St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-07-10
CHARTER
Of the
JACKSON HIGHWAY POULTRY
s. CATTLE co.

JACKSON HIGHWAY POULTRY
s. CATTLE co.
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 CT Court and Ex-Otticio 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
tons, and especially Of Act No. 267
of the General Assembly for the year
1914, they do hereby form them
selves, as we'll as such other persons
as may hereafter become associated
and body polite in law, for the OBJ
iects and purposes, and under the
articles and stipulations following,
to-Wit:
ARTICLE 1.
The name and title Of this cor
poration shall be The Jackson High
way Poultry & Cattle Company, and
under its said name 1t 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 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 ON
| 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 t'is
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
ITammany Parish, State of Louisiana
and all citations or 9th er legal pro
cess shall be served upon any of ths
officers of the corporation.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes fo
which this corporation is organized
land the nature of the business to b.
carried on by it is hereby declared
to be: To raise, buy and sell pcul
try; to raise, buy and sell hogs anc
live stock Of all kinds; to grow AM
deal in pecans and conduct nurs
cry; to do a general garden ant
truck business, and also to deal il
farm and agricultural products.
| ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at the sum 0
Five Thousand ($5,000.O0) Dollars
and to be divided into One Hundre'
shares of the par value of One Hun
dred Dollars each. No stockholde
shall have tho right to dispose Of Il
stock until he shall have first offer
ed the same to the other stockhotdec
through the Board Of Directors, an
the other stockholders shall hav
: fifteen days from the said offer t
purchase the share or shares at tn
price set upon the same, before tn
stock may be purchased by outsiders
ARTICLE v.
: All the corporate powers Of tai
corporation shall be exercised by
Board of Directors consisting Of fiv
stockholders, majority of Whor
shall constitute a quorum for th
transaction of business. The Boar
Of Directors shall elect annually fro1
their number a president, a vice
E, president, and a secretary-treasurej
, The firts Board of Directors shall b
composed of John M. Klet, L. .
Keith, Mrs. M. f. Keith, S. s. Ryde
and E. o. Keith, and the first Of
fcers of this corporation shall b
John M. Keith, president; L.
Keith, v:ce-president, and Mrs. M. T
Keith, secretary-treasurer.
These directors and officers sha
serve until their successors sha
, have been duly elected and qualtfiat
The annual meeting Of the STOCK
: holders for the election Of director
3 shall be held on the second Tuesda
of July Of each and every year, III
less said day should happen to be
l legal holiday, and then on the ne,
bank day thereafter. Each sui
scriber hereto sets opposite his nam
/ and address a statement Of the stoc
+. which he subscribes to in this CO.
poartion and this charter shall stan
I as the original list.
The names, places of residence {
] the subscribing shareholders an
the number of shares held by eac
S of them, respectively, is as follows:
Jno. M. Keith, Slidell La.
s 81 shares.
: Mrs. F. M. Keith, by ]. M. .Keit1
n Sl:dell, La,
20 shares.
L. J. Keith, by J. M. Keith, chi
r dersburg, Ala,
S shares.
r. S. S. Ryder, by ]. M. Keith, Chi
I dersburg, Ala,
2 shares.
E. o. Keith, by J. NJ. Keith, CHI
: dersburg, Ala,
e 3 shares.
ARTICLE VI.
J. In the event of the liquidation