper manage
ment and regulation of its affairs as may be
deemed necessary and proper. aud the same to
change and alter at pleasure; and to do all
other acts and things permitted by law, or as
shall or may be necessary and proper to carry
out the objects and purposes of said corpora
tiOn.
Said corporation unless sooner dissolved in
accordance with its charter, shall exist and
continue for the period of ninety. nine 1891 years
from and after the date thereof.
The president. or; in his absence, the vice.
president, shall be the proper person upon
whom citation or other legal process shall be
served
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes for which this cor
poration is organized, and the nature of the
business to be carried on by it, are declared to
be the following tO.wit:
To acquire by purchase. lease, exchange or
otherwise plantations, lands. or any inter-
est therein, machinery. tools, and instru-
ments; either in the United States Or without
operate sugar or other plantations; sugar or
other refneries, buildings, mills factories,
distillerieS, paper mills, oil wells and other
cane. maize, tobacco or other crops; to p1r-
chase, sell, raise and deal in live stock: to buy,
acquire, build, possess, rent or sell, dwelling
houses; to own, lease Or otherwise acquire
stores, and to do general merchandise bust
ness.
To carry on the business of manufacturing,
producing, refining. adapting preparing, buy
ing, selling and dealing in, and shipping and
transporting, sugar-cane. sugar, molasses,
ryrups, melada and all the products thereof.
To build tramways railroads, canols, and to
own and operate railroads and rolling stock.
dredge boats, and other boat or boats neceS-
sary for carrying out the business of this com
pany; to buy and sell sugar cane, corn and
othes products as herein provided, for itself
or through others. or to lease any Or all prop
erty owned by said company, for the purpose
of growing crops thereon, either with or with
out the sugar house, to buy and sell al; pro-
peeially to buy and sell sugar cane, and to
same into sugar, syrup, mOlasses
or other products, and to sell or otherwise dis
pose OF said agricultural products, either in
fhnI~ inv1 of off col ma va
been manufactured; to sell, mortgag.. hy-
pOthecate or pledge other the real esta or
the products to be grown thereon in accord
ance with the laws of this state.
In fact, said company shall have, gene rally
fnll power and authority to acquire, lold
manage and dispose of property Of ever. kind
pertaining to such business, and to do every
thing necessary and proper to the conduct of
said business.
ARTICLE HI
The capital stock of said corporation shall be
Fifty Thousand [$500O0 .00l divided into and
represented by Five Hundred f5O0l shares of
the sum of One Hundred ($l0O.O0) Dollars each,
which said stock shall be paid for in cash at the
time of subscription, or the same may be is.
sued at not less than par, for labor done or
money or property actually received n & ~ sald ia
issued until the consideration therefor has
been received by said corporation.
ANY stOckholder may sell, assign or transfer
days prior notice of such intention to sell, as
siEn or transfer the same be given the com.
pany, and the other stockholders thereof shall
ter which ten 10 days notice the said stock
may be sold in open market.
And no treasury stock shall be sold until ten
no) days prior notice be given the stock.
holders who shall have the first privilege of
purchasing same, after which ten Q0) days
notice the said treasury stock may DO sold IN
open market.
This corporation may commence doing busi
ness as soon as Five Thousand ($5,OO0.00) Dol.
lars of the capital stock shall have been sub
scribed for.
to determine how much stock shall be issued.
ARTICLE IV.
The corporate powers of this company shall
be vested in, and exercised by, a board OF four
q directors three3 OF said board shall con.
stitute q quorum for the transaction of bust
ness, and their decisions shall be valid corpo-
rate acts
to fve5. =
The following persons shall constitute the
first board Of directors: A. a. Bonylilan,
lain and Charles N. Bonvllain, with A. a.
Bonvillain as President, Miss Elmire 7. Bon
villain as Vice President and Sidney "A. Bon
villain as Secretary Treasurer.
No person shall be eligible as director or an
officer who is not a stockholdar of this COM
pany
vice. president shall act and preside.
Said board shall continue in Office until the
first Mond ~ in February, 1915, at which date,
and thereafter, annually, board Of directors
shall i. elected on the first Monday of
February, of each year, unless the same
should be holiday, then the election shall be
held on the next legal day thereafter.
Written notice Of such election addressed
to each stockholder at his last known post
Office address shall be given at least ten (10l
days prior to said meeting; and the board OF
directors shall appoint one or more stock hold
To- ,dn r. q a m.
ers. In the event of the failure of any COM
missioner or comm ssioners to attend, the
president shall, by appointment, I'LL the vacan-
CIV. ANY failure from auy cause whatsoever
to elect directors on the day named for that
purpose shall not dissolve the corporation; but