St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-30

BY q vote Of tWo-thirds Of the
stockholders the capital stock Of this
corporation. may be incre5 sed to an
amount not exceeding Fifty Thous-
and Dollars, $3.50, 0oo.00).
ARTICLE VI.
The business affairs of this cor
poration shall be transacted by and
through a board Of three directors
who shall be stockholders, and &c be
elected at a meeting to be held fo-
that purpose on he second Monday OF
he months of ]. nuary OF each Year.
The Directors thus selected shall
serve for one year or until their sue
eessors shall have been duly elected
and qualified. The Beard of DJect-
ors shall elect from their number a
Pr resident, a yice-President, and a
Secretary-Treasurer and Manager,
though the Manager may also be any
of the other officers, and 3 majority
of the board shall have the power to
fill any vacancy occurring in that
body or among the officers, and to
make such bylaws, rules and regula-
lions as they may deem proper for
the transaction of the business and
affairs of said corporation, to change.
alter or amend the same a pleasure.
to appoint and fix the salaries Of all
officers, clerks and employees, and
the same toehange and dismiss at
pleasure, though such authority may
be conferred upon the President or
General Manager, or both, >.
ARTICLE VII.
This Act of Incorporation may be
changed, amended, modified or alter
ed, or said corporation may be dis.
solved at a special meeting OF the
said stockholders, convened for that
purpose after ten days notice to all
stockholders. though the mails or by
noice published in a newspaper is.
sued from the city Of Ope1ousas, La,
and with the consent of three-fourths
Of the capitol stock of said corpora
ton. For the purposes of liquidation
the stockholders may appoint two
liquidators from the stockholders
who shall exercise all the power and
authority usually and customarily
conferred on such officers.
ARTICLE VIII.
No stakeholder shall ever be held
liable or responsible for the contracts
or faults of said corporation in any
further sum than the unpaid balance
il any, due by him on his subscrip
ton to the capital stock, nor shall
any mere informality in the organiza
ton have he effect Of rendering this
| charter null, or of exposing any stock
sholder to ally further liability than
the unpaid balance due on his stock
AITICLE TX.
The first Board of Directors of this
corporation shall be as follows: F
K. Eastman, Opelousas, Louisiana, B
Bennett, Opelousas, Louisiana, and F
F. Hollier, Ope1ousas, Louisiana, OF
whom B. Bennett shall be President.
r. F. HolIier shall be Vice-President
and e. X. Eastman, Secretary-Treas'
urer and General Manager.
ARTICLE x.
This corporation shall be liquidatsd
at tie end OF its term. or sooner
should three-fourths of the capital
| stock agree thereto, and at a meeting
| of the stockholders called for thai
purpose as per Article VII, by three
commissioners, who shall continue tc
act until the business Of said corpora
ton shall be entirely closed and
liquidated, and in the event to tbs
death OF either, or two of than, Their
the surviving commissioners. OF
commissioner shall act.
THUS DONE, READ AND SIGNEE
at the city OF opelousas, st. Landr,
parish, State Of Louisiana, on the day
month and year first above-written
in the presence of Jno. w. Lewis anG
s. B. Wolff, M. D., competent writ
nesses, of lawful age. residents o.
| this parish, who hereunto subscribed
their names, together with appearers
and me, notary, after due reading o.
the whole.
B. Bennett, 20 ssares.
e. K. Eastman, 20 Shares.
F. F. HELLER, 10 Shares.
Witnesses:
Jno. w. Lewis,
S. B. Wolff, M. D.
w. r. Lacombe, Notary Public.
Opelousas, La, Nov. 4 1915.
List Of subscribers to and incor
porators OF aTHE B. BENNETT
STORES, NC" showing the name
of the subscribers, their addresse
and the amounts which they respect
lively subscribed.
We, the undersigned, having sub
scribed and do hereby promise to pa.
the amounts set opposite our name
respectively to the Capital Sto k 0
1.-THE B. BENNETT STORES, INC,
a corporation to be formed under tn.
terms and conditions and ..rticles o
agreement which has been subm.tte'
to each of US and carefully read an
considered.
Name, B. Bennett; address, Ope
~lousas; No. of shares, 30; amour
81 100000
Name, e. K. Eastman, address Ope
%lousas; No. Of shares, 20; amount
So, 000.0 90.
Name,F. F. Hollier; address, Ope
lousas; No. OF shares, 10; amount
81, 0 90.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
] / hereby certify thai the abov
and foregoing is a true ard corr e
copy OF original act No. 77947, G
date Nov. IA, 1915, and duly lecort
ed Nov. IA, 1916, in Charter Boo
No. /, at page-, in the Clcrk
Office OF st. Landry Parish, La.
Witness my hand and seal OF o
ice, at Opelousas, La, this 18th, da
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