The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-06-14
CHARTER
OF TIL E.
The Southern Highway Garage, Inc.
United States of America,

United States of America,
State of Louisiana,
Parish Of st. Mary.
Be it known that on this 2lst day of
May nineteen Hundred and Nineteen),
1919, before me, Wilbur H. Kramer
Clerk of Court, ex-OtficiO a Notary
Public, duly qualified and commissioned
within and for the Parish of ST. Mary,
State of Louisiana, and in the presence
of the witnesses hereinafter named AMI
undersigned.
Personally came and appeared the sew
eral persons whose names are hereuntO
subscribed, all of the age of majority, who
declared that availing themselves of the
provisions of the laws of this state rela-
tive to the organization of corporations,
they hereby form themselves and those
who may hereinafter become associated
with them, into a corporation. for the
objects and purposes and under the
stipulations hereinafter set forth.
ARTICLE 1.
EXERCISE OF CORPORATE POWERS.
The name and title of the corporation
shall be THE SOUTHERN HIGHWAY
GARAGE, INC, and under its incor-
pOratiOn name it shall have and enjoy
succession and existence for period of
Ninety 1897 years from the date
hereof; and shall have, enjoy and pos
Sess all the powers, rights, privileges,
and immunites accorded to corpora
tons under the laws OF this State; to
contract, sue and be sued; tc make and
use corporate seal, and the same to
alter and break at pleasure; to hold,
receive, lease, purchase and convey,
as we'll as mortgage and hypothecate
property, real, personal, and mixed,
corporal and incorpoIea; to name and
appoint such managers, agents, direc-
tors and officers as its business, interest
and convenience may requires; and to
make, establish, rs well as alter and
amend, from time to time such laws,
government of the affairs of said COR
poration, rs may be necessary and proper.
ARTICLE ii
DOMICILE AND CITATION.
The domicile of this Corporation shall
be in the Village of Centreville, Parish
of St. Mary, State Of Louisiana, and all
citations and other legal process shall be
served upon the President Of the said
or in the event of his alb
sence upon the Vice President thereof, |
and in the absence of both of the said |
officers, upon the Secretary of the COR
pOralion.
ARTICLE Ill.
OBJECTS AND PURPOSES.
The objects and purposes for which |
this corporation is organized and the
nature of the business to be carried on
by it, are hereby declared and specified |
to be: To act as the selling agents or
of the manufacturers of
automobile parts, trucks,
tractors, power driven vehicles of all
kinds, tires. accessories and speciallies
Of all kinds; to buy and sell automo-
biles, automobile parts and accessories
Of all kinds, trucks, tractors power
driven vehicles of all kinds. or parts Of
same, tires, oils, grease and gasoline;
and to acquire, own and operate
garage at Centrevilie, La, operating a
service station aud doing general aud
special repair work upon aud for auto-
mobiles; TO own, let, lease, aud hire
automobiles and to operate livery
service; to establish branch agencies or
garages wherever it may desire, and
with full power to buy, hold, sell and
exchange all classes Of goods, wares,
and personal property as
it may desire to handle; and in the
interest of such business, to make such
advances as are required; anu it shall
ii 80 have the power TO buy, sell, hold,
ease, mortgage, alienate and deal III
real estate of all sorts and t. erect
buildings thereon, lease, let aud rent
The same; to acquire ami mold, Sell,
cucumber or dispose of stock and bonds
Of other companies to such exteut per-
nitted 10y law; to exchange its entire
stock, or any part thereof, tor property |
viii, 81 it is authorized to acquire, or to
exch ange its entire assets anu business,
Or any part thereof, for property, stock,
bonds, or other obligations of other
and it shall have power to
receive security by way of mortgage
and pledge, or in any other manner,
and to borrow money and to issue notes
and secure same by mortgage, pledge or
,therw.s-; and generally to do all
things necessary and properly connected
with or incidental o. convenient to any
If said obligations and purposes.
ARTICLE "
CAPITAL STOCK.
The capital stock Of said corporation
8 hereby fixed at FIVE THOUSAND
s.. 900. 0U) DOLLARS, divided into and
by fifty (50) shares of stock
If the amount of One liundreI (SlO0 OUj
Dollars each, to be issued from time to
.ime by the Board of Directors, To such
amounts as it inay deem most advan-
ayrous to the corporation: to be paid
Tor in cash or other valuable considtra-
ion, when issued, never les, Than its
actual value. as shown bY the bo3ks OF
he corporation ut the date OF ISSUANCE,
AID at no time less than its par value of
me hundred dollars tSIUJ.00l per sharo.
The corporation shall be going con-
Germ xheu y shares l23j shall have been
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