The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08
CHARTER
MANSFORD PLANTING CO.. INC.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF MADISON.

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BEFORE ME-, John E. Yerger, Clerk
of the Ninth District Court and Elk
, officio Notary Public in and for SAID
Parish and State, this day came and
appeared, Joe Weinberg, and Frank
/ L. HARRISON, residents of the City OF
I Greenville and State of Mississippi,
John jefferson Henry and John b.
Stone, residents of the Parish OF Madi-
son. and State of Louisiana, said
Frank L. HARRISON appearing by his
duly constituted agent and said Joe
Weinberg, and the other parties here
inbefore named appearing in person
and said appearers, in the presence
of the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned, declared to me, Not
airy, that availing themselves Of the
laws of the State of Louisiana in re-
lation to corporations, they do by this
act organize to form stock corpora
ton for the purposes hereinafter set
forth.
| The name of this corporation is
the MANSFORD PLANTING COM
PANY, INC.
The purpose for which this corpora
ton is termed is to purchase, operate,
cultivate, improve, lease, rent and sell
plantations and appurtenances, and
other rea. nd personal property, in
GLIDING merchandise, in the State OF
Louisiana and elsewhere, with the
power to conduct business in said
State of Louisiana and other states,
the Federal districts, the territories
ard possessions of the United States
and in foreign countries, and for said
purpose to borrow money and con-
! ..act debts, to execute negotiable
:otes and other evidences of indebted.
ness, and to secure payment of same
20 mortgage and pledge property OF
he company, and generally to do al
things incident to its purposes as
hereinafter set forth.
The oomicile CT said corporation is
sclarei to be ct Mansford, in the
arish OF Madison and State Of Louis
lana, and which shall have success
ion by its corporate name for period
L My 900 years from the date o.
his act, unless sooner dissolved BY
Tcte Of two-thirds in interest of al
he stockholders Of said corporation
IN the maJter provided by law.
1t shall have power to sue and be
sued in its corporate name in any
court OF competen: jurisdiction; Il
make ana use a common seal, and t,
alter same at pleasure; to acquire
property by grant, gift, purchase, de
vice and bequezt; to least, hold, oper
ate, cultivate, improve, and dispose
IF, ard to mortgage and pledge the
same, all subject to legal limitations
10 appoint such Officers and agents a
he business Of the corporation ma!
require, Gnd to fix their compensation
having due REGARD to TIE nature
character ana aUc &C their services
20 make bylaws not in CO.. aict will
existing law, fixing or altering thu
management of its property, the re
guiations and government Of its af
fairs and the manner of certiicatioI
and registry Of its stock.
| The capital stock Of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at the sum o.
Twenty Thousand $3.50, 000.00) Dol
lars, consisting of two hundred Goo
shares of stock, full paid and non
assessable, Of the par value Of On,
Hundred ($100.00) Dollars each, ant
represented by certificates of stool
signed by the President and Secretar,
of said corporation, all of which stool
has been fully subscribed and paid TO
in full in property as hereinafter Sc
forth.
The Board of Directors of said cor
poration shall consist of four of it
stockholders, to be elected annual,
after the first year as provided b.
law, a majority of whom shall con
stitute a quorum for the transaction
Of business. The first Board Of Di
rectors consists Of the four stockhold
ers above named, to-wit:
| Joe Weinberg, whose post offic,
address is Greenville, Mississippi
Frank L. HARRISON, whose post offic,
address is Greenville, Mississippi
John Jefferson Henry, whose post of
flee address is Mansford, Louisiana
and John B. Stone, whose post offic,
address is Tallulah, Luisiana; VIII,
shall hold office for a term Of on
j O year from the date Of this act
and until their successors shall be dull,
elected and qualified by vote Of tn
stockholders at an election to be hel,
November %, 1921, and annual,
thereafter on the same date; and o
which said corporation said Joe Vein
berg is to be elected by said Boar,
President, said John B. Stone, Vice
President, and said John jefferson
Henry, Secretary and Treasurer. An,
, it is declared that said Board of Di
. rectors is and shall be vested wit
. full corporate powers to manage an,
conduct the business of said corpora
tim and NTH v,ox.yor a.. .l.- -,