The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-11-15
CHARTER
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. MARTIN.


for the Parish Of st. Martin.
State of Louisiana. and in the presence OF the
witnesses hereinafter named and undersigned.
personally came and appeared the several per-
cons whose names are hereunto subscribed,
who declared that awaiting themselves of the
| benefit of the laws of the State Of Louisiana
esp c ly Act 267 Of 1914 re-
lative to the organization of Corporations they
have formed and organized. and by these pre-
sents do form and organize themselves. as we'll
as such otter persons as may hereafter Join
with them or their Succes iors. into Corpora
ton. for the objects and purposes and under
the Covenants, siipulations and agreements
| following, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.
The name. style and title Of this corporation
shall be MARTIN LUMBER COMPANY. IN.
CORPORArED." and under said name it shall
| enjoy a Corporate existence and Succession for
full term and period of twenty five years.
IL shall have power to contract, sue and be
| sued To make and use Corporate seal, and the
same to alter and break at pleasure, to have,
hold, receive, purchase, sell. convey, lease,
pledge. bond. hypothecate and mortgage pro-
perty of any and all kinds. real. personal, and
mixed. corporal and in corporal; to have and ap-
point such managers directors, an officers and
| agents rs the business may require, and to
make and establish as we'll as to alter and
amend from time to time such bye-laws, rules
and regulations for the proper management and
government of the affairs of said Corporation
as may be necessary and proper. and generally
to possess all the powers hereinafter mention
ed, and that are now or may hereafter be con-
b,t
jeets and interests.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this Corporation shall be at
st. Martinviile. Louisiana, where service of
Citation and other legal process shall be made
upon the President of said Corporation, OF in
his absence, upon the Secretary Treasurer of
said Corporation. and in the absence of both,
upon any other officer d may be designated by
law.
ARTICLEI III
The object and purposes for which this cor
pOration is organized and founded, and the
nature OF the business to be carried on are here
by declared to be. TO acquire by purchase or
lease or other lawful means. and to own and
operate thereon. lands, buildings, machneries
Improvements of.all kinds necessary to the aime
and purposes of this Corporation, which are
declared to he the purchasing, Luying. and
operating of Saw-Mill and Shinge-Mill. to
manufacture lumber. and to buy, lease. contract
for. and operate swamps. and lands to cut.
deaden and remove the timber thereon and the
transportation of the same to sail Saw-Mill and
Shingle Mill; making of advances and the lend
ing Of money for the purposes of enabling tim
Der men to acquire. cutdeaden. float and tran
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ARTICLE Nv.
The Capital Stock of this Corporation il here
by declared to be Thirty Five Thousand Dollars.
divided in Three Hundred and Fifty shares of
the par value of One hundred Dollars per share.
Said stock to be paid for in Cash. or in ex-
change for such property as may be au-
thorized by law and made in conformity with
legal provisions. The Capital Stock may in the
manner prescribed by and conformable to Law,
be increased to Une Hundred Thousand Dol
lars. The said Corporation shall begin bust
soon as Twenty thousand dollars
$50 00OU0) of the capital stock shall have been
subscribed and the amount required by law
shall have been paid for in property OF in mo-
ney.
And it being contemplated that the bulk of
the stock IN said Corporation shall be sub
scribed for and paid for by the transfer to said
Corporation of various real and personal pro-
perties, the same aggregating valuation set
forth in the detailed statements of said proper
ties which are hereto annexed paraphed NE
VARlETUH for Identification with thia act Of
Incorporation. The said detailed and itemized
statement annexed hereto is to be read in con-
neciion with the provisions OF this Charter in
IAN Wi i'm of Act. =
General Assembly Of iqit
ARTICLE V.
The Corporate powers of said Corporation
shall be vested in aud exercised by, and all the
business affairs OF this Corporation. shall be
managed and conducted by Board of Direc-
tors composed of Five embers to I've annually
elected on the first Monday Of March of each
year. All such elections shall be by ballot, and
the notice of said meeting must be given in the
manner prescribed by law. If for any reason
the election will not have been reid upon the
day fixed. then it shall be the duty of the Direc-
tors to fix another date within thirty days for
the holding of said election. The Directors
elected shall continue to hold their Offices until
their Successors will hav been elected and ill.,
stalled. and any vacancy occurring in the Hoard
of Directors from any cause what -over. shall be
filled by election by the remaining Directors
Three Directors shall constitute Il quorum for
the trans ,ction of business.
There shall be President and d Secretary
Treasurer and Vice-PresideIt and Manager
elected annually by he Board of Di-
rectors, aud until the first annual meeting in
March 1921, the following members shall con-
stitute and compose the Board of Directors
to-wit:
A. o. Levert, whose address is Levert, st.
Martin Parish, La.
j. Gonsoulin, whose address is Levert. ST.
Martin Parish. La.
Robert Martin, whose address is st. Martin