The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-03
Charter
Welsh Warehouse Company.

1914, personally came and appeared
Simpson D. ScogginS, RoSamond K.
Arreneaux, Wade E. Plauche, Lee E.
Robinson, Edwin C. Willard, Joseph A.
Verret, George r. Boiling, William E.
Taught and Arthur 7. Jones, all resi-.
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
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.
ArticIeI.
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
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,
tWine, 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 ".
The capital stock of said corporation
is declared to be twenty-five thousand
(S25,0000O) dollars, divided into two
hundred and fifty (25Ol shares of one
hundred ($1OO00) dollars each, and this
corporation shall be authorized to com
menCe business when said tW0.hundred
and fifty ESQ., shares of its capital
stock has been subscribed for, each
subscription must be accompanied with
the payment of at least fifty per cent
of the capital so subscribed; the re.
naming portion of said subscription
shall be payable upon demand of the
Board Of Directors, but in no event
shall it be paid later than January 18th,
1915. No certificate of stock shall be
issued as evidence OF ownership of
stock until the purchase price thereof
has been paid.
Article V.
The business affairs of this corpor.
ro 4ior, oyd 4bo ono rayoop+ fbonoof
shall be entrusted to a Board of Di.
rectorS of not less than five nor more
than nine stockholders, the number
thereof to be determined for the en-.
suing year at each annual meeting of
the stockholders, when said directors
are selected. The directors until the
first annual meeting of the stockhold.
erS, which shall occur on the End Mon.
day of January, 1916, are declared to
be as follows: Simpson 0. Scoggins,
Rosamond r. ArCeneaux, Wade E.
Plauche. Lee E. Robinson, Edwin G.
Willard, Joseph A. Verret, George R.
Boiling, William E. Taught and Arthur
7. Jones.
Article vi.
The officers of said corporation are
declared to be President, a Vice
President and .Secretary.Treasurer, |
who shall perform the duties usually
upon such officers of
and such other duties as
may, from time to time. be assigned to
them by the Board OF Directors. Until
the first meeting of the stockholders
on the End Monday of January, 1916,
the officers are declared to be, Lee E.
Robinson, President; Rosamond R.
Arceneaux, Vice.President, and Joseph
A. Verret Secretary. Treasurer.
Citations and other legal processes
shall be served upon the President, or
in his absence, on the Vice President,
and in the absence of both, upon the
Secretary.Treasurer
Article VII.
The stockholders of this corporation
shall hold regular annual meeting
upon the second Monday of January,