The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-04-26
CHARTER
of the
WELSH MOTOR CAR COMPANY, Inc.
CHARTER

: WELSH MOTOR CAR CO1PANY, Inc
! United STATES of America,
= State of Louisiana.
Parish OF Jefferson Davis.
, Be IT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED That OF
this l4th day Of March, in the year Of oul
LORD one thousand nine hundred and nine
BEFeRF ME-, Wallace Holly Adams, a No
taFy PhDtic IN anu for the 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
herennto 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 267 of the
General Assembly of Louisiana for the wear
1914, and the amendments thereto, they do
hereby form themselves into corporation
and adopt the following articles rs the chart.
or thereof, to-wit:
ARTICLEI.
The name and title Of this corporation shall
be WELSH MOTOR CAR COMPANY, INC,
cesslon for period Of ninety-nine (99) years
from the date Of this act.
ARTICLENI.
The object and purposes for which this
corporation is organized and the nature of
the business to be by it carried on and con.
wit: o. ~"
10 buy, Own, hold, acquire by donation or
otherwise, sell, lease, mortgage, exchange.
and contract to buy, sell, lease, mortgage and
exchange, all kinds Of property, movable, JIM
movable and mixed.
To bay, construct, maintain and onerate
garages and machine shops, and to repair
rebuild, 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 n automobiles. MOTORCYCLES trucks.
| tractors. their parts, equipment and Access
sores; hardware, farm machinery and imple-
ments' pumps, steam engines, gasoline en-
gines, 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
ate9' .! Ely o me purposes herein enumer-
| named. -'-"
ARTICLE III.
me capital stock Of this corporation is
hereby fixed at Five Thousand &5, O00. OOS
Dollars, DIVIDED into fifty (5ol shares Of the
par value o. One Hundred tsl00.00) Dollars
each, provided the capital stock Of this cor.
poration may be increased to Fifty Thousand
CSC, 000.00) Dollars, divided into FIVE hnnG1
red shares OF the par value of One Hundred |
SiV9.00} DOLLARS each, in accordance with |
crease,
. The domicile of this corporation ia hereby !
liked at Welsh, in The Parish OF Jefferson |
DAVIS, State OF Louisiana. at which place the
annual meeting of the stockholders shall he
hsla, as wen as all meetings Of the Board Of
are held elsewhere with the written Consent
OF all directors according to law,
ARTICLEV.
All inc powers OF this corporation shall no
vested in and exercised by Board al Dirac
t9rs composed Of three Stockholders to be
tbS Uy Ms1Gfity OF the stockholders at
on the second Tuesday in January of each
year, beginning with the year 1850, Tint;i
the first election of Directors, as abova
provided, the Board of Directors shall be com.
posed OF the following named persons:
Charles r. Houssiere, Jennings. Ton;s;sro
Joseph Housslere, jennings, Louisiana
Joseph l.. Block, Jennings, Louisiana'
IWo members OF said Board Of Directors
snail a constitute quorum for the Transaction
OF business. ""'VAoi {
-, ARTICLE vi. 8
The officers OF this corpora ton shall an,
siss Of a President, Vice President secre tSr
and Treasurer, each of whom n1nsf bo 7
stockholder, provided that the Offices Of Sec
,ee I ana treasurer may be filled by one Y
smu ine same person; Until the first annual
provided for, the officers of this Corporation
'hall be as follows: ''' "'ioii
Charles Il. Houssiere, President.
Joseph ~. Aoussiere, Vice President
Joseph IL. Block, Secretary and Treasnrer r
md the said named officers shall boI Sd tbss;r
espectlFe offices until their successors are are a
July elected and qualified. "'o II
ARTICLE VII,
This corporation shall have and enjoy all n
I tne powers accorded corporations under %
~ ~ laws 3 OF the state Of Louisians, and the
suaily held by similar officers Of similar cor
orationS. '"A "oi- a
ARTICLE VIII. h
ny W. sIocknoIeer OF this corporation shall be :,
llberty to dispose Of his stock without fret ii
wing MS co;stockh holders the Opportunity To a
uschase such stock at the price which stock.
older il, offered by an outsider.
The subscription list of stock IN shis CORN,
ereof. A'""o paE' n
Illus DONE, head AND SIGSEL before ma nj
otary, at my Office in the CITY of Jann;nnoo U
Oulslana; IN the presence of Miriam Roe al
icR ana Ivy 9. Richie, competent witnessed =
| '"e d@y and n gate fiPst abqye written. III
ToSEPHfi, 4 IiaHoS Gsss1hEhRiE.
illnesses: "
Miriam ROebuck. n:
Ivy c. Richie. ~
W II. ADAMS, vi
Notary Public. pI
ate of Louisiana. r.
IRISH of jefferson Davis. Gu
District. 'A "uioi"l
hereby certify that the within act ~ ar
arter was duly fled for record on the al iatb ~,
OF March, A. D. 1919 and was dtily RI ST
'ded on the 21st day of March. Igjo IN ry
arSer record No. one, pages 254 ct sea. >
yi!ness my signature and seal OF Office at re
d. 1919. '' "@' VI march, hit
ALI by. Clerk and Ex.officio Recorder "i'
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