The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
CHARTER OF
hU0n PLANTATION COMPANY, inc.

i Re IL KNOWN, That before me, tn
undersigned authority and two al
testing witnesses, on this the 18th da
OF February, A. D., 1917, PERSONAL
came and appeared Frederick f. French
of the City of Chicago, State of Illinois
Samuel H Roberts, of the City o
Chicago, State of Illinois, Paul Cham
bers, of the City of Jackson, State O
Mississippi, j. N. Flowers, of the Cit,
OF jackson. State of Mississippi AM
George S. Yerger, Of the Parish of Madi
son, State of Louisiana, who declared
and acknowledged. that availing them
selves of the laws of the State o.
Louisiana, and especially of Act No
267 of the General Assembly of tn,
state OF Louisiana for the year 1914
they have formed and organized and BY
these presents do form and organize
themselves into corporation and BODY
polite for the objects and purposes
hereinafter set forth and expressed
which they hereby adopt as the Charter
OF said corporation, to-wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name and title of this Corporation
shall be Huon Plantation Company. Inc
and by its said name shall have and en-.
JOY existence for the full term and period
of SO years from date hereof.
Its domicile shall be in the Town of
Tallulah, Parish of Madison, Louisiana.
and it shall have Seal with such in
scriptlon and device as the Board of
Directors may elect and the same to
after and change at pleasure.
Its certificates of stock shall be signed
by the President and Secretary and bear
the impress of the Seal of the Corpora
ton.
1t shall have power and right to hold
purchase. receive by donation or other
wise, and mortgage, sell, lease, pledge.
pawn, chattel mortgage and convey
both real and personal, NOV
able and lmmovable.
1t shall have the right to borrow
money and issue its negotiable notes or
bonds, unsecured or secured by mort
gage, pledge, pawn, chattel mortgage
or other lien on its property, both real
and personal, and shall have power to
sue and be sued in its corporate name.
The President, and in his absence the
first Vice-President, is hereby design
ated as the officer upon whom all citation
Or other legal process shall be served.
ARTICLE2.
The objects and purposes for which this
corporation is organized, and the nature
If the business to be carried on by If
ire hereby declared to be the purchase
'ale and lease of agricultural. timber
md other lands,l the cultivation. grow
ng, raising and marketing of all apri.
crops, and the manufacturing
and sale of products there.
u and the buying. selling and rearing of
'orses, mules and cattle, sheep, hogs
ND any and all other kinds of animals
md llye stock, in the Parish of Madison.
;;oulslana, or in any other portion of
ne State OF Louisiana, or in the United
states, and in connection with the above
pJects and purposes, to make advances
I money and supplies to its tenants and
theirs, and to conduct a general mer-
antlle business, both wholesale and
etail.
ARTICLE 8. |,
The capital stock of this CORPORATION
hereby fixed at one hundred thousand |
500, OO) dollars, divided into one
1ousand (lCOO) shares of the par value
one hundred (Sl0O. 0) dollars each.
The capital stock of this Corporation s
lay De increased to an amount not ex-
aeding two thousand five hundred
z,50O) shares of the par value of one {
lndred (Sl00. 00) dollars each. making r
total of two hundred fifty thousand t
$3.50, COO.OO dollars. Il
ARTICLE 4. 3
The corporate powers of this Corpora-
ons shall be vested in and exercised
Board of Directors of five stock t
olders, a majority of whom shall con- f
itute quorum for the transaction of $
lsiness, with full power to purchase. s
ceiVe by donation, sell, mortgage, e
euge' pawn, convey and lease, either a
lessor or lessee, property, both real h
III personal, to borrow money and issue ID
e company's negotiable notes or bonds
Their unsecured or secured by mortgage S
ITS real estate, chattel mortgage. D
edge or pawn of its personal property, h
"a to do any and all other acts which %
is company is authorized to do in m
FRYING out the objects and purposes II
TINS corporation, to make and estab- O,
n bylaws, and change the same. to d,
re, employ, appoint, all necessary II
ents, servants and employees, and to m
an vacancies occurring in the Board II
Directors by death, resignation or
lerwise. =.
Each Board of Directors shall cleo, h,
I'm their number President, a First VI
ce-Presldent, Second Vice-Presi- W
ut, Secretary and Treasurer. A
Inc once OF Secretary and Treasurer
~ be held by one or two persons. and
en held by two persons, the Secre- w
Y may or may not be director.
The Board of Directors NAV be in
'ased at any annual Stockholders
'etlng to a number not exceeding Cl
zen ~. The first Board of Directors
III consist of Frederick L. French.
muel II. Roberts, j. N. Flowers. Paul ST
ambers and George S. Yerger p,
N Frederick E. French rs President,
orge ). Yerger As First Vice Presi. hi
1t, j. N. Flowers as Second Vice in
ssldent, Samuel H. Roberts as Sec. do
airy and Paul Chambers as Treasurer fo
snail hold office until the first Mon tn
IN March. 1918, or until their sue as
sors have been duly elected. wi
IN the first Monday of March. 1918. be
annually thereafter on the first RI
may OF each year, the stockholders da
II meet for the purpose of electing p
ird OF Directors, and the transaction
such other business as may properly II
he before the meeting.
,ritten notices of annual Stock CT
1ers Meetings shall be delivered
sonaliy or by depOsiting it in the post -
e, addressed to the stockholders
known address, at least fifteen DAYS e