The Donaldsonville chief., 1922-04-29
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THE LEBLANC MACHINERY COMP Am.
INCORPORATED. eANE,

THE LEBLANC MACHINERY COMB An.
INCORPORATED. AssY.
United States OF America-Stat.. os -.
ana-Parish Of Ascension, ssl.
DE it known and remembered, thai !, !, I.
Id eleventh day of the month Of M.ralas
the year of Our Lord one thousand s:i n
hundred and Twenty-Five, and of the ;nal n,ae
pendence of the United States CT tms..ue. nue.
the one hundred and forty sixth,
Before me, Caleb C. Weber, a rotar,, u, a5
lie, duly commissioned, sworn and nna,e puD.
within and for the parish of Ascension aee aast
of Louisiana, and in the presence of tba ssa.e ~.
nesses hereinafter named and unders;oaWli.. Wy.
Personally came and appeared the ssasa sas.as
persons whose names are hereunto .s.a w
scribed, who declared to me, notary aa ao.
avaling themselves Of the laws CT th;s' th;' ..las aas
relative to the organization OF eornor.t:. ssate
and particularly of Act no. 267 of tha IONS aa
eral assembly of the state of r.ouis;an. ksa.
the year 1914, and all acts amsndata @ aof
thereto, they do by these presents forns a.Ofy Wy
organize themselves into Il corgorat;a aaa
the objects and purposes and undes y ~
stipulations and articles following to.n,s.ae .ae
ARTICLE !?
The name Of this corporation SHAH IA nm,
LEBLANC MACHINERY COMPANY M NJ
CORPORATED, and its .lomic;i ;s i ~
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cension, Louisiana; its duration shall ha ~. ~,
a period OF ninety-ninc years from and as ~
ter this date; it shall have bower anS 81 az
thority under its corporate name ~ ~ ~
chase, acquire, improve, mortgage and sEas
ate real estate, and personal and mi,as
property, borrow money, obligations to .,4 a.
tract, sue and be sued. and eenera,Iy ~. III,
possess and enjoy all the powers and e,as - I
thority and privileges conferred by ]avv -. ~
corporations. pA# W
ARTICLE IT,
The objects and purposes for which th;.s
corporation is formed and organized Is 'hsaas
by declared to be: to buy and sell. an III
by wholesale or retail all kinds Of ~
chinery, including engines, farming ~. ~
plements, tractors, automobiles, and -
chinery and supplies of every kind and A. ~ 8
scription whatever; to engage in the buyns
and selling and milling of rice and corn -
all by-products in connection thereWitb, nd sna
generally to do and perform all thinps. ~ ~
cessary and incidental in carrying ont Il. II.
objects and purposes for which this earnas ~
ration is organized.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corporation !,
hereby fixed at the sum of five thousans \
t$5000) dollars, to be divided into fiftylEes
shares of the par value Of one hundraa
($100) dollars each, which may be na;S
for either in cash, property or good will i
the time of subscription. -
ARTICLE ".
The affairs of this corporation shah 4.
managed and conducted by a board of S
rectors composed of three directors. wb;ah
shall be elected by the stockholders by Mi.
lot, at a general meeting 20 be held on thp
second Saturday of March of each year. ~.
cepting the present year. The following
stockholders shall constitute the first board
of directors, viz: Charles Leblanc EInore
J. Alieman and Waldon c. Leblanc. the
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ing Donaldsonville, Louisiana of whom
Charles j. Leblanc. shall be president: the
said Elmore Alleman, shall be vice pres.
ident, and the said Walden c. Leblanc, shall
be secretary-treasurer. The board of d.
rectors shall make and establish such by-
laws, rules and regulations as may be ne.
cessary and proper for the conduct and
management of the affairs Of this corpora-
tion. A majority of the board of directors
shall constitute quorum for the transac-B
tion of all business.
ARTICLE v.
This act of incorpo1s.Gion may be modified
changed altered, or this corporation may
be dissolved. or the capital may be increased
to sum not exceeding the SUM of ffteea
thousand dollars, in accordance with law. at
meeting called for said purpose, after writ
ten notice to each stockhoder by mail TO-
least ten days prior to the date Of Tue
meeting.
ARTICLE vi.
This corporation shall begin business
when at least one-half of .he capital stock
herein fixed has been subscribed and paid
for either in cash or by the transfer 81
property and good will equivalent to cash
ARTICLE VII.
Service OF citation and legal process shall
be made upon the president and in his ab.
sence upon the secretary-treasurer, or in the
manner pointed out by law for the service
fIpr,
ARTICLE VIII.
No stockholder shall ever be held liable
or responsible for she debts. contracts oss
faults of this corporation in any fnrthers
sum than the unpaid balance due the cor
poration on the shares of stock owed by
him, nor shall any informality in the or.s
ganization have the effect of rendering this
charter null or exposing a stoekholder so
any liability beyond the unpaid amount n.
naming due on his stock.
ARTICLE TX.
The stockholders have respectively writ.
ten opposite their names the amount 0f&
stock in this corporation subscribed forSEy
each of them, SO that this act may serve
as the original subscription list OF this
corporation.
Thus done and passed at my office, In she
town of Donaldsonyille, parish of Ascenson.s
Louisiana, on the day, month and year ffst9
above written in the presence of Messrs. ~
c. Hanson and A. s. st. Amant, compefen.s
witnesses. who sign these presents with
said appearers and me, said notary, after
due reading. -
tSTOCKHOLDERS NAMES OMMfTEDl
Witnesses:
E.. C. HANSON,
A. S. ST. AMANT.
C. c. WEBER,
Notary Public
State of Louisiana. parish of Asension--h
do hereby certify that the above and lore.
going to be duly recorded in Book Of Char
ters No. l, folio As.
In faith whereof, witness my hand a,s
seal of office. at Donaldsonville, La. this llhs
day of April, 1922.
MARIE MICHEL,
Dy Clerk and Recorder.
A true copy.
MARIE MICHEL,
Dy. Clerk of Court. 8:
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER
OF THE
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