St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-08
ARTICLE n.

Landry Parish, Louisiana, and all eli
tations or other legal process shall
be served on the president, Or IN his
absence on the yi~ce-president, or in
the absence Of both president and
viea-president. on the secretary OF
said corporation.
ARTICLE Y.
The officers of this corporation
shall be a President, V~ice-president.
Secretary and Treasurer, but any
two of these offices may be filled by
one and the same person. Such Of
ficers shall be stockholders In said
corporation. and shall be elected an
nuaIly by the Board of Directors, and
shall serve until their successors are
elected. qualified and enter upon the
discharge Of their duties.
ARTICLE v.
At all stockholders meetings Of
said corporation. each stockholder
shall be entitled tt one vote for each
share of stock owned by him or rep
resented by written proxy.
ARTICLE VII.
The corporate powers OF this +
poration shall be and they are here
by vested in a Board of Directors
composed of Five. all of whom must
be stockholders in said corporation,
and a majority of whom shall cons
titute a quorum.
The stockholders shall hold regu-
lar meetings. annually, the first Of such
meetings to be held on the I'd day of
January, A. D. 1919, and annually
thereafter. At these annual meet
ings the stockholders shall transact
any business coming before them and
shall elect a Board of Directors for
the ensuing year, which newly elected
board shall at once organize by elect
ing from their number the officers
of said corporation.
The first Board of Directods shall
be: John Sibi1le, J. F. Clay, Rene ST.
billie, J.. w. Sibille and A. p. Clay, and
the following shall be the first off
GERS of said corporation: John SibilIe,
President; r. w. Sibille, Vice-presi-
dent and j. F. Clay, Secretary-Treas-
Said Board of Directors shall
have power to make such bylaws and
regulations that may be necessary for
the proper management of the affairs
of said corporation, and shall have
power to amend and change same at
their pleasure, and shall have power
to provide for and contract debts,
The first Board of Directors shall
acceptances, execute mortgages, and
do all things incident TO the object
of said corporation, and shall have
authority to vest the President, o r
any other officer, with such Of these
powers as they see fit.
ARTICLE VIII
Any vacancy of the offices of this
corporation, including directors, shall
be filled by a majority vote of said
Board of Directors at any regular
meeting of said Board or at a meet
ing called for that purpose.
ARTICLE TX.
No stakeholder shall ever be held
liable for any contracts, faults, or
Obligations of this corporation in any
further sum than the unpaid balance
due to the company on the shares
owned by him, nor shall any mere
informaIity in the organization have
the effect Of rendering this charter
null, or exposing a stakeholder to
any liability beyond the unpaid
amount of his stock.
This charter may be changed, al
tered or amended, or the said corpor-
alton may be dissolved by the process
Indicated by the laws of this State
governing the organizations, amend
ment Of charters and dissolutions OF
corporations.
DONE and PASSED at Sunset, La,
on the day, month and year first
above written, in the presence OF
F. A. Barry and G. F. Boudreau, law
full and competent witnesses, to-
gether with appearers, and me. No
tary, after due reading of the whole.
John Sibille, $1,000, Ten shares, Ar
naudville, La.
j. W. sibille, $1,000, Ten shares, Sun
set, La.
Rene sibfl1e. $1,000, Ten shares, Sum
set. La.
]. F. Clay, $1,000, Ten shares. Sun
set, La.
4. P. Clay, $1,000. Ten shares, sun
set, La.
WITNESSES
F. A. BARRY.
e. j. BOuDREAU.
DUDLEY Z. GUILBEAU,
Notary Public.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of st. Landry.
/. A. 3. T. Litte1l, Deputy Clerk OF
Court and ex-officio Recorder, in
and for the Parish of st. Landry,
do hereby certify that the
foregoing is a true and correct copy
of the Articles of Incorporation Of
the sibille and Clay Company Ineor-
porated, filed for record in my of
flee and duly recorded in Charter
Book No. i. Page of said
records.
Given under my hand and seal Of
office on this 9Th day OF May, A. D..
1918.
A. j. T. LITTELL.
Deputy Clerk of Court and ex-officio
Recorder Of Mortgages.
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