The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-05-29
CHARTER OF THE
BANK OF SUNSET & TRUST
COMPANY
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.

Be it known, That on this 26th day
Of the month Of May, in the year Of
Our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hun
dred & Twenty, 1920, before me,
EDWARD G. BURLEIGH,
a Notary Public, duly commissioned,
qualified and sworn, in and for the
said Parish and State, and in the pre-
sence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally
came and appeared the several per-
sons whose names are hereonto sub
scribed, all above the age of MAORI
ty, and residents of said parish and
State, who severally declared that a
vailing themselves of the benefits and
provisions Of the constitution and laws
of the State of Louisiana, relative to
the organization of corporations for
conducting general banking, savings
bank, safe deposit, and trust, business
they have convenanted and agreed,
and do by these presents covenant,
agree and bind themselves, as we'll as
such persons as may hereafter be-
come associated with them and their
and to ordain and establish, a cor
successors, to form themselves into,
poration and body polite in law for
the objects and purposes and under
the stipulations following, to-Wlt:
ARTICLE /.
This corporation shall be known
and designated as, and its business
shall be carried on under, the name,
style and title of BANK OF SUNSET
AND TRUST COMPANY, and its
domicile is hereby fixed in the Will
age of Sunset, Parish Of st. Landry,
State of Louisiana; it shall have and
enjoy succession under it's corporate
name for a term of ninety-nine (99)
years, commencing with the date of
this act, unless sooner dissolved ac-
cording to law or by the action of its
stockholders; and under it's corpor-
ate name it shall have, enjoy and ex-
excise all the rights, powers and priv
iIeges hereinafter set forth, as well
as those now granted, or which may
hereafter be granted, by law to cor
porations of this character with full
authority to contract sue and be sued
plead and be impleaded, appear, ans
wer and prosecute, in any and all
courts of justice in this state and
elsewhere; to make and use a cor
porate seal which shall be a device
consisting of two (2) concentric cir
cIes separated by a small annular
space in which shall be the words
BANK OF SUNSET AND TRUST
COMPANY Sunset louisiana" and
within the smaller circle shall be the
words Corporate Seal" to
name appoint such directors,
officers managers clerks at
torneys, agents and other
employees to administer its affairs
as may be deemed necessary and pro-
per; to make and ordain bylaws, rul
es and regulations for the propore
management of its affairs and to re-
peal, amend and alter the same at
pleasure.
ARTICLE II.
All citations and other legal pro-
cess shall be served upon the Pres
ident of this corporation or in the
event of his absence upon the Vice
President, who may be acting presi-
dent, or in the event of the absence
of both president and vice-president,
upon the Cashier.
ARTICLE III.
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:
To conduct a general banking, saw
ings banks, safe-deposit, and trust
such cases made and provided: to es-
laws of the State of Louisiana, in
business, under and in accordance with
the provisions of the constitution and
tablish and operate one or more
branch banks in the Parish of st.