The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-12-21
.he stockholders shall be held at the
domicile of the corporation.
ARTICLE vi.


their own number president Hioo
.re3ident, secretary and treasurer Inc
respactive officers shall have the pow
ars usually given to said officers ana
shall serve until their successors Shati -,
have been elected and qualified
The president, and in his absence the :
vice president and secretary, with inc
approval of the board of directors shall
have the right, power and authority 10
anter into and execute all contracts OF
any nature which they may see III 10
make and to make purchases saleS'
leases, sub-leaseS, and execute all other j,
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 otfcerS'
and shall continue in office until thelr
successors are elected and qualified at
the annual meeting, hereinafter pro-
yided for on the first Monday in April
1918, viz:
S. S. Ballard, president.
JIM. Sullivan, vice president.
John T. Hood, secretary.
&C. Willard, treasurer.
Board of Directors-S. S. Ballard D.
NJ, Sullivan, John T. Hood and E. u
Willard.
ARTICLE VII.
This corporation shall have author
ity to adopt seal, and, under its name
and style above designated, shall nave
and enjoy corporate succession for
term of ninety.nine (99l years from tne
date hereof. And if before the expira-
; ton of the said time, it shall be deter
mined by majority of the steckhoia
ers at a regular or special meeting
convened, to dissolve this corporation
; thew shall select commissioner iron
l their own number at the meeting a
: which the resolution for the dissolution
Il of the corporation shall have pee
adopted, which commissioner shall iiqu
idate its affairs by disposing of its PROF
Is erty and paying first all the debts an
IL liabilities of the company; second o
q paying unpaid dividends; and ne Sna
. distribute the balance, if any remains
oi amongst the stockholders in proportio
e. to the amount of stock owned by then
"a But no stakeholder of this corpora'lo
y shall ever be held liable for any great'
Oh amount than the unpaid balance on II
H. cauital stock, and no informalities Sha
e. have the effect OF rendering this chal
49, ter null, or exposing any stockholm
eS to any loss beyond the amount oil d
y" capital stock.
IT. ARTICLE VIII.
Sc, The name amount of stock subscrlo
No for, and the poStoff1ce address OF ca
u.s. subscriber to the capital stock OF u
len corportion, in addition to the incorpo
ms ators, are upon Exhibit "a" which is
81 tached to this charter as constitute
~ part thereof, and the same is TO De It
' in connection thewith. All perse
ISe' whose names appear thereon, having
lnS said act obligated themselves to rece
NY and pay for at par value the numb
ion of certificates of stock thereby Sho'
'",' Thus done and passed before me-
~ undersigned notary, on the 9th DAY
'Dl' December, A. D., 1911, in the preSe
, az ~, of the undersigned lawfal witnesses
OF Name and Address
eoi SIS. Ballard, Columbus. New Mex
emu IN Sullivan. Welsh, Ii
I"u John T. Hood, Weisn' u
49, &C. Willard, WelSn' L
- Witnesses:
John W. Armstrong.
FIG. Seward.
'ner Before me, c. E. Carr
lne Notary Publ
u III State of Louisiana,
resi-. Parish Of Jefferson Day
the oeeoo ~ cIarl, nj the Fifteenth Jud
District Court.
/ hereby certify that the above
atlon foregoing is a'true and correct co!
hrty the original charter Of the LOUIS
Vldeo Central Oil Company, Incorpors
" OF fled in this Office on the 18th ia
} per December, A. D., 1917, and duly rc'
Dc H. ed ON the 18th day of December a
lSano 1917, in book one Of charters p
WIN 2l2.
4 TINS In testimony whereof, witness
'r OF official signature and seal oil ON
'nlSn' Jennings, Jefferson Davis parish
na or this the 18th day of December
Gil 90 1917. Clarpny Fiul
board Deputy Clerk OF G.
prop. noo "A >, 2sS1ar 411iS
es so
'rpor.
bust. Two scholarships in
stock ho,% Ruc;ness COlleUe
n full. vs.