The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-05-03
CHARTER
Of the
WELSH MOTOR CAR CO1PANY, Inc.

State OF Louisiana.
Parish OF Jefferson Davis.
BE IT KNOWN AND REMEMBE9ED That on
this 14th day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine
teen I919),
BEFORE Ne, Wallace Holly Adams, No
tary Public in 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 261 OF the
General Assembly of Louisiana for the year
1914, and the amendments thereto, they do
hereby form themselves into Il corporation
and adopt the following articles as the chart
er thereof, tO-wlt:
ARTICLE |.
The name and title of this corporation shall
be WELSH MOTOR CAR COMPANY, INC,
by which name it shall have and enjoy sue
cession for period OF ninety nine (99) years
from the date Of this act.
ARTICLEII
The object and purposes for which this
corporation is organized and the nature Of
the business TO be by it carried on md con.
Quoted are declared to be the following, to-
wit:
TO buy, own, hold, acquire by donation or
otherwise, SELL lease, mortgage, exchange;
exchange, all kinds of property, movable, i'm
movable and mixed.
To buy, construct, 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 and access
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ments, pumps, steam engines, gasoline en-
| glnes, crude oil engines, parts repairs and
equipment therefor, and also all other ma
| chlnery, 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 herein
named.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corporation is
hereby fixed at Five Thousand (s5, 100000
par value of One Hundred (slOOOOl Dollars
each, provided the capital stock of this cor
poration may be increased to Fifty Thousand
t$50,000.00) Dollars, divided into five humid
red shares of the par value of One Hundred
100000 Dollars each, in accordance with
the laws OF Louisiana authorizing such in
crease.
ARTICLE ".
The domicile of this corporation is hereby
fixed at Welsh, in The Parish of Jefferson
Davis, State of Louisiana, at which place the
annual meeting of the stockholders shall be
held. as well as all meetings of the Board of
Directors, unless such Directors meetings
are held elsewhere with the written consent
of all directors according to law.
ARTICLET.
All the powers of this corporation shall be
vested in and exercised by Board of Direc-
nj fhPnp yhn1 20 l1n
elected by q majority of the stockholders at
the annual stockholders meeting to be held
on the second Tuesday in January of each
year, beginning with the year 1920. Until
provided, the Board of Directors shall be COM
posed of the following named persons;
Charles L. HOusslere, Jennings, Louisiana.
Joseph NJ Houssere, jennings, Louisiana.
Joseph L. Block, Jennings, Louisiana.
Two members of said Board of Directors
shall constitute quorum for the transaction
OF business.
ARTICLE VI.
The officers OF this corporation shall con.
sist of President, Vice President, Secretary
and Treasurer, each of whom must be
stakeholder provided that the Offices of Sec
and the same person. Until the first annual
meeting Of the stockholders as hereinabove
provided for, the officers of this corporation
shall be as follows:
Charles IL. H0uSGlefe, PRESIDENT.
Joseph NJ HousSiere, Vice President.
Joseph L. Block Secretary and Treasurer,
and the said named officers shall hold their
respective Offices until their successors are
duly elected and qualified
ARTICLE VII.
This corporation shall have and enjoy all
Of the powers accorded corporations under
officers thereof shall have such powers as are
usually held by similar officers of similar cor
poratlons.
ARTICLE VIII.
No stockhoder of this corporation shall be
at liberty to dispose of his stock without first
giving his co-stDckholders the opportunity to
purchase such stock at the price which stock
holder is offered by an outsider.
The subscription list OF stock IN this corDn-
ration is hereto appended and made part
hereof.
Thus Done, READ AND SIGNEL before me,
Notary, at my Office in the city of Jennings,
Louisiana. in the presence of Miriam Roe
buck and Ivy G. Richie, competent witnesses,
on the day and date first e sbqye written
JOSEPH NJ HOUSSIERE.
j. l.. BLOCK.
Witnesses
Miriam Roebuck
Ivy G. 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 of
Charter was duly filed for record on the 18th
day OF March, A. d. 1919 and was duly Re-
corded on the 21st day of March, 1919 in
Charter Record No. one, pages 254 ct. seq.
Witness my signature and seal of Office at
Jennings, Louisiana, this 21st dav of March,
A. d. 1919.
CLARPHY PITRE,
SEAL by. Clerk and Ex-officio Recorder
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