Abbeville progress., 1914-03-21

| OillCu States OF America,
State OF Louisiana,
Parish Of Ncrmiliou.
Be it known, that on this the 2nd dav
Of February. \. d. 1914. before me.
Anthony J. Golden. Notary Public.
duly commissioned and qualified in and
for the said State and Parish. and in TIE
presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally ap-
pcared the scvtra. persons whose names
are hcreunto subscribed who scvcrallv
declared that, availing themselves Of the
provisions of the laws of this State rcIa-
tive to the organization OF corporations.
they have contracted and agreed and do
by these presents, contract and agree
and bind and ohligat. themselves. as
well as all such other persons as shall
hereafter become associated with them.
to form themselves into and constitute a
corporation and body polite in law, for
the objects and purposes and under the
conditions and stipulations of the articles
following, to-wit:
ARTICLE
The name of said COrDCr1tiOn shall be
the EHATU PLANTING Co, Limited
ami under It's SAID corporate name shall
have power and authority To enjoy sue
ccSS!on for the full term and period of
nIncty-nlnc years from and after the date
hereof, unless sooner dissolved Accord
ing to law; to contract. sue and be sued.
TO make and use corporate seal and the
same 10 break and alter at pleasure: TO
purchase receive, lease, hold sell and
convey, as we'll as mortgage and nv
potheCate, under its corporate name.
property, both real and personal: to
borrow and lend money and 10 Give and
receive security or securities therefor: to
name and appoint such manager, and
directors, officers, agents and ovcrSccrs
and 10 make and establish, rs we'll rs
alter and amend at pleasure, such bv-
laws, rules and regulations for the man
agement Of the affairs of said corporation
as may be necessary and proper.
ARTICLE II.
The domicilc Of said corporation shall
he at Erath, Ncrmilon Parish, I.ouisi-
ana, and all citations or other legal pro-
cess shall be served upon the President
OF said corporation, or, III the case of his
absence, upon the Vice President. or, in
the absence of both of these officers.
upon the Secretary of the corporation.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is established and the
nature of the business TO be carried on
by it, are hereby declared and specified
to be: TO buy, hold, own, sell. lease,
reclaim, develope, improve, build upon,
irrigatc and cultivate lands; to rent
lands to tenants and to other persons; To
raise, buy and sell mules, horses. cattle
and other live stock; and to do anv and
all such things and acts as may or shall
be necessary and proper to carry out said
objects and purposes.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corporation is
hereby fixed at Ten Thousand, i(SlO.-
OOO.OO) Dollars, divided into or repre-
sented by One Hundred Shares of one
Hundred l>lO0.OO Dollars each. which
shall be paid for in cash. property or the
equivalent thereof. This corporation
shall be and is hereby authorized to
transact business when Five Thousand
(S5, 600. .O0) Dollars Of its capital stock
snail have been subscribed and paid for.
ARTICLE Y.
All of the powers of this CORPORATION
shall be vested i'll and exercised by q
Board of Three, t5D, Directors, caC. of
whom shall hold i'll his own name or in
the name of the partnership whereof lie
= mcmber, at least Five Shares of
sock. Said Board of Directors shall hc
elected annually OIL first legal day O!
February of each year. the first election
to be held Ill 1915. All such elections
shall be by ballot at the office of the
corporation under the supervision of
three commissioners to be appointed bv
the Board of Directors, and in the
absence of any commissioners the pre-
sident shall have the power to fill the
place by appointment, and all such
elections. as well as of all meetings of
stockholders, except for the purpose of
liquidation or dissolution or as other
wise required by law, ten DAYS notice |
shall be given bv mailing to each stock
holder who appears as such on the |
books of the company, at his last de |
slgnated address, or at the general |
delivery at Erath, Louisiana, if lie has |
not designated an address, which sald |
notice shall contain an announcement |
stating the time and place ofthe meeting |
and by publication at least duTing the
ten days next preceding said meeting, |
in newspaper published i'll the Parish |
of VeriniliOn, La, Each shareholder |
shall be entitled to one vote for each |
share of stock standing in his name Oh
the books of the Company, cast in
person or bv proxy and majority of the |