The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-12-14
the stockholders shall be held at the
domicile OF the corporation.
ARTICLE

their own number a president, vice
president, secretary and treasurer, The
respective officers shall have the pow
ers usually given to said officers, and
shall serve until their successors shall
have been elected and qualified.
The president, and in his absence the
vice president and secretary, with the
approval of the board of directors, shall
have the right, power and authority to
enter into and execute all contracts OF
any nature which they may see f1t to
make and to make purchases, sales,
leases, sub-leaSes, and eIeGute all Other
instruments as in their judgment may
be proper and for the best interest OF
the corporation.
The following named stockholders
shall constitute the first board OF direc.
tors of this corporation and its officers,
and shall continue in Office until their
successors are elected and qualified at
the annual meeting, hereinafter FRO
vided for on the first Monday in April,
1918, viz:
S. S. Ballard, president.
j. M. Sullivan, vice president.
John T. Hood, secretary.
&c. Willard, treasurer.
Board of DireetorS-S. S. Ballard, j.
NJ. Sullivan, John T. Hood and E. c.
Willard.
ARTICLE VII.
This corporation shall have author
ity to adopt seal, and, under its name
and style above designated, shall have
and enjoy corporate succession fer a
term of ninety.nine (S9) years from the
date hereof. And if before the expira-
ton of the said time, 1t shall be deter
mined by majority Of the stockhold'
erS, at a regular or special. meeting
convened, to dissolve this corporation
they shall select q commissioner from
their own number at the meeting at
which the resolution for the dissolution
of the corporation shall have been
adopted, which commissioner shall liqu
idate its affairs by diSpoSing of its prop
erty and paying first all the debts and
liabilities of the company; second, by
paying unpaid dividends; and he shall
distribute the balance, if any remains
amongst the stockholders in proportion
to the amount of stock owned by them.
But no stakeholder OF this corporation
shall ever be held liable for any greater
amount than the unpaid balance on his
capital stock, and no informalitieS shall
have the effect OF rendering this char
ter null, or exposing any stakeholder
to any loss beyond the amount OF his
capital stock.
ARTICLE VIII.
The name amount OF stock SUBJ crlbI d
for, and the poStoflce address OF each
subscriber TO the capital stock OF this
corportion, in addition to the incorpor
atorS, are upon Exhibit "a" which is at.
tached to this charter as constituent
part thereof, and the same is to be read
in connection thewith. All persons
whose names appear thereon, having by
said act obligated themselves TO receive
and pay for at par value the numbers
of certificates Of stock. thereby shown
Thus done and passed before me, the
undersigned notary, on the 9Th day oil
December, A. D., 1911, in the presence
OF the undersigned lawfal witnesses.
Name and Address:
S. S. Ballard, Columbus, New Mexico
JIM. Sullivan, Welsh, La.
John T. Hood, Welsh. La.
&c. Willard, Welsh, La.
Witnesses:
John W. Armstrong.
FIG. Seward.
Before me, C. E. Carr.
Notary Public.
State Of Louisiana,
Parish of Jefferson Davis I
Office of Clerk of the Fifteenth Judicial
District Court.
hereby certify that the above ant
foregoing is a true and correct copy o.
the original charter Of the Isljsjs1s
Central Oil Company, incorporated
filed in this Office on the 18th day o'
December, A. D., 1917, and duly record
ed on the 18th day of December, A. D.
1917. In book one Of charters, pages
2l2.
In testimony whereof, witness my
official signature and seal OF Office in
Jennings, Jefferson Davis parish. La.
this the 18th day of December, A. D
1917. Clarphy Pitre,
Deputy Clerk of Court
Dec.A,2l,2S&Jan. Alb