The Progress., 1894-01-06
CHARTER
OFTHE SHREVEPORT MANUFACTURING
COMPANY. Limited.
STATE OF LoT'IsIANN.
Parish of CaddO.

STATE OF LoUIstANN.
Parish of Caddo.
BE il known that on this. the n d,v -,
December, \. -. T. ghtren Hundred ,,d
Ninety -thr,'. before me. Cal ID UicIs
a Notary Pu lie, M and for Clddo parisb
Ia duly co missioued and uualhad.anj
~ the pTeSc 'e of witnesses hereinafter
named and u derslgnef, personally came
and appeared the persons whose uamas
are hereunto subscribed: also seyprallv
declared that availing themselves of ths
provisions of Act 3G of Session of Isss
approved June the %. 1888. a well a.
those of the general laws of the State nf
Louisiana. relative To the organization or
corporations. they have formed and or.
ganized. and 10y these presents do form
and OrganiZp themselves and their assn
ciatps and successors into n corporation
for the object and purpose, and under
the terms aud stipulaIi0us hereinafter set
forth. tO-wit:
Article !. The name ana title of this
corporation shall be The Shrpveport
Manufacturing Company. Limited" aud
under SAID name II shall have aud enjoy
succession for the period of Ninety-Nme
years from the date of this Charter. AMI
may sue aud be sued may have. hold
purchase, sell. convey, lease. mortgage
and pledge property, real aud personal.
may have aud use "A corporate seal and
same to change at will: and generally
may have and possess any and all pow
prs aud privileges which corp iratiOns aIe.
or MAY be authorized 10 possess by Law
aud particularly 10 carry ont the pur-
poses of tins corporation: and It's a0mi-
ellie shall be- the CITY of Shreveport La.
Article II. The objects aud purposes
of This corporation are hereby declared
10 be TO manufacture patent ARTICLES Of
wood or metal. aud 10 conduct general
manufacturing business.
Article Ill. Citations and al legal
processes shall be- served on the Presi-
dent, and i'm his absence on the Secre-
tary.
Article w. The CaDital stock OF this
Corporation is declared 90 be Fifty
Thousand Dollars (sj0,000), divided into
800 shares of Que Hundred Dollars (sl0O)
each. which shall bp pad for IN cash or
property actually sold 4 delivered W this
corporation, ana shall be due and payable
IN such amounts aud at such times aud
places as the Board of Directors may re-
sol aud determine. This Corporation
shall begin operation a. sOOu IA JD
shares, making Thirty Thausand Dollars
(131 .00OJ, shall have been subscribed to
the Capital Stock AMI paid i'm
Article v The officers ofihis COrpora- ;
ton shall be a President, Secretary and
Treasurer and General Manager, aud
said officers sha he elected annually by
the Board of Directors, and shall con-
tinue III office until their successors are
elected
Article VI. The affairs of this Corpor-
poraiion shall he under the management
and control of :he Board of Directors
composed Of three stockholders, TO be
elet ted annually at meeting oil tne
STOCKHOLDERS for that purpose, TO b. held
on the First Monday in January, 1870,
aud yearly theleafter) after ten days
notice in newspaper PUBLISH a at tne
dOmicile of the Company. or given 10
them by 'etter addressed 10 each stock
Iulder and deposited in the mail. Unill
the first election the Board of Directors
AMI officers shall he as follows: r. L.
VIII ed, President; II. II. Wheless, Secre-
tar, aud Treasurer. and J. ID. Pace, Gell-
erIl Manager
Article VII. No stakeholder shall ever
he held liable o. responsible fOI the con-
tfactS or faults of sad Corporal vn IN any
further sum than the unpaid balance que
Ia the Company on the shares owned D)
MIN, nor shall any IIlfurmality ~ thr Or
have the effect of Tendsrlns
this Charter null, or OF opposing st0cs-
bO'deT 10 any liability beyond tne
amount of his stock M transfer Oh
stock 10y the holders thereof shall ps
on this Corporation, unles saio
trausfeT IL duty entered ul its books.
Article VIII. When this COrporatlon
u dissolved by limitation, or from any
other caJse, its affairs shall DE liquldateu
by three commissioners from the STOCK
holders appointed for that PURPOSE q. "a
meeting of same convened after ten days
notice To the stockholders, given TO tnsm
by letter addre scd TO each stOckhOdei
aud deposited i'm ths mail. In case u
reath or failure To act, said rena'nll's
shall appoint ih-r su'-
cpssOrs.
THIS done aud passed at my Office, ~
said PaI ish of CrddO. the day ANA da~
above written, iu presence oil W. ~
.]OhusOU aud -. Taylor. competent WI
nesses, who with sad appearers ana hs'
Notary, have signed these presents.
Attest: II. II. wHFifss,
w. II. JOHNSON, +. n. WHlTED,
ID. TAYLOR. j. ID. PACE.
w. r. VIII Il,
by N. II. Wheless;