The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-28
CHARTER
OF THE
CALCASIEU LUMBER
COMP ANY.

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, DO
w hereby form ourselves into and
constitute corporation under aud In
pursuance of the general laws Of Che
State OF Louisiana, authorizing the for
nation of corporations for the purpose
herein stated, and we hereby adopt the
following charter therefor:
|. The name aud title OF said cor.
portion is "THE CALCAszEU LuMREI
COMPANY" The term of its existence
j. Thirty (30) years, and the place oil
its domicile is the village of Lake
Charles, Calcasieu parish, in the State
Louisiana,
2. Said corporation is formed for the
purposes, and to carry on the business
of manufacturing lumber, timber, lath,
shingles and other articles of wood and
marketing the same, and for such pnT-
poses and business to acquire lands,
timber, logs, mills, machinery, booms,
implements and real and personal pro-
erty needful or proper to be owned and
used in such business.
3. The amount of the capital stock
of said corporation is Two Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Dollars. said stock il
divided into Twenty-Five Hundred
Shares of One Hundred Dollars each
share.
4. The business and affairs OF said
corporation shall be managed by q
board of five directors. The following
persons shall constitute the first board
of directors of the corporation, viz
NATHAN d, BRADLEY, William O.,
YAwKEY, ELBRIDGE M. FOWLER LEWIS
PENpYER, EDWARD "A. BRAKEERIDGE,
and they shall hold their offices until
their successors shall be elected. Ma
than d. BRADLEY is hereby made presi-
dent of the corporation, William @.
Yawkey is made vice president, Lewis
Peuoyer is made treasurer and Edward
A. Breckenridge is made secretary.
They shall hold their offices until the
successors of said board of directors are
elected. Robert H. Mason is hereby
made superintendent of the business
of said corporation, and shall have such
authority as shall be expressed in writ
ing from time to time signed by said
directors. The directors may at any
time change, restrict on revoke, such
authority. He shall, at all times he
under their direction, and they may at
any time remove him and appoint any
other person in his place, and the per-
son SO appointed may be one of their
own number,
S. The election Of directors hereafter
shall be by a majority vote of the stock
holders of said corporation who shall
be represented at the nesting ut which
sueh election shall he held. Such cleo
tions shall take place at the animal
meetings of the stockholders, which
meetings shall be held on the third
Thursday Of February in each year, at
the Lour of 10 o'clock i. NJ, at said
village of Lake Charles.
Notice OF all meetings Of the stock
holders shall be given by the secretary,
by publishing the same once each week
for four successive weeks next preced-
ing such meeting, in q weekly newspa-
per published at Lake Charles afore-
said.
At all meetings OF the stockholders
each stakeholder shall be entitled to
one vote for each share Of stock owned
by him and his votes may be cast in
person OF by proxy, the authority Of
the proxy to be in writing and filed with
the secretary OF the meeting.
Special meetings oil the stockholders
may be called at any time by the presi-
dent, or majority Of the directors or
stockholders holding one third Of the
stock.
la such case, ID addition to tlienotice
above provided for, the secretary shall
mail to each stockholder whose Eostoifiee
address is known 10 him, twenty days
notice Of such meeting
6. The directors shall hold their
offices until their successors shall be
elected, and shall have power to lill any
vacancy occurring in their board, but
no person other than q stockholdeF
shall be director.
The directors may appoint one 81
their number president, one of their
number vice president and one Of their
number treasurer and any person sec
Rotary, OF the corporation The same
person may hold the Offices Of treasurer
and secretary, but the treasurer shall
always be one Of the directors.
The duties and powers Of president,
vice president, treasurer and secretary,
shall be the duties and powers usually
belonging to those eilieers III like cor
porations. Their duties and powers
may be such other OF different dniies
and powers as may at any time be de-
clared by the board Of directors,
The directors shall have power to APP
point and employ superintendent,
and to confer upon him such authority
Tor the transaction ii the hustnesg ct
tie corporation FROM time 10 tine as
they deem proper b change, resEEiet
and revoke such aesAoFity ard 10 re-
move bin " pleasure. Ehe sspellsl-
tendent may be one of tie directors.
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