The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-05
CHARTER or THE EUREKA INDUSTRIAL
GROCERY COMPANY, INC.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,


Parish of St Mary.
Be Il known that on this twenty seventh Gay
Of February, 1921. before me, H. NohMAS
and nuaIitied within and for the Parish of
- Mary State Of Louisiana, and IN the pres,
euce If the witnesses hereinafter named ana
undersigned, personally came ana appear,u
the persons whose names are hereunto sub,
scribed all Of full age Of majority and az
residents Of the Parish of ST. Mary. State OF
Louisiana who seyerally declared that. avail
ip,- themselves If the provisions Of the Act
oi the Legislature of this State. being known
as Act No 267 of the Session Acts OF l9lf,
and any amendments thereof and an oiner ONE
laws of this State relative to the oIsaniH<
tou Of coTCt ratiOns, they do, by these presents
covenant and agree and bind themselves, as
well AS such other persons as may become
hereafter associated with them, in order to
form and constitute corporation or pohy
pnlitc in law, for the objects and purposes,
and under the stipulations following, to-wit
ARTICLE L.
The name and title Of this corporation snail
THE EUREKA INDUSTRIAL GROCERY
COMPANY. INC"
Of the Parish of st Mary, Louisiana, ana Il
shall have and ENJOY succession anu eAi'tsn.n tn,
for period Of ninety nine t99ll years from
date hereof A.,
II shall have enjoy and possess all o. the
powers, rights and PRIVILEGES ahd ,h,lun''ies , es
accorded to corporations under the laws OF
this state.
The Gomicile Of this corporation shall De
in the toun of Franklin, Parish of st. Mary.
louisiana where all citations and other legal
process shall he served upon the president
md in his absence upon the vice president
nd in case Of the absence OF the Vce-preSi-
lent upon the secretary or treasurer.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes Tor "hich us
corporation is organized and the nature OF lne
business to be carried on by 1t are hereby oe-
clared to be:
TO establish and conduct general wholesale
md retail department stores;
To manufacture buy sell, distribute and
leal in groceries, dry goods. furniture. hara-
ware merchandise ard provisions OF every
kind nature and description at wholesale ana
retail; ., ,I
pr0nerty and do general real estate business ;
TO do general grocery, hardware drN
foods and notions, jobbing and commission
business, and generally 10 40 iliei '""''4'
md grocery business. -
And, generally, to do all things that may
5e NECESSARY or convenient in carrying out the
bjects and purposes herein set forth.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock Of this corporation sHa. ma.
no FIVE THOUSAND (S5,000.00) DOLLARS.
liyded into one thousand n,OoOl shares o.
he par value Of FIVE ($5.0O) DOLLARS eaen
No transfer of stock shall be binding upon
he corporation unless same appears upon the
ANY stockholder shall have the right to
,ssign or transfer any share or shares M helu
" him, provided ten 10) days prior not,ce
Il such intention to sell. assign OF IdhsieI
he same is given to the corporation ana tne
,ther stockholders. who shall have the nrst
privilege of purchasing same, after Wh,ch n1d tsi
t10) days notice the sald stoch Sh"h 'o ~
| 1t open market.
The capital stock of this corporation may
| 10 Increased to the sum of FIFTY THOU
SAND ($50. 100000 DOLLARS: -,..,.
The board of directors snail nave the ItEh, it
| :, determine how or when treasury stock , sha,l
| 10 issued: provided. that said treasury STOCK
shall be issued for cash or other vaiuaoie
consideration and RTIGTE nTyeT Iess '''n "' p"'
| / The corporate powers of this corpora
! ton shall be vested in board OF ulle',oi d ,
| 20 be composed of not more than hihe hnn, moa
less than three members, majority oI VIM, -.
| shall constitute quorum; sald directors w
| be elected at general meeting OF tle s.otho ti
holders of this corporation. TO De heio vi tno
first Monday of March Of each year NO per
| son shall be eligible as a director unless NE Is
a stakeholder as shall be PROVIDED LOT III INC INC
| bylaws to be formulated and adopted Ds
| this corporation :, ,u, nower
| to fill vacancies in their number, causeu ~, us
death, resignation or otherwise: Iroh 'i'i'"r
the stockholders of the corporation; .,,
| g. The board Of directors snah nav nav ia tnd
| full power to make all bylaws, rules anu anu
| regulations necessary for the conduct Oh nm anI
business affairs of said corporation, as "ei,
as to control and regulate tne a.;nn n,a,,,e sbail
| which the business OF thS coip"'"
The board Of directors shall elect from
their number a president, vice-presiaeh'' See-
| rotary and treasurer 80, ~ haro;r-
Until the election to be held as hereln,
after provided, the following shall constitute
'iio Wn,nas PostofficeAddress
nh nanles. Franklin Louisiana
". hoDerusun, p, Franklin Louisiana
| Charles McCurtis, ,ii, Era.ih,' Iouisiana
=; hary.. u,.,,,, Franklin, Louisiana
NINA. Mislam ,,cGnTtis' msgi. Franklin, Louisiana