The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-04

privileges and immunltleS Wnlcn cor
porations are and may hereafter be
authorized to possess under the Con-
ST tuition and laws Of this State, and
particularly under Act No. 267 OF
the Acts Of the Gener'l Assembly Of
the State of Louisiana for the year
1914.
ARTICLE II.
The dcmicile OF this corporation
shall be at the City of Morgan City.
Parish of st. Mary, State Of Louis
lana.
ARTILLE III.
The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is formed and
the nat;Ie of the business to be car
ried or b. it, are hereby declared to
be:
To buy and sell stocks. bonds,
mortgages. debentures, trust re-
ceipts, commercial paper, consols,
and government securities, either Tor
itself or agent of any person, flrm
or corporation, but not to engage IN
the banking or stock-jobblng busl-
ness: to act as the fiscal agent OF
anv person, firm or corporation; to
buy, sell, let, lease, hire, own or de-
mise or generally deal and trade IN
real estate, with the power to I'M
prove or increase the value thereof;
to borrow money and grant mort
cages, bond mortgages or notes
therefor; to lend money and to re-
ceive therefor mortgage, bonds or
a.iy other evidence of indebtedness;
to carry on any other business which,
under the law, it may be entitled to
carry on which may seem to the cor
poration to be calculated, directly or
Indirectly, to effectuate the afore-
said objects or either of them, or to
facilitate it in the transaction of Its
aforesaid business or businesses, or
any part thereof, or in the transac-
ton of any other lawful business
that may be calculated, directly or
indirectly. to enhance the value of
or to render profitable any of the
company's properties and rights.
and generally to hold and exercise
all such incidental powers and pri-
vileges as relate to the objects and
purposes hereinabove set forth or as
may be necessary, useful or conven-
lent for effecting said objects and
purposes
ARTICLE "
The authorized capital stock of
this corporation is hereby declared
to be the sum of TWO HUNDRED
AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOL
LARS (S25O,OOO.OO). The present
ly authorized capital stock Of this
corporation shall be represented by
Two Thousand, Five Hundred
(2.5OO) shares of the par value of
One Hundred Dollars (S1O0.O0)
each. The said capital stock shall
shall be personal property. 1t shall
be fully paid and worcestershire
when issued. No transfer of said
capital stock shall be binding upon
this corporation unless made in ac-
cordance with its charter and by
laws and recorded on the books
thereof.
ARTICLE v.
The business of this corporation
shall be managed by and all of the
corporate powers thereof shall be
vested in and exercised by board
of not more than fifteen 49, and
not less than five 81 directors, to
be elected from among its stock
holders, and a majority of the direc-
tors, either present in person or
represented by proxy, shall constl.
tute a quorum. The said board of
directors shall have the right to
nominate and appoint such agents.
managers or sub-agents as in their
| judgment they deem necessary IN
the management Of the corporation
of the conduct and carrying on of
its business.
ARTICLE VI!
The first board Of directors Of this
corporation shall be composed of:
E. A. Pharr, whose post-office ad-
dress is Morgan City, Louisiana.
NJ. E. Norman, whose post-office
address is Morgan City. Louisiana.
B. O'Brien, whose post-office adj
dress is Rhoda, Louisiana.
w. 3. Reed, whose post-office ad-
dress is Morgan City, Louisiana:
and,
K. S. Foster, whose postoffice
address is Morgan City Louisiana;
with E. A., Pharr as President, B.
O'Brien as Vice-President, and M. E.
Norman as Secretary Treasured. Said
board of directors shall serve until
the first meeting of stockholders for
the election of directors, or until
their successors are elected and
qualified.
| ARTICLE VII.
! On the first Wednesday in Janu-
airy, 1919, and annually thereafter
on the first Wednesday in January
in each year, a meeting of the stock
holders of this corporation shall be
held at its domicile for the purpose
of electing directors for the ensuing
year. A failure from any cause
whatsoever to hold the annual meet
elect directors thereat, shall not dis
solve this corporation, but the direc-
tors and officers then in office shall
remain in office until their success
sors shall have been respectively du-
ly chosen, elected, qualified and in
stalled.
ARTICLE VIII.
This charter may pc amended, and
the capital stock of this corporation
may be increased or decreased, or
this corporation may be dissolved in
the method and manner provided by