The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21
CHARTER OF THE
DELTA FAIR ASSO-
CATION, Inc.

1890
! United States Of America.
Parish Of Madison.
State OF Louisiana.
Village OF Tallalnh.
Be II known, That on .his ,Ish Day
Of the month OF Jaiy. N the year Gus
thousand nire hundred and afteee.
before ne, John, z. Y-rger. Clerk Of
Cour. and Ex-CHc.o Notary Pubic.
duly CON nissionsd and qgaHGsd IN
and Tor the Parish OF Astisoh. State
OF Louisiana, Afore3a.t. se-rria re
eiding. slt n the p.sesncs of It's Wit
1esses Gereinsftef .arned and under
signed, carzonIiiy crne anc appear
ed the oetsonS whose Ds lee Are here
unto subscribed Who declared tina.
av.,liny themselves bf the provisions
OF the laws OF thi, State 81 ouch cases
made aad provided. relative 20 the
crgsaizatioE @. corporations and par
eiculariy Ac, No. 3ss OF the CeIsral
Assem- bly, OF Louisiana SesAoa 0t
1914. they have cuVelaa.Sc ana
agreed, kad DO. By these presents
covenant and agree. bind. form sad
constitute Themselves. IS we'll e such
other pe.sous ss may he-eafte, ioir.
or become associated with them. into
q corporation and bbcy polite III law.
ior tl4c Objects end ruF2.jce. And VI
der the Agreements sad stipulatioue
to.!o 2iny. to-wt:
Article [.
The name and style Of this corpo-
-stion shsli De LOUISIANA DELTA
FAIR ASSOCIATION. lSCCRPO-
RATED, ant under TIA: naUe il ahxll
enjoy sil Sho rights. sdvsu;sges AID
privileges granted By :ss 20 coTp0-
ratishs: q SHAY exist for : p-rioc .0t
aiaety-nins y.crs frUE che tSie
hereof: II shall have power su3 Al
shorty 20 contract. sue and be s1ed
Ia &, corporate name: h EIsse AID
uss q cprpc rate seal. ssl the sena 10
break or alter a. pleasure: - lola.
receive. purchEse. convey. mortgage.
sJpu:hecs;s ard pledge property.
real and pstsoaS or tniIst. TO issrs
beads. notes. eld ether ceHSaticns:
TO have and eGrtsy sncn CSeers.
managers, directors. agsass eac othsf
employees - the tntssoet eac con
yenience Of ssie corperatioa IpSy re-
auire or demand; 60 make and estab-
!ish uuck bylaws. rales aad reg cls-
.isns fer the ,eorJofate 1oaSegsu eat
aud ttatxtl sf ths aYsirs 81 ssid eor-
,sorattcr. IS may be dsSmsd xecaAsary
and ezvtIisnss.
trticle II
Tho oSjoct at1 purposes fer which
this corporation ID organized sud the
;.atuIS ~ the business 80 os carried
Or by II are hereby declared 10 De:
FOR tho purpose Of assisting and
encouraging tie Advancement OF .hs
material prosperity and progress OF
the parishes OF the State OK Louisiana
Joining this Associations, ana 10 that
snd the holding ana IraintansIcs OF
public fairs. sIcositions and eIhi5i-
,lors Of live ntuck ard farm products
In any CT SAID parishes. and II al
ways 70 promote the various indus
trtss Of the Louisiana Delta Section.
and generally, 90 DO acd engage IN
ny UuHL.ss undertaking or enter
prise connected with. growing cut CT
germans or incidental - any OF the
vb Iccts and purposes here!psoovs set
forth or contemplated Sy this char
ter.
Afticie m
No certificates Of S4Sck. shall 81
thi5 time. De issued By this corpc-s-
lion. bet II may. at any SINE seiectec
BY the Board OF Directors. &c rsor-
gnaixec snder the pfovisicns % 6ee-
ticn OF ssid act. No. l6a Of ;Sl4.
SO ~ to authorize capital stock 6ct
issuance aad sale Of stock certificates.
AEy white person residing within
the parishes o; the louisiana Delta.
may become . member OF th!s corpo-
ration. and havo certificate Of mem
bership issued TO hin. apoo payment
&c the Treasurer o. the sGm % Five
Dollars. as annual dues. and upon
such other conditions So shall be pre-
seribes By the bylaws OF this corpo-
ration.
Article Nv.
The domicile Of said corporation
shall be IA the village OF Taiulsh.
State OF Louisiana. and all citations
and other legal process shall De serr-
&c or the President. aud II his ab-
sence On any Fics-Presicent Of SAID
Corporation. In case OF the absence
u inability OF both OF said officers,
then said process shall be served on
the Secretary Treasurer Of said cor
rorntlOn.
Article v.
All the corporate powers Of tbs
company shsll be vested In. and the
management and control OF It's bust
ness and affairs shall be exercised by.
= Board Of Directors composed OF FIJI
.een members. fte Of them from each
Of the three parishes OF Teass.. Mad
ison and Fest Carroll. which number
may be Increased 70 no more than
lTweety-one. u the discretioa OF the
Soayd Of Directors. . majority OF
| whom shall 0nstttuse Q quorum for
the transaction OF Gil busin ees. Said
Directors shall be elected every year
on the firsi koneny CT Octoeer. Each
member shall be entitled n person
or written proxy TO one vote. All elee-
tIons shall be held under s1eh rules
and regulations as ma, Be determin-
ed " the BoA<d OF Directors sad af-
ter At least tao days. notice ifs vri,-
ing OF such election shall have given
70 each member ct his last known 81
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