Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
CHARTER
CRESCENT 1--we STOCK COMPANY, INC.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.


STATE OF LOUISIANA. /
PARISH OF TENsAs !
Be it known and remembered, that OF
this, the Sth day OF the month OF March
i'm the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and seventeen. and In tin
independence of the United States o
America the one hundred and forty first
before me, Joseph Curry, Clerk OF Cour
and ex-offiicio Notary Public, dull!
commissioned and qualified according Il
law within and for the Parish OF Tensas
State Of Louisiana, and in the presence
of the witnesses hereinafter named All,
undersigned, personally came and APP
peared the several persons whose name
are hereunto subscribed, all being of full
age of majority, who severally declared
that, availing themselves of the benefit,
and provisions of the Constitution and
laws of the State OF Louisiana relative Il
the organization Of corporations, ahC
particularly OF the provisions of Act No
267 of the General Assembly of the State
of Louisiana for the year 1914, they have
mutually covenanted, contracted ant
agreed, and do, by these presents, cove
nants, contract, agree, bind and obligate
themselves, as we'll as such other person.
who may hereafter join or become asso'
ciated with them or their successors, to
form and constitute a corporation and
body polite in law, under the name, fol-
the objects and purposes, and under the
terms and stipulations and provisions
contained in the following articles, which
they adopt as their charter, to-wit:
ARTICLE ONE.
The name and title Of this corporation
shall be CRESCENT LIVE STOCK CO.,
INC, and under and by said name, unless
sooner dissolved in accordance with law
and this charter, it shall exist and con-
tinue and shall have and enjoy corporate
existence for a period OF ninety-nine (99)
years from and after the date OF this act.
1t may have, hold, receive, borrow, lend,
exchange, acquire by grant, gift or pur-
chase, devise or bequest, sell, ALLEVIATE,
dispose of, convey, lease, pledge, pawn,
hypothecate, cucumber or mortgage
property OF any kind, whether real, per-
sonal or mixed, corporal or incorporeal,
movable or immovable, all subject to
such limitations as may be prescribed by
law. 1t may make, issue and endorse
bonds or notes or other evidences a
debt. 1t may accept mortgages, pledges
or other forms OF security for money
loaned or other debts. 1t may contract,
sue and be sued, plead or be implicated
by its corporate name in any court OF
competent jurisdiction. 1t may hold
stock in other corporations, and its capt.
tai stock may be issued for capital stock
i'm other corporations. 1t may name,
appoint and employ such managers, d.
rectors, officers, agents and other EN-
ployees as its said business and conven-
fence may require, and may fix their
compensation, having due regard to the
nature, character and value OF their SER
vices. 1t may make and establish by
laws, rules and regulations not inconsist-
ent with this charter or any existing law,
fixing or altering the management OF It's
property, the regulations and govern
ment Of its affairs, and the manner oi
the certification and registration oil It's
stock. 1t may wind up and dissolve IT.
self, or he wound up and dissolved In the
manner prescribed by law. 1t may con-
duct business in this state, other states,
the federal districts, the territories and
possessions of the United States, and any
foreign country. 1t generally shall pos.
sess all the powers, rights, privileges and
immunities which corporations are and
may hereafter be authorized to possess
under the Constitution and Laws OF this
State, and particularly under Act No. 26l
of the Acts of the General Assembly Of
the State OF Louisiana for the year 1914.
And it shall have the power to invest its
r nth oil Of tfo
ate powers, subject to such restrictions as
may be named in this charter.
ARTICLE TWO.
The seal Of this corporation shall be
metal disc, with a crescent i'm the center
thereof. and the words Crescent Live
Stock Co., Inc, Highland, La, inscribed
around the outer edge. And such cor
porate seal said corporation shall have
the power to make and use, and the same
to break and alter at pleasure.
ARTICLE THREE.
The domicile of this corporation is de-
clared to be at Highland, in the Parish
OF Tensas, State of Louisiana, and at the
Office of said corporation ut said place OF
domicile shall be held all meetings OF the
board OF directors and stockholders Of
said corporation.
ARTICLE FOUR.
All citations and other legal process
shall be served upon the President, or in
his absence, upon the Vice President, and
in the absence of both President and Vice
President upon the Secretary-Treasurer
Of said corporation.
ARTICLE FIVE.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is organized, ahd the ma
ture OF the business to be carried on by
it, are hereby declared to be:
To purchase, lease, acquire, exchange
and hold property, both real and per-
sonal, and the same to sell, exchange and
dispose of, to raise, buy and sell live
stock of all kinds, including horses,
mules, cattle, hogs, sheep and other do
nestle ANIMALS; to engage in agriculture
and to buy, sell, manufacture and ex-
change agricultural products; to acquire,
hold, sell and exchange timber, and the
same to manufacture; to erect, construct,
maintain and operate sawmills, cotton
gins, cotton factories, oil mills, grist
mills, ice factories, brick kilns; to con-