The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-10
Charter
Welsh Warehouse Company.
State Of Louisiana,

; State Of Louisiana, s-~r3
Parish of Jefferson Davis;
BEFORE me, Charles E. Carr, dull,
commissioned and qualified Notar,
Public, in and for said Parish ant
State, on this 21st. day of Septembe
1914, personally came and appeared
Simpson o. ScogginS, RoSamond r
ArCeneauX, Wade E. Plauche, Lee E
Robinson, Edwin C. Willard, Joseph A
Verret, George r. Boiling. William E
Taught and Arthur T. Jones, all 'esi
dents Of the Parish of Jefferson Davis
State of Louisiana, each of whom de
clared unto me in the presence of the
hereinafter named and undersigned
competent witnesses that they do here
by organize themselves into and create
a body corporate in law and adopt the
following articles of incorporation for
the control of themselves and such
other persons as may become aSSoCi.
ated with or succeed them.
Article |.
The name of said corporation is de-.
Clared to be the WELSH WAREHOUSE
COMPANY, under which name and
title it shall enjoy all of the immunitieS
rights and privileges conferred by law
upon corporations for a period of
ninety.nine years from date hereof.
Article II.
The domicile of said corporation is
declared to be in the town of Welsh,
Parish of Jefferson Davis, State of
Louisiana.
Article III.
The objects and purposes for which
said corporation is formed are declared
to be for the purpose of conducting a
public or private warehouse business
in the town of Welsh, Louisiana, or
such other places as may be decided
upon by the Board of Directors; to buy,
own, sell, or lease real estate; to buy
and sell feed, fertilizer, coal, oil, sacks,
Irvine, machinery and generally all
character of plantation or farm sup.
plies, and to do all things incident to
and connected with the conduct of
either a private or public warehouse
business, and the advancing or furnish.
ing of supplies to farmers or planters.
Article w.
The capital stock of said corporation
is declared to be twenty-five thousand
[ $25,OOO.OO) dollars, divided into two
hundred and fifty (25O) shares of one
hundred ($10000) dollars each, and this
corporation shall be authorized to com
nenCe business when said tWo.hundred
and fifty (25O) shares of its capital
stock has been subscribed for, each
must be accompanied with
he payment of at least fifty per cent
u the capital so subscribed; the re.
portion of said subscription
hail be payable upon demand OF the
3oard of Directors, but in no event
hall it be paid later than January 18th,
9l5. No certificate of stock shall be
SSued as evidence of ownership of
took until the purchase price thereof
las been paid.
Article v. S
The business affairs of this corpor.
alton and the management thereof
hall be entrusted to Board of Di.
ectorS of not less than five nor more t
han nine stockholders, the number
hereof to be determined for the en-. 1
llng year at each annual meeting of t
ne stockholders, when said directors n
re selected. The directors until the O
rst annual meeting of the stockhold. c
IS. which shall occur on the End Mon.
ny of January, 1915, are declared to Il
as follows: Simpson o. Scoggins. C;
osamond R. ArCeneaux, Wade E. a.
lauche. Lee E. Robinson, Edwin c. D
lizard, Joseph A. Verret, George r. in
cling, William E. Taught and Arthur CT
Jones. 81
Article VI. re
The officers of said corporation are b,
ciared to be d President, a Vice P
and Secretary. Treasurer, al
no shall perform the duties usually OF
cumbent upon such officers of
rporation, and such other duties as at
~, from time to time, be assigned to of
EN- by the Board OF Directors. Until
first meeting of the stockholders Pr
the End Monday of January, 1916,
e officers are declared to be, Lee E.
President; Rosamond R.
ceneaux, Vice-President, and Joseph
Verret, Secretary. Treasurer.
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