The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-08-09
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OF
ALLEN PLANTATION COMPANY
INC.

ALLEN PLANTATION COMPANY
INU.
BE IT KNOWN AND REMEM-
BERED: That the parties whose
names are hereto subscribed, availing
themselves of the Laws of the State
of Louisiana relative to corporations,
have convenanted and agreed, and by
these presents covenant and agree, and
bind themselves, as well as such other
| persons as may hereafter become asSo-
ciated with them, to form and consti-
| tute corporation, with the following
as both the Charter and the original
subscription list hereof.
Article I.
The name of this corporation shall be
| ALLEN PLANTATION COMPANY,
incorporated.
Article II.
The purpose for which this CORPORA
tion is formed are as follows: 10 ac-
quire by lease, purchase or otherwise,
lands, tenements and hereditaments,
and other real, personal or mixed prop
erty and to hold, own and improve,
deal in and dispose of the same; to en-
gage in agriculture pursuits and stock
raising; to engage in the manufacture,
sale and distribution of lumber,
veneers and other wood products and
to vend and deal in the same; to con-
duct mercantile operations, both whole
sale and retail; to engage in mining any
OF the ores of the earth and to mill and
reduce the same; to bore, dig and drill
for water, oil gas and other products
and to refine and market the same: to
build such railways, tramways, water
ways or reservoirs proper and necessary
for the carrying on of the several
enterprises in which the corporation
may engage.
Article III.
The Capital Stock of this Corpora
tion shall be One Hundred Thousand |
Dollars, divided into Ten hundred |
shares of the par value of One Humid
red Dollars each. There shall be no |
preferred stock. Of such Capital stock, |
Seven hundred fifty (750) Shares of |
the par value or Seventy Five Thous- |
and ($75, 5,0O0,00) have this day been |
subscribed and paid for in full.
Article ".
The Domicile of this Corporation
shall be at Allen, Natchitoches Parish, |
Louisiana, where meetings of the
stock holders and directors shall be
he'd; provided, that with the written
consent of all the directors valid meet
of Hirpafarc hn hal4
the State elsewhere than at its domi-
cile.
Article V.
This Corporation shiIl exist for
period of Ninety Nine Years unless
sooner dissolved in accordance with
the laws of the State of Louisiana.
Article vi.
The Corporate Powers of this Cor
poration shall be vested in and exer-
cised by board of four directors.
Three of said board shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business
and their decision shall be valid corpo-
rate acts.
The following shall constitute the
first board of directors and officers of
the Corporation: George b. Liggett,
President; 0. E. Kennon, Vice Presi-
dent, c. s. Pierce, Secretary and J. N.
Shockney, Treasurer.
Said Board of Directors shall contin-
ue iii Office until the first Tuesday in
December Nineteen Hundred Seventeen
on which day and date, and thereafter,
annually, the stock holders shall meet
and from among their number elect a
Board of Directors to serve for one
year. Should the date of the annual
meeting Of Stock Holders fall oa q