The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-03-18
CHARTER
OF
I. B. WILLIAMS CYPRESS CO., LTD.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, }
PARISH OF ST. MARY. {


Clerk of Court and ex offico a Notary
Public, duly commissioned and quail
fed within and for the Parish of ST.
Mary, State of Louisiana, personally
came and appeared l.. Kemper Will
liams. Secretary of F. B. Williams
Cypress Company, Ltd, corporation
created under the laws of the State of
| Louisiana by an act passed before Will
bur H. Kramer, Notary Public, on the
9Th day Of April 1909. and recorded in
the office of the Recorder of Mortgages
for the Parish of ST Mary. in Book No
Is, Folio No. 499. En,ry No. 29SlO, on
April 9th, 1902. who declared and &C.
knowlede ed unto me, Notary, in the
presence of the undersigned Witnesses:
That meeting of the stockholders Of
+. B. Williams Cypress Company, Ltd,
was held at the office Of said Company
in Patterson, ST. Mary Parish, State of
Louisiana. on the l4th day of January,
1914, after due notice given to the stock
holders of said corporation. as required
by the charter and by law.
That at said general meeting of stOci-
holders held on said day, by a vote f
more than two-thirds of all the capital
stock of said Company, Article V Of the
charter of said Company was amended:
and that he, the said l.. Kemper Will
liams, at said meeting, was authorized
and directed to appear before me, No
tary Public, and to execute the proper
notarial act aud declaration of such
amendment, required by law for the
purpose of affording authentic evidence
and permanent record.
Wherefore, the SAID appearer declared
in pursuance of the authority thus con-
ferred upon him, that at the said meet
ing held on the l4th day Of January.
1914, Article V of the Charter of +. K.
Williams Cypress Company. Ltd, was
amended 80 as to read us follows:
PARTICLE V.
"The power of this corporation shall
be vested ia and exercised by Board
of Directors. each of whom shall own
at least one share of the capital stock Of
this company. aud sid Directors shall
be elected by ballot and under the su-
pervson of election commissioners ut
the annual meeting of the Stockholders
| of this Company which annual meeting
shall be held on the Sc cond Thursday Of
January of each year, at which meet
Ing every stakeholder shall have the
right in person or by proxy to cast one
Two members Of directors shall COM
stitute a quorum. Said board shall have
power to ill vacancies occurring on the
Board of Officers aud Directors; shall
hold and continue in Office until their
qualified. The annual meeting of the
days notice published in any paper in
G. NV
to the last known aldress Of each stock
holder at least eight days before tho
meeting.
"The Board Of Directors ehall have
full power to provide for general or
special meetings of the stockholders, or
OF the Board Of Directors. Any men,
Der of the Boarl of Directors who may
be absent from the dOmicile of the COM
pany, or who may be prevented by sick
ness from attending may give a written
proxy to any other member Of said
Board of Directors to represent him On
all matters at any meeting of the Board
of Di ectors whether special or general.
The first Board Of Directors of this
Company who shall hold Office until the
18th day of January, 1908, and until
their successors are elected anc quail.
fed shall be f. B. Williams, l.. N.
Williams and C. S. Williams, with F.
B. Williams as President, l.. NJ. Will
liams as Secretary & Treasurer, aad
e. 5. Williams as Vice-President.
The officers of this company shall
be President and Vice President and
Secretary & Treasurer, the Secre-
tary & Treasurer need not be share
holder or director The Board of Die
rectOrs shall at the first meeting after
their election elect all the officers of this
Company"
Thus done and passed at m; Office in
Patterson, st Mary Parish, State Of
Louisiana, on this 4th day of February,
in the year 1916, in the presence of v.
L. Watson and l.. L. Dejean, residents
of St. Mary Parish, competent Wit
nesses, who have signed their names
with the said appearer and ne, Notary,
after due reading of the whole.
(Signed) L. KEMPRR WILLIAMS,
Secretary.
Witnesses:
V. l.. WATSON,
l.. L. DEJEAN.
E. F. MARIN,
Deputy Clerk, Ex-Off1cio q Notary
Public.
CLERKS OFFICE, !
FRANKLIN, LA.
Received and filed tor Recordati N Of
9:25 a. N. Feb 9, 1916.
Jos. ]. SCHWARTZ,
by. Clerk OF Court.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. MARY.
l, JOS j. Schwartz, by. Clerk of the
23d Judicial District Court and ex-
oficio, Recorder of Mortgages In and
for the Parish Of st. Mary, State of
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is q true and cor
rect copy of the act Of amendment -
the act of Incorporation of r. B. VIII
liams Cypress Company. Ltd. and that
thu mi Ui mol tharouf ~ua THE Aav Au1.