The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-04-12
CHARTER
of the
WELSH MOTOR CAR COT1PANY, Inc,

II n. In Iln,,,
PARISH OF JeHefSon DaNIs'
Be IT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED That on
this l4th day Of March in the year of our
| Lord one Thousand nine hundred and nine
teen Q9I9),
BEFeRE MI. Wallace Holly Adams, a NO;
tarv Public III and for tie said Parish and
State. duly commissioned and qualified, and
in the presence of the undersigned compe-
tent witnesses, on this day personally came
and appeared 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 formation
| of CORPORATIONS, and especially Act 26L or the
General Assembly of Louisiana for the year
1914. and the amendments thereto, they do
, hereby form themselves into a corporation
, and adopt the following articles as the chart
! er thereof, to-wit:
ARTICIEI
The name and title of this corporation shall
be WELSH MOTOR CAR COMPANY, INC,
hy which name it shall have and enjoy sue
cesson for a period Of ninety-nne t99} years
| from the date of this act
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rho oh;oo+ oGd nn 1U1n.tl for which this
Inc oJecG "nu sn6 ~ tbo natnrs Of
~ S;nass ~ he hr II carr;od on and con.
Ene NY ,Iore5 ~ ~ Io tho foIIow;ng IN.
uGcteu aie ue''"io" W NC VIC io'io"'Ne' W.
r. bnv ovn hold ocunire nv donation or
otherwise wise sell sell, lease mortgage, exchange.
:, and contract to buy, sell, lease mortgage and
| exchange, all kinds of property, movable i'm
movable and mixed.
To bny, constructs maintain and operate
garages and machine Shops and to repair.
| rebnild, manufacture and equip automobiles.
!, trucks, tractors, farm implements and all
other machinery, tools implements, their
parts, accessories and equipment.
- 10 buy, own, hold, sell, exchange; or other
wise deal IN automobiles MOTORCYCLES, trucks
tractors. their parts, equipment ana aeces-
ri sores; hardware farm machinery ana nipple
ments, pumps, steam engines, gasoline en-
. gines, crude oil engines parts. repairs ana
! equipment therefor, ana also all otner ma
a chinery, implements and appliances of what
ever nature. ~ .....
And generally to. DO any and all things
0 necessary or CONVENIENT Tor the accomplish"
me9t OF any Of the purposes herelh ehulner-
= ated or incidental to the powers herelll
named.
ARTICLE III.
K, The capital stock of this corporation is
: hereby fixed at Five Thousand 100000,
>. Dollars, divided into fifty COY shares OF the
" pal, value Of One Hundred SlO0Oo| Dollars
each, provided the capltal st9 &c OF IT. tis cor
poratlon may be increased to FIFTY IhopsanS
ls5O,0OO.0O) Dollars, divided into FIVE .hqnd
red shares OF the par value OF One Hundre6
&109.00 Dollars each, in, accordance VIII
the laws OF Louisiana authorizing such III,
crease.
ARTICLE ".
The domicile of this corporation is hereb!
fixed at Welsh, in The Parish of Jefferson
Davis State of Louisiana, at which place tn,
annual meeting of the stockholders shall b.
held. as well as all meetings of the Board o
Directors unless such Directors meeting
are held elsewhere with the, written consen
Ot all directors according TO law.
AKTTCTEy.
All the powers of this corporation shall b
vested in and exercised by Board of Direc
tors composed of three stockholders to b
elected by majority of the stockholders a
the annual stockholders meeting to be he'll
on the second Tuesday, IN January OF eac
year, beginning with the year 1920. Unit
the first ,eloGnon OF Directors, as aboV
proNdefi Sae 69aTu OF nlreedors snail oe com
p3 Sr Jd wy HTSs;no hGu
Taon HmsSere' Iengs' iouiiSiianS
1oseph 4 RiocR Ienninas eSs;a uiSi@nS
Two members of said Board of Director
shall constitute a quorum for the transactio,
of business.
ARTICLE
The officers Of this s1 eorporaton shah con
sSt nf Pras;Iart Voc prosSnnt Sonra to
and = Treasnper each 0 Of whom mist he
stockbolder, provided that the Offices Of Ser
oerr aud reosnre NAV Vi 5o 4ed N Se n
anS tbo aoroa nsrSon TTn%il t6o erSt o 1911 Un
maating Of tho stnnixboiScrs Vn aS oho
nrov;ded for The off;cers oS this c0rnnratIh
shall he as foIlows. 0''0-' " 'A1'' WI p'A "''o
Charles R. Houssiere. President
Joseph NJ Houssiere, Vice President.
Joseph l.. Block, Secretary and Treasurer
and the said named officers shall hold the
respective offices until their successors al
duly elected and qualified.
ARTTCTEVTI
THIS cornoration sbali have and er;ov a
of the powers accorded cornorations nnde
the laws Of the State of Louisiana. and II
officers thereof shall have snch powers AZ Al
usually held by similar officers If similar 20
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