The Natchitoches enterprise., 1917-08-23
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
ALLEN PLANTATION COMPANY
INC.

BE 1T KNOWN AND REMEM.
BEhED: That the parties whnsa
names are hereto subscribed. ayajlhg
themselves OF the Laws of the State
q louisiana relative to CORPORATIONS
nave convenanted and agreed. and hy
tHeSe presents covenant and agree. and
Dlhd themselves, as well as such Other
persons as may hereafter become asso-
clated with them, to form and consti-
tuts corporation, with the following
IS pom the Charter and the ORIGINAL
subscription list hereof.
Article |.
The name of this corporation sb,'
a ALLEN PLANTATION CONF NJ o
incorporated. II De
ANY,
Article IL.
:. The purpose for which
ton Is formed are as ~.
4ulre by lease, purri ,u Cnns eU ~ 20 90
lands, tenement y -ono"s: ~ az
and other req .dse or otnerWlse'
erty and -, and hereoltalnenIs'
leal jr =, tsonal or mixed prop
ta~ - =" d, own and improve,
4, and disp use of the same; to en-
re in ag ricu ture pursuits and stock
raising; to emf rage in the manufacture,
sale and d .stribution of lumber,
veneers a, nd other wood products and
to yend nd deal in the same; to con-
duct mer, can tile operations, both whole
sale and retail; to engage IN mining any
of the pies of the earth and to mill ana
reduce t he same; to bore, dig and drill
for wat err, oil gas and other products
and TO refine and market the same; to
h1ild 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
ton 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
d the par value OF Seventy Five Thous-
and (S75, OO0,O O) have this day been
subscribed and paid for in full.
Article w.
The Domicile of this Corporation
shall be at Allen, Natchitoches Parish,
Louisiana, where meetings of the
stock holders and directors shall be
held; provided, that with the written
consent of all the directors valid meet
ings of directors may be held outside
the State elsewhere than at its !omd-
cile.
Article V.
This Corporation shall exist for a
period of Ninety Nine Years unless
sooner dissolved in accordance with
the laws of the State of Louisiana.
II Article vi.
The Corporate Powers of this Cor
poration shall be vested in and exer-
cised by a 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 E. Liggett,
President; O. E. Kennon, Vice Presi-
dent, G. s. Pierce, Secretary and ]. N.
Shockney, Treasurer.
Said Board of Directors shall contin-
ue in 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 al
Board of Directors to serve for one
year. Should the date of the annual
meeting of Stock Holders fall on a
legal holiday, the next legal day shall
be designated for the meeting. Each
Stakeholder shall be entitled to the
privilege of cumulative, voting.
The Board of Directors shall organize |
Immediately after its election and |
shall elect from among its number the |
following officers; president, vice-presi- |
dent, secretary and treasurer. The
Board of Directors may, in its discre- |
ton, combine the Offices of Secretary
and Treasurer in one.
If for any cause the Stockholders |
meeting be not held as herein provided, |
the Board of Directors shall hold over
until their successors are elected and |
qualified.
Article VII.
The President, or in his absence the /
Treasurer, shall be the proper person |
upon whom citation or other hgel pro-
cess shall be served.
Article VIII.
The Shareholders, the amount of |
Capitol Stock subscribed by each and /
their Post Offices are as follows:
O. E. Kennon, 701, East oath. Street,
indianapolis, Indiana, One Hundred
Seventy Nine Shares, Seventeen Theus-
and Nine Hundred Dollars.
j. N. Shockney, Kobeline, La, One
Hundred Eighty Nine Shares, Eighteen
Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars.
George e. Liggett, Winchester, Ind
lana, One Hundred Ninety One Shares,
Nineteen Thousand One Hundred DOL
lars.
C. S. Pierce, Union City. Indiana,
One Hundred Ninety One Shares,
Nineteen Thousand One Hundred Dol
lars.
Article TX.
This Charter may be amended confor.
mable to existing Laws.
Thus done and passed at my notarial
Office, in the City and Parish of Nat
chitoches, State Of Louisiana, on this
the End day of July A. d. 1917, in the
presence of the attesting witnesses, of
lawful age, who hereunto sign their
names, together with said parties, and
me, Notary, after reading of the whole.
Attest:
A. e. BATH
N T. SMITH Ii
T. s. CAIN
GEORGE E. LIGGETT, +
Per J. N. SHOCKNEY, K
o. E. KENYON, Ii
Per ]. N. SAOCKNEY,
C. S. PIERCE,
Per J. N. SHOCKNEY.