The Colfax chronicle., 1917-03-31
CHARTER
OF
The Grant Parish Fair Association,
Incorporated.
STATE OF LOUISIANA !
Parish of Grant {

Parish OF Gr6nt
Before me, the undersigned notary
public, duly commissioned, sworn and
qualified in and for the parish of Grant,
State of Louisiana, personally came
and appeared the following residents
and citizens of the said parish and
State: j. M. Lang, Mrs. Zelma Bum
gardner, M. E. Teddlie, d. H. Wallace,
c. C. Wilson, Mrs. D. H. Wallace, G.
D. Smith, j. A. Patton, VIM. Bowen,
J. E. Wallace, Leon Lang, H. l.. Brian,
/. McMills, and the others whose names
are hereunto subscribed, who declared
that availing- themselves of the consti-
tuition and laws of the State of Louisi-
ana, especially by Act 254 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Louisiana
for the year 1914, relative to the for
nation of non-trading corporations,
they have organized themselves into and
do hereby organize and create a corpo-
| ration and body polite in law under
the following agreements and stipula-
tions, to-wit:
ARTICLE ONE.
The name of this non-trading corpo-
ration shall be THE GRANT PARISH
FAIR ASSOCIATION, Incorporated,
and its domicle is hereby fixed at Verda,
Grant parish. Louisiana.
ARTICLE TWO.
The purpose which this corporation
is organized and for which it is created
and will be carried on are hereby de-
clared to be: To run, manage and con-
troll a parish fair for the parish OF
Grant, where exhibits of all farm and
agricultural products may be shown
each year, to educate the members and
attendants in better methods Of farm
ing and agriculture, and to bring about
cooperation among the members in all
matters relating to their welfare, and to
disseminate among the members infor-
nation along agricultural lines, coop
erative marketing and such life.
| ARTICLE THREE.
The following incorporators shall be
the officers of this company until the
December meeting Of the members in
1917: j. M. Lang. President; John F.
Fletcher, vice-president; Mark Wom-
ack, secretary; d. H. Wallace, treas
urer: and the said officers and the fol-
lowing incorporators: Mrs. Zelma Bum
, gardner, C. c. Wilson, Mrs. D. H.
Wallace, Mrs. G. d. Smith, Miss Lille
McMills, Miss H. Stoessel. M. E. Ted.
| die, ]. A. Swor, B. D. Fletcher and
j. w. Bryant shall compose the first
Board of Directors to serve until the
Decemper meeting in 1917, with Mrs.
} Bumgardner, aforesaid, as assistant
1 secretary.
II ARTICLE FOUR.
The corporate powers of this corpo
ration shall be vested in and exercised
D by the said Board of Directors wht
snail have full authority in the prem
q ises, and who shall make all rules ant
. regulations by which its corporate af
fairs shall be conducted and managed
0 and shall fix the duties and the salarie!
E Judgment directs
o The members of the corporation shal
!. inject in the Verda high school building
i az Verda, Grant parish, Louisiana, o.
at such other place as the Board o
Directors may designate on the mrs
Saturday of December of each year an
r elect Board of Directors for the en-
suing year, which board, when SO Sc
lected, shall Immediately choose thei
0 officers from among the members o
r the corporation, and it shall not b
necessary to choose all officers from tn
5 directors, and the officials so chose
o shall enter upon the discharge of thei
duties.
ARTICLE FIVE.
: There shall be no certificates of stoc
4 in this corporation, and in lieu of stoc
= each member shall pay tie sum of tw
t dollars and half per annum as mem
bership fee, collectible by the treasurer
u which membership fee may be decrease
o after the year 1917, if the directors Sc
fit to do so. No incorporation, nor an
person hereafter becoming membe
l. of this association, shall ever be bel
liable for any sum in excess of his men
bership dues. The wife of any men
ber in good standing shall become
member without payment of dues.
= ARTICLE SIX.
It No entrance fee to see the exhibi,
h of the association at its annual ia
n shall ever be charged.
n ARTICLE SEVEN.
= The Board of Directors, shall no
- monthly meetings, on the first Satu
D. DAYS of each month at the Verda hi9
school building at Verda, Louisiana.