The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-11-04
CHARTER
OF THE
CALCASIEU LUMBER
COMPANY Y.

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, DC
w hereby form ourselves into anC
constitute q corporation under and il
pursuance Of the general laws of the
State OF Louisiana, authorizing the for.
nation of corporations for the purpose
herein stated, and we hereby adopt the
following charter therefor:
| |. The name and title of said cor.
poration is THE CALoAsIEU LUMBEH
COMPANY. The term of its existence
il Thirty t30) years, and the place OF
its domicile is the village OF Lake
Charles, Calcasien 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 pur-
poses and business, to acquire lands,
timber, logs, mills, machinery, booms,
implements and real and personal pro-
erty needfrl 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 is
divided into Twenty-Five Hundred
Shares of One Hundred Dollars each
share.
4. The business and affairs of said
corporation shall be managed by a
board OF Ave directors. The following
persons shall constitute the first board
Of directors of the corporation, viz
NATHAN b. BRADLEY, WILLIAM @,
YAWKEY, ELBRIDGE Nj. Fowler. LEWIS
PEN9RER, EDWARD "A. BRAKENRIDGE,
and they shall hold their offices until
their successors shall be elected. Ma
than Is. Bradley is hereby made presi-
dent of the corporation, William @.
Yawkey is made vice president, Lewis
Penoyer 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 II, 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
lime change, restrict or revoke. such
He shall, at all times be
lnder their direction, and they may at
my time remove him and appoint an
'ther person in his place, and the per-
on so appointed may be one OF their
,wn number.
5. The election of directors hereafter
nall be by a majority vote of the stock
FOLDERS OF said corporation who shall
'e represented at the meeting at which
UGH election shall be held. Such cleo
ions shall take place at the annual
leetings of the stockholders, which
MEETINGS shall be held on the third
thursday of February in each year, at I
he -Four of 10 o'clock A. NJ, at said I
illage of Lake Charles.
Notice of all meetings OF the stock
elders shall be given by the secretary,
y publishing the same once each week !
~ four successive weeks next preced-
lg such meeting, in weekly newspa- I
er published at Lake Charles afore- Z
i'd.
At all meetings of the stockholders S
sch stakeholder shall be entitled to
40 vote for each share of stock owned /
7 him and his votes may be cast in
erson or by proxy, the authority of d
% proxy TO be in writing and filed with
g secretary Of tho meeting, s.
Special meetings of the stockholders
ay be called at any time by the presi- s.
mt, or majority of the directors or
ockholders holding one third of the &
ock. d
In such case, in addition to the notice
owe provided for, the secretary shah e
all 70 each stakeholder whose postoflice d
dress is known to him, twenty days
tiee Of such meeting. tH
.. Tie directors shall hold their
ices until their successors shall be "
cited, and shall have power to fill any
cancy occurring in their board, bit ty
person other than q stakeholder
NJ be director. is.
The directors may appoint one Of vi
,ir number president, one OF their So
nber vice president and one OF their sa
mber treasurer and any person Sec So
airy, of the corporation. The same in
son may hold the Offices of treasurer 81
secretary, but the treasurer shall Z.
avs be one Of the directors. ST.
The duties and powers OF president, sh
g president, treasurer and secretary, as
III be the duties and powers usually til
oDging to those officers in Ike cor th
'ations. Their duties and powers iol
y be such other or different duties an
powers as may at any time be de- liz
red by the board Of directors. ur
The directors shall have power 10 ap- M
nt and employ superintendent, By
TO confer np0n him such authority 81
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