Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-11-14

,.;th thc written consent of all directors,
valid meetings of directors may he hcid
outside the State or within the Stat
elsewhere than its dOniCie. All Citd-
tons or other legal process shall bc
rived upon the President, or, III case OF
m, ,hsenCe, upon the Nice-Presidcnt, OF
in Tine lbsencc of both of these officers
uion ne Secretary of the Corporation.
ARTICLE ".
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is established ana inc
nature of the business to be carried on
by it are hereby declared and specihed
to be. as follows, to-wit:
To purchase, own. hold. sell. eN,
change, reclaim, develop, improve, build
upon, irrigate cultivate, rent ami mort
gage, real property, improved ana uh-
| improved, rural and urban; to raise, buy
sell. mortgage and deal i'll mules, horses,
cattle and anv other live stock; to buy,
sell. own, lease. build, construct, operate
and manage mills. gins. rehneries, FAC
tories, congresses, printing Offices man
utactures of goods, wares. merchandise
and personal property of every class ana
description, and TO hold, own. sell or
dispose of. trade. deal i'll and deal with
all the articles OF commerce at wholesale
or retail; TO carry on all or any part OF
the business OF manufacturers, mer-
chants, traders, importers, exporters
and dealers III and with goods, wares
and merchandise of every description, oil
establishing, developing, managing,
operating and carrying OH OF industrial
commercial, trading, manufacturing
mechanical, engineering. building, con
structing, contracting, mining, refining
chemical, real estate, logging, lumber
ing, agricultural, plantation, and dairy
ing, enterprises, undertakings, propo
sitions. concessions of franchises. Ill al
their respective branches of construct
ing, equipping, improving, working
developing, purchasing, selling, LEASING
hiring, mortgaging, operating, and deal
ing in and with the public and quasi
public and development works and con
, veniences. including docks, harbors
| piers, wharves, canals. reservoirs. EN-
, bankments and improvements and othe
p engineering work; of operating ware
. houses, markets. buildings, tunnels
bridges and other works and conven
: fences of public or quasi-public use o
= utility; or purchasing or otherwise &c
u curing. maintaining. selling, ple'lginp
: nortgaging, leasing, hiring and fulfilhn
a any contracts, franchises and conces
- sions, for or in relation to the construC
" ton, execution, equipment. improve
q ment, management. operation or Contr'
y, of such works, and of undertaking, e.
4 ecuting, carrying out. disposing OF.
&c otherwise turning to account OF III
> the same, and generally. in carrying o
m its business or businesses, or tor IL
Iv purpose of attaining and furthering an
r of its objects or purposes, to do any an
ii all other things and exercise any and a
/, other powers which are now or may
hereafter permitted by the laws OF Il
State of Louisiana, relative to the o
ganization of corporations.
= ARTICLE
er The business affairs Of this corporate
er shall be managed by Board of Thr'
ne 81 Directors, and all of the powers
m this corporation, without restriction
er shall be vested in and exercised by sa
o. Board of Directors. Each director sh'
be own in his own right at all times durii
II, his term of office, at least one full-pa
at and unpledged share of capital stoo
n, Said Board OF Directors shall be elect'
| annually OH inc hISt lCSdi udN VI u
al month of October, of each wear &
er first election to be held in the year l9l
IT. The said directors shall elect from the
er number a President, a VicePreside
RI and Secretary-Treasurer They IN
's' appoint other agents and employed
re who may be removed at the pleasure
"a, said directors. They shall also ha
nj power TO fill any vacancy in their nui
We Der.
NV The directors shall be elected at
. stockholders meeting. held at the dol
al, icile of the corporation, and notice
ne said meeting shall be delivered, perso
ne ally or by depositing in the postoffi'
OK properly addressed. to each stockhold'
,iu at least fifteen DAYS before such mcetin
X, Other Stockholders meetings may
no held when ordered by the Board OF
Is, rectors or upon the demand of tweni
as five per centum of the outstandi
ch stock, notice Of such meetings to
Jay given as prescribed for meetings to ell
;h' directors Each stockholCer shall
every stockholders meeting be entitl
to one vote, in person or by writ
, is proxy, for each share of the capi
rty stock held by him. or he may send
led vote BY letter, the signature OF VIII
nd must be acknowledged before Not
Iue Public or other officer authorized to ia
N affidavits. The stockholders shall IN
be the right of cumulative voting IN
les election Of directors.
the Until the next general meeting TO
of held under this charter on the first le
ich day in the month OF October. 1915,
Aid Board of Directors shall be composed
in Messrs. Frank A. Codchaux, OF
per Orleans, La, Robert X. Putnam;
for Abbeville, La, and !. Otto Broussard
of Abbeville, La, with the said Frank
,ck Godchaux. president; Robert \. Putna
ted vice president, and J. Otto Broussa
nal Secretary Treasurer.
ties The President, or in his absence
Di Vice President OF this corporation 81
md have power in the name and IN benz
of the CORPORATION, to authorize the
and ton OF any suit and other 81
by ings, as authorized by Sec. l'
No. 267 OF 1914.
ion ARTICLE vi.
IRE At a meeting OF the stockholders q
i've called for the purpose, by the vote
airs. two-thirds of all its stock. these art'
ION of incorporation may be alne H'e0 r'
me, fled or changed, in any
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