The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-04-19
CHARTER
WELSH MOTOR CAR COTPANV, Inc,

United States OF America,
State of Louisiana,
Parish OF Jefferson DAVIS.
Br TT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED That Oh
this 14th day Of March. in the year OF our
Lord one thousand nine hundred anu nine,
teen (l9l9l,- n,
tary Public in and for tie said Parlsh anu
State. duly commissioned ana Quall1eu, anu
in the presence OF the undersigned compe-
tent witnesses, on this day personally came
and gppeared the persons whose names are
hereuntO subscribed, who declared that avail
ing themselves of the laws generally OF the
State OF Louisiana relative to the Iormat i
General Assembly Of Louisiana for the year
1914, and the amendments thereto, they do |
hereby form themselves into corporation |
and adopt the following articles as the Chart |
er thereof, t0-wlt:
ARTICLEI. :,
he lRg aaf M NJ III G YAK 'S CoMPANY INC
by which name it shall have and enjoy snc-
cession for period Of ninety-nlne (99) years
from the date OF this act.
ARTICLEU
The object and purposes for, which TINS
corporation is organized and the nature OF
the bnsiness to be by il carried on and con-
Quoted are declared to be the folloWlng' To-
wit: ,.,.;
otherwise, sell, lease, mortgage, exchange;
and contract to buy, sell, lease, mortgaage anu
exchange, all kinds OF property, moVaole' I'LL
movable and mixed.
To buy, construct, maintain and operate
| garages and machine shops, and TO repair
| rebuild manufacture and equip automoDlleS;
I trucks. tractors, farm implements and, all
other machinery, tools, implements, their
! parts. accessories and equipment.
TO buy, own, hold, sell, exchange; or DINER
| wise deal in automobiles, motorcycles. trucks,
tractors. their parts, equipment ana acces-
series: hardware. farm machinery ana nipple
ments, pumps, steam engines, gaSolne en-
| gines, crude oil engines, parts. repairs and
equipment therefor, ana also all other ma
chiuery, implements and appliances OF what
ever nature. :,
And generally to do any and all things
necessary or convenient for the accomplish
ment of any of the purposes herein enumer-
ated or incidental to the powers hefeln
named
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock Of this corporation is
hereby liked at Five Thousand t$o.OO0.0O)
Dollars, divided into fifty (50) shares of the
mar value OF One Hundred (s1O0.OO> Dollars
each provided the capital stock OF this cor;
uoration may be increased to Fifty Thousand
$50 600. COY Dollars, divided into five hund:
red shares of the par valne of One HundreG
600 COY Dollars each, IN, accordance WITT
| the laws OF Louisiana authorizing such IN
crease
ARTICLE ".
The donicile of this corporation is hereb'
fixed at Welsh, in The Parish OF Jefferson
DAVIS, State of Louisiana, at WHICH place th
annual meeting of the stockholders shall b.
held. as well as all meetings of the Board o
Directors, unless such Directors meeting
arc held elsewhere with the written consen
of all directors according to law.
ARTICIEV.
All the powers of this corporation shall b
vested in and exercised by Board OF DlreS
tors composed OF three stockholders, tn h
elected By majority of the stockholders 3
the annual stockholders meeting to be hel
on the second Tuesday, III January OF eac
year. beginning with the year 1920. INT
the fret election of Directors, as abov
provided, the Board of Directors shall be con
posed of the following named persons:
Charles X, Houssiere, jennings, Louisiana
Joseph VI HouSsiere, Jennings. Louisiana
Joseph l.. Block, Jennings. Louisiana
Two members of said Board OF Director
shall constitute quorum for the transactlo
of business.
ARTICLE VI.
The officers OF this corporation shall COZ
sist of q President Vice President, Secretal
and Treasurer, each of whom must be
torkholder, provided that the offices OF Sc
retary and Treasurer may be tlled by OF
meeting of the stockholders as hereinabo'
provided for, the officers of this corporate
shall be as follows:
Charles r. Houssiere. President.
Joseph M. Houssiere, Vice President.
Joseph l.. Block, Secretary and Treasurer
and the said named officers shall hold the
respective offices until their successors a
Only elected and Qualified.
ARTICLE VII.
This CORPORATION shall have and enjoy
of the powers accorded corporations und
the laws of the State of Louisiana, and t
officers thereof shall have such powers as q
usually held by similar officers of similar CT
porat1onS,
ARTICLE VIII.
No stakeholder of this corporation shall
at liberty to dispose of his stock without I'll
giving his co-stockholders the opportunity
purchase such stock at the price which sto(
holder is offered by an outsider.
The subscription list of stock IN this corr
ration is hereto appended and made p'
hereof.
THUS DONE, READ AND SIaNEL before 4
Notary, at my office in the city OF Jennin
Louisiana. in the presence OF Miriam III
buck and Ivy G. Richie, competent witness
on the day and date first above written,
CHAS. r. HQUSSIERE.
JOSEPH NJ H0USSIERE
J. J.. BLOCK.
Witnesses:
Miriam Roebuck.
IvyC. Richie.
W H. ADAMS,
Notary Public
State of Louisiana.
Parish of Jefferson Davis.
Clerk of the Courts Office 18th Judicial
District.
| hereby certify that the within act
Charter was duly filed for record ON the II
day OF March, A. d. 1919 and was duly
corded on the 21st day Of March, 1919
Charter Record No. one. pages 254 ct seq.
Witness my signature and seal OF othc'
jennings Louisiana, this 21st dav of Mar
: A. ID. 1919. -
CLARPHY PITRE,
SEAL by. Clerk and Ex-officio Recorde
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