The Bossier banner., 1894-11-01
Charter. Of
Whited & Wheless, Limited.

GState of Louisiana, Be it known, that on
y Parish of Caddo. : this, the fourth day of
October A. d. Eighteen Hundred and Ninety
four, before me, Lewis E. Carter, Notary
Public in and for Caddo Parish, louisiana,
duly commissioned and qualified and in the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned, personally came and appear
ed the persons whose names are herenntO sub
scrbed; also severally declared that availing
themselves of the provisions of Act 36 of Ses-
sion of 1888, approved June 29th, 1888, as well
as those of the general laws of the State of
Louisiana, relative to the organization of cor
proations they have formed and organized,
and by these presents do form and organize
themselves and their associates and successors
into corporation for the object and purpose,
and under the terms and stipulations herelnaf-
ter set forth, to-wit:
ART1CLEI.
The name and title of this corporation shall be
WHITED & WIRELESS, Limited, and under
said Eame it shall have and enjoy cuccessiOn
for the period of ninety mine years from the
date of this charter may sue and be sued; may
have, hold, purchase, sci, convey, lease mort
gage and pledge property, real and personal;
| may have and use corporate seal and same to
| change ut will, and generally, may have and
| possess any and all powers and privileges
| which corporations are. or may be authorized
| to possess by law and particularly to carry out
| the purposes of this corporation; and its domi-
|
Louisiana.
ARTICLE II.
| The object and purposes of this corporation
| are declared to be to buy and sell timber lands,
| to manufacture, buy and sell lumber and to
build and operate saw and planning mill plants,
| railroad, telegraph and telephone lines. and to
| conduct a general mercantile business.
| ARTICLE HI.
Citations and all legal processes shall he
served on the President, and in his absence on
'10 ''~ ART1CLEIv.
The capital stock of this corporation is de-
clared to be sixty thousand dollars 1850, 600
divided into 600 shares of one hundred dollars
each, which shall be paid for in cash or proper
ty actually sold and delivered to this corpora
ton, and shall be due and payable in suel
amounts and at such times and places as the
Board of Directors may resolve and determine
as three hundred t300) shares, making the sun
of thirty thousand dollars 1880, ,000) shall have
been subscribed to the capital stock and paid in
ARTICLE V.
The affairs oi this corporation shall be unde
the management and control of the Board o
Directors composed of three stockholders t.
be elected annually at a meeting of the stock
holders for that purpose, Ito be held on thu
first Monday in October, 1895, and yearl.
thereafter,) after ten days notice in newspa
| Der published in the parish in which the com
, Directors shall be P. G. Bulkley, f. It. Whites
and H. ii. Wheless who shall serve until thei
successors are duly appointed.
ARTICLEVI
) The officers of this corporation shall be
President, a viee-President and a Secretar
> and Treasurer, and said officers shall be elect
ed annually by the Board of Directors, an
until the first election the officers shall be a
, follows: P. C. Bulkley, President F.
! eral manager; H H. Wheless, Secretary an
5 Treasurer; who shall serve until their succes
sors are duly elected.
ARTICLE VII.
g, No stockholder shall ever be held liable Q
responsible for the contracts or faults of sal
| corporation in any further sum than the III
| paid balance due to the company on the share
owned by him nor shall any infOrmality
| the organization have the effect of renderin
, this charter null, or of exposing a stOckhOlde
| to any liability beyond the amount of h
stock. No transfer of stock by the holder
9 thereof shall be binding on this corporation
: unles said transfer is duly entered on its book
J, ARTICLE VIII.
Whenever this corporation is dissolved b
limitation, or from any other cause, its atfai
3 shall be liquidated by three commissions
y from the stockholders appointed for tn;
y purpose, at a meeting of same convened aft,
, y ten days notice to said stockholders, give
!. to them by letter addressed to each stOc
= holder and deposited in the mail In case
l. death or failure to act, said remaining cor
!. misioners shall appoint their successors.
II This done and passed at my Office, in sa
parish of Caddo, the day and date above wri
ten, In the presence of Chas. J. Randall al
Foster Carter. competent witnesses, who wi
- said appearers aud me, Notary, have signt
these presents.
MARY NJ. BULKLEY,
ByP. C. BULKLEY.
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