St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-03-09
ARTICLE or INCORPORATION
Of
"THE sisILLE Co, INC"
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
Be it known, That on this 31st day
of January, A. D., 1913, before me,
DUDLEY L. GUILBEAU, a Notary
Public, duly commissioned, qualified,
and sworn, in and for the State AMI
Parish above written, and in the
presence Of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally
came and appeared the several per
sons whose names are hereunto sub
scribed, all of the age Of majority,
who declared that ayailing themselves
of the Laws Of the State of Louisiana
relative to the organization of Cor
porations, they hereby form them
selves, and such other persons as may
hereafter become associated with
them, into and constitute a corpora
ton for the objects and purposes.
hereinafter set forth, and embodied in
the following Article which they
hereby adopt as their Charter, to-wit
ARTICLE I.
The name of this Corporation shall
be "THE sIBILLE CO.. NC" and by
this name it shall have corporate ex-
istence for a period Of ninety nine
(s9) years from the date hereof, I'M
less sooner dissolved.
And in this name, it shall have pow
er to sue and be sued, to make and
use a corporate seal, and to have, hold
receive, lease, convey, hypothecate
and pledge property, both real and
personal, to name and appoint such
directors, officers, agents, and other
employees as the interest Of this Cor
poration may require; and to do any
and all other acts an3 things. and
have and exercise an. AID all other
rights, powers, privileges and i'm
munities which q corporation ergan-
lied under the LEWIS of Louisiana, for
the objects and purposes hereinafter
set out, may do OF enjoy.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is organized, and the
nature of the business to be carried
on by it are:
To own and cultivate farm lands,
and the products of such farm opera
tons, such as sugar cane to manu-
facture into syrup, or sugar; and such
as rice to hull. clean and polish; and
such as corn, potatoes. meats, and
vegetables generally to preserve BY
canning. drying and sailing; to own
timber lands, and the am to clear
and develop, and said timber to man
ufaeture into lumber, all Of such
things to do by processes now known.
and in use, or such as may hereafter
be discovered or invented to engage
in buying and selling staple merchan-
disc; and to do any and all things,
incident to these objects and purposes
and not prohibited BY Law.
ARTICLE III.
The amount of the Capital Stock
authorized by this Corporation Us
Fifty Thousand Dollars (s5o.o0O.00l
which shall be divided into, and rep
resented BY, Fifty (5O) shares Of the
par value of One Thousand (s1,000.
0O@ each.
When fifty (509 per cent Of this
Capital Stock shall have been sub
scribed to, and fifty 800 per cent Of
such subscription, shall have been
paid for, either in cash, 81 BY trans
fer of property, or labor or service
performed, this Corporation shall be
authorized to begin business, provid
ed that no stock shall be issued IN
Ill paid for in money, or by transfer
of property. Of sufficient value, or OF
account equally valuable service ZEN
dered or labor done.
ARTICLE ".
The Capital Stock Of this CORPORA
ton may be increased to the sum d
One Hundred Thousand Dollar:
f$Ioo,0 00.00), the authority for sucE
increase, and the accomplishment d
the fact to be in accordance with the
provisions of Law.
ARTICLE VI.
The domicfle Of this Corporation
shall be at Sunset, st. Landry Parish
La, and citations or other legal pro
cess shall be served on the President
Or, in his absence, on the Vice-Presi
dent or in the absence Of both sale
officers, on the Secretary
ARTICLE VI.
The officers of this Corporation
shall be: a President, VicePresident
Secretary and Treasurer, but the Of
fees Of Secretary and Treasurer may
be filed by n and the same person
Such officers shall be stockholders u
said Corporation, and shall be elected
annually by the Board Of Directors
and shall serve until their successors