St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-07-24
CHARTER
of the
JACKSON HIGHWAY POULTRY
& CATTLE CO..
United State of America, State Of
Louisiana, Parish of st.
Tammany.

United State Of America, State of
Louisiana, Parish of st.
Tammany.
Be it known that on this 18th day
of June, in the year Of our Lord,
One Thousand Nine Hundred and
Twenty, before me, w. E. Blossman,
Clerk of Court and Ex-OIfieio Notary
Public, duly commissioned, qualified
and sworn, in and for the parish
and state first above written, and in
the presence Of the witnesses here
matter named and undersigned, per-
sonally came and appeared the sew
eral persons whose names are here
unto subscribed, and who severally
declared that availing themselves Of
the laws of the State of Louisiana
relative to the formation of corpora
lions, and especially Of Act No. 267
of the General Assembly for the year
1914, they do hereby form them
selves, as well as such other persons
as may hereafter become associated
and body polite in law, for the OBJ
jects and purposes, and under the
articles and stipulations following,
to-Wit:
ARTICLE I,
The name and title of this cor
poration shall be The Jackson High
way Poultry & Cattle Company, and
under it's said name it shall enjoy all
the rights, advantages and privileges
granted by law to corporations, and
shall exist for the full period Of fifty
years from this date and day. 1t
shall have power to contract, sue
and be sued; to make and use a cor
porate seal, and the same to alter
and break at pleasure; to hold, re-
ceive, lease, purchase, sell, mort
gage and pledge property, real, per-
sonal and mixed; to name and ap
point such managers, agents and en-
ployees as Its interest and convent
enee may require; to make and es-
| tablish, as we'll as to alter and
amend, from time to time, such by
laws, rules and regulations as may
be necessary and expedient for the
proper conduct and management of
| the affairs of the corporation.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this corporation
shall be in the Town of Slidell, st.
and all citations or other legal pro-
cess shall be served upon any Of the
| officers Of the corporation.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is organized
and the nature of the business to be
| carried on by it is hereby declared
to be: To raise, buy and sell pcul-
try; to raise, buy and sell hogs and
| live stock of all kinds; to grow and
| deal in pecans and conduct a nurs-
cry; to do general garden and
truck business, and also to deal in
farm and agricultural products.
| ARTICLE ".
| The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at the sum of
Five Thousand (s5,000.00) Dollars,
and to be divided into One Hundred
shares of the par value of One Hun
dred Dollars each. No stakeholder
shall have tho right to dispose Of Il S
stock until he shall have first offer
ed the same to the other stockholders
through the Board of Directors, and
the other stockholders shall have
| fifteen days from the said offer to
purchase the share or shares at the
price set upon the same, before the
stock may be purchased by outsiders.
ARTICLE V.
All the corporate powers of this
corporation shall be exercised by a
| Board of Directors consisting Of five
stockholders, a majority Of whom
shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction OF business. The Board
of Directors shall elect annually from
their number a president, vice.
president, and a secretary-treasurer.
The flrts Board Of Directors shall be
composed of John M. Klet, L. J..
Keith, Mrs. M. f.. Keith, s. S. Ryder
and E. o. Keith, and the first Of
icers Of this corporation shall be
John M. Keith, president; l.. j..
Keith, vice-president, and Mrs. M. f.
Keith, secretary-treasurer.
These directors and officers shall
serve until their successors shall
have been duly elected and qualified.
The annual meeting Of the stock
holders for the election of directors
shall be held on the second Tuesday
LOT July of each and every year, un-
less said day should happen to be a
legal holiday, and then on the next
bank day thereafter. Each sub
scriber hereto sets opposite his name
and address statement of the stock
which he subscribes to in this cor
poartion and this charter shall stand
as the original LIST
The names, places of residence Of
the subscribing shareholders and
the number of shares held by each
of them, respectively, is as follows:
Jno. M. Keith, Slidell La.
| FL shares.
Mrs. F. M. Keith, by J. M. Keith,
Sl!dell, La,
| 20 shares.
L. J. Keith, by J. M. Keith, Chill
| dersburg, Ala,
shares.
S. S. Ryder, by ]. M. Keith, Chill
dersburg, Ala,
| 2 shares.
E. o. Keith, by J. M. Keith, Chill
| dersburg, Ala,
3 shares.
ARTICLE VI.
In the event Of the liquidation OR
| dissolution Of this corporation, by
limitation or other cause, the stock