The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-08
HARTER OF TAI LA B E N A
PLANTING CO., INC.

State of Louisiana,
Parish of Madison.
Be it known that before me, the
undersigned authority, duly quallhed
and commissioned according to law,
and the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned on this the fourth
day of January, A. d., 1919, person
ally came Herbert ii. Taylor, a resi-
dent of Chicago, Illionis, Carlton A.
Randolph, a resident of Evanstown,
Illinois, Jessie b. Erwin, resident
of Chicago, Illinois, and William b.
Ward, a resident of Tallulah, LOUIS
lana, who severally declared and ac-
knowledged that availing themselves
of the laws of the State of Louisiana,
and particularly of Act No. 267 OF
the General Assembly of the State OF
Louisiana, for the year 1914, they
have formed and organized, and by
these presents, do form and organize
themselves into a corporation and
body polite for the objects and pur-
poses hereinafter set forth and eX-
pressed which they hereby adopt as
the charter of said corporation, to-
wit:
AN lSLE
The name and title of this corpor-
alton shall be ITALIA Bena Planting
Company, Inc.," and by its said name
it shall have and enjoy existance for
the full term and period of ninety
nine years from date hereof.
Its domicile shall be in the Village
of Tallulah, Parish of Madison, LOU
isiana, at the office of William h.
Ward, and it shall have a seal with
such inscription and devise as the
Board of Directors may eject, and
the same to alter and change at pleas
ure.
Its certificates of stock shall be
signed by the President, and Secre-
tary and bear the impress of the seal
of the corporation.
1t shall have the power and right to
hold, purchase, receive by donation
or otherwise, and to sell, mortgage,
lease, pledge, pawn chattel mortgage,
and otherwise convey property both
real and personal, movable, and i'm
movable.
1t shall have the right to borrow
money and issue its negotiable notes
or bonds unsecured and secured by
mortgage, pledge, pawn, chattel mort
gage, or lien on its property, both
real and personal, and shall have pow
err to sue and be sued in its corporate
| name.
The President, and i'm his absence
the Nice-President, and in his absence
the Manager is hereby designated as
the officer upon whom all citation or
other legal process shall be served.
ARTICLE 2
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 to be
the purchase, sale, and lease of agri-
cultural, timber, and other lands,
the cultivation, growing, raising, and
marketing of all agricultural crops,
and the manufacturing, warehousing,
and sale of products thereof, and the
buying, selling, and rearing of horses,
mules, hogs, and any and all other
| kinds of animals and stock in the
parish of Madison, Louisiana, or any
other part of the State of Louisiana
or of the United States, and in con-
nection with the above objects and
| PAl POoCS W duNduCtS VI
and supplies to its tenants and others,
and to conduct general mercantile
business, both wholesale and retail.
creased at any annual stockholders
the unpaid balance on the stock for
Carlton A. Randolph, 40S Lake St.,
er in and for the parish of Madison,
this 9th day of January, 1919.
pointed gay. When he returned to
ARTICLE 3
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars 200,00O.00), d.
vided into Two Hundred (20O) shares
of the par value of One Thousand
Dollars l,000.00) each.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton may be increased to an amount
not exceeding Five Hundred Thous-
and Dollars $500, OOO.O0) to be d.
vided into Five Hundred (500) shares
OF the par value of One Thousand
Dollars (S1,000.00) each, at any time
majority of the stockholders may
approve said increase pursuant to
law.
ARTICLE 4
The corporate powers of this cor
poratlon shall be vested in and exer-
cised by Board of Directors of four
stockholders, majority of whom
snail constitute a quorem for the
transaction of business, with full pow
er to purchase, receive by donation,
sell, mortgage, pledge, pawn, convey,
and lease either as lessor or lessee
any property both real and personal.
to borrow money, and issue the COM
pany's negotiable notes or bonds Ell
ther unsecured or secured by mort
gage on its real estate or by chattel
mortgage, pledge, or pawn, of its per-
sonal property and to do any and all
other acts which this company is au-
thorlzed to do in carrying out the OBJ
Jects and purposes of this corpora
ton; to make and establish bylaws
and to change same, to hire, employ,
and appoint any agents or assistants,
and to fill all vacancies occurring in
the Board of Directors by death, res
ignation, or otherwise.
Each Board of Directors shall elect
from their number a President, a
Vice President, a Secretary Treasur-
er. and Manager.