St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-02
ed as hereinafter provided fer.
ARTICLE Il.
The domicile of this company sha

The domicile of this company shall
be in the city of Opelousas, parish OF
st. Landry, State of Louisiana, and
all citations or other legal process
shall be served upon the President Of
the said corporation, or in case G his
absence or inability to act upon the
Vice-President, and in cas- of the alb
sence or inability of both the Pres.
ident and Vice-President, then upon
the Secretary-Treasurer
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes OF this
corporation shall be to engage In the
business Of buying and selling for
profit general merchandise OF every
description and to establish and oper.
ate in the city Of Opelousas, and In
other cities, towns and villages In
the State Of Louisiana, or in any 9TH
er state or states should this cor
poration so desire ald determine mer.
chandise stores and warehouses; also
to buy and sell cotton in bales or in
the seed, corn, rice, sugar cane, pota-
toes. vegetables and fruit; to buy and
sell real estate; to own, lease and
onerate cotton gins, congresses, corn
and grist mills, syrup mills and can
ming plants. and to do OF perform any
other thing or act incidental to or
necessary for the operation and
growth of the business of this cor
poration as d~elinenated above.
ARTICLE w.
This corporation may u and be
sued in it's corporate name, and by
and through its President or in his
absence through the Vice-President.
who may appear and act in court pro-
eeedings for and on behalf of this cor
reration without the necessity of any
further authority from the stockhold-
ers or directors thereof; and through
it's board of directors this corporation
may sell, mortgage, hypothecate,
pledge, lease and suitcase real estate
and personal property, though this
grant OF authority shall in no way
eurtail or interfere with tie authority
of the managing officers to carry on
the ordinary business of the corpora
ton and to make contracts respect
ing the purchase or sale of merchaE-
disc and the manner of payment
therefor; to borrow money in fulther-
ance of the objects and purposes or
this corporation and to make con-
tracts Of mortgage and pledge to Sc
cure the same; to make use OF o or
porate seal and the same to break
and alter at pleasure; to name and
appoint such managers, directors, Of
fcers; agents and clerks as the In
terest or convenience of said corpora
ton may require.
ARTICLE v.
The Capital Stock of this corpora
ton is hersby fixed at Ten Thousand
Dollars, (s1o, 0 O.0o), represented by
one hundred shares, 1001, Of a par
value of One Hundred Dollars t$100.-
0e) each.
This corporation Shall commence
business as soon as Three Thousand
Dollars of the stock has been sub
scribed and paid for. :
BY a vote of t%wo-thirds of the
stockholders the capital stock of this
corporation may be Increased to an
amount not exceeding Fifty Thousand
Dollars, (s5o,o 900. 00l.
ARTICLE VI.
The business affairs OF this corpora
ton shall be transacted by and
through a board of five directors who
shall be stockholders, and to be elect
ed at a meeting to be held for that
purpose on the second Monday of
the raonths Of January of each year.
TIE Directors thus selected shall
serve for one year or until their sue
cessors shall have been duly elected
and qualified. The Board of Dir
shall elect from their number
a President, a Vice-President and a
Observation-Disclosures. and a majority
Of the board shall have the power to
fill any va ancy occurring in that
BODY or anerg the officers. and to
make such bylaws, rules and regula-
as they may deem proper for
transaction of the business and af-
Of said CORPORATION, to change,
alter or amend the same at plea :ure.
taannoint and fix the salaries Of all
officers. clerks and employees. and
same 70 change and dismiss at
pleasure. thoIsgh srcs1 authority NAV
be conferred mon tha President ~
General Manager. or botn.