The Bossier banner., 1894-12-13
Charter. Of
Antrim Lumber Company,
Limited.

State of Louisiana, Be it known, that on
y Parish of Bossier. this, the eighth day of
November, A. D. Eighteen Hundred and Nine.
tyfour, before me, Haywood III. Montgomery,
a Notary Public in and for Bossier Parish,
Louisiana, duly commissioned and qualified
and in the presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came and
appeared the persons whose names are hereun-
to subscribed; also severally declared that
avail. G themselves of the provisions of Act 36
of Session of 1888, approved June Goth, 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 a corporation for the object and purpose,
and under the terms and stipulatiOns hereinaf-
ter set forth, towt:
ARTlCLEI.
The name and title of this corporation shall be
ANTRIM LUMBDR CO, Limited, and under
said name it shall have and enjoy euccession
for the period of ninety-nine years from the
date of this charter; may sue and be sued; may
have, hold, purchase, sell, convey, lease, mort
gage and pledge property, real and personal;
may have and use corporate seal and same to
change at 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 ont
the purposes of this corporation; and its domi-
cile shall be Plain Dealing Bossier Parish,
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. to con-
duct retail lumber yards and a general mer-
camille business.
ARTICLE III.
Citations and all legal processes shall be
| served on the President, and in his absence on
| the Secretary.
The capital stock of this corporation is de-
clared to be twenty-five thousand dollars
divided into $50 shares of one hundred dollars
each, which shall be paid for in cash or proper
ty actually sold and delivered to this corpora
ton, and shall be due and payable in such
amounts and at such times and places as the
| Board of Directors may resolve and determine.
This corporation shall begin operation as soon
as one hundred 100l shares, making the sum
of ten thousand dollars ($l0,000) shall have
been subscribed TO the capital stock and paid in.
ARTICLE V.
| The affairs 0i this corporation shall be under
the management and control of the Board of
Directors composed of three stockholders to
be elected annually at a meeting of the stock
| holders, for that purpose, Ito be held on the
first Monday in November, 1895, and yearly
thereafter,) after ten days notice in a newspa
| per published in the parish in which the COM
pany is dOmiciled. Uutil the first election the
| Directors shall be Chas. A. Antrim, III. G..
| Madison and j. A. Mitchell, who shall serve
until their successors are duly appointed.
| ARTICLEV VI.
The officers of this corporation shall be a
President, Secretary and Treasurer, and said
| officers shall be elected annually by the Board
| of Directors, and until the first election the
| officers shall be as follows: Chas. A. Antrim,
President; 81. G. Madison, Secretary, and
j. A. Mitchell, Treasurer; who shalt serve
until their successors are duly elected.
ARTICLE VII.
Whenever this corporation is dissolved by
limitation, or from any other cause, it's affairs
shall be liquidated by three commissioners
from the stockholders, appointed for that
purpose, at a meeting of same convened after
ten days notice to said stockholders, given
to them by letter addressed to each stock
holder and deposited in the mail In case OF
death or failure to act, said remaining com
misioners shall appoint their successors.
This done and passed at my office, in said
parish of Bossier, the day and date above writ
ten, In the presence of j. P. Keith and T. 2
Barnett, competent witnesses, who with said
appearers and me, Notary, have signed these
presents.
CHARLES A. ANTRIM.
Fl. G., MADISON.
JAMES A. MITCHELL.
7 p KEITH.