The Progress., 1894-01-20
CHARTER
OFTHE SHREVEPORT MANUFACTURING
COMPANY, Limited.
STATE or LOUISIANA.
Parish of Caddo.

OtAIE Of lHli i~lANA.
Parish of CaddO.
Be II known that ON tins. the ~ dav n,
December, \. d.. f. ghteen Hundred ,nd
Ninety-thT' d, before me. Cal d HicIs
a Notary T. bic, IN and for CIdlo parj.b
IA duly go ,miSsioned and qualhel;an1
| IN the preSc trr of witnesses hare;noS'a.
named and Undersigned. personallvcoma
and appeared the persons whose nam
are hereuntO subscribed: also savnraIlS
| declared that availing Themselves of tbs
! provisions of Act IS of Session nf lsss
| approved June the % lSSS. rs we'll ~
| those of the general laws of the Stafs q,
| Louisiana. relative 20 the organization M
corporations, they have formed and or.
ganiZed. ana 10y these presents do torn
| ana OrganlZn Themselves and their osso
ciateS and Successors into "A corporl,ion
for the object and purpose. and under
the terms aud stipuatlOEs hereinafter s.t
forth. tO-Wit:
Article /. The name and title Of thi,
corporation shall b, The ShreyeDort
Manufacturing Company, Limited1 and
under sand name II shall have and emmy
succession for the period of Nmety-N,ns
years from the date of this Charter. and
may sue and be sued may have. hold
pure hase, sell. convey, lease. mortgage
ana pied" property, real and personal
may have aud use a corporate seal and
same to change a. will; and generally
may have and possess any and all DOW
ers aud privileges which corp ratOnsare
or may Oe authorized 20 possess by Law
and particularly To carry out the pur-
poses of thus corporation; ana its d0m.
Gle shall be the City Of Shreveport. La.
Article II. The objects and purposes
Of this corporation are hereby declared
To be 10 manufacture patent artclesO Of
wood or metal, and to conduct a general
manufacturing business.
Article Ill. Citations and all legal
processes shall DE served on the Presi-
dent, ana in his absence on the Seere-
taTy.
Article ". The caUita stock Of this
Corporation is declared 20 De Fifty
Thousand Dollars (:jO,0O0). divided into
800 shares of one Hundred Dollars (sl0O)
each. which shall be paid for ~ cash or
property actually sold X delivered 10 this
corporations ,ani shall be due and payable
~ such amounts am AT such times and
places as the Board of Directors may NJ
sol aud determine. This Corporation
shall begin operation as soon as 80
shares, making Thirty Thausand Dollars
(-3O,WW), shall have been subscribed 10
the Capital Stock and paid in
Article V The officers otths Corpora
ton shall be President, Secretary and
Treasurer and General Manager, and
said officers sha be elected annually By
the Board of Directors, and shall con-
time IN office until their successors aTe
elected
Article vi. The affairs of this COrpOr-
poraiion shall be. under the management
and control of ;he Board Of Directors
composed Of three Stockholders, TO BE-
elected annually at meeting OF ihe
STOCKHOLDERS for that purpose, TO b. he'd
on the First Monday in January, levOi
ana yearly tbeleafterO after ten days
notice In newspaper publish at ine
domlcile of the Company, or given 70
ihem by 'etter addressed 10 each STOCK,
holder and deposited in the mail Unill
the hrst election the Board Of Director.
and officers shall be as follows: /. l.
President; II. II. Whelrss, Seere-
tart aud Treasurer. aud j. ID. Pace, GsI'
erll Manager.
Article VII. No stOckhOlder shall ever
De held liable OF responsible fol the cor
tracts or faults of sad Corporation IN ahy
iuriher sum than the unpaid balance ule
To the Company on the shares OWntu "
liln, nor shall any informally IN the OF
nave the effect Of rendellnt
This Charter null, or of opposing stoes.
holder TO any liability beyond Ds
amount of his stock. No transfer "
stock 10y the holders thereof shan
on This Corporation, unles sa'u
transfer Is duly entered on its DOCKS.
Article VIII. When tins COrp0ralyn
Is dissolved by limitation, or from a'y
other caIse, its affairs shall be liqulda's'
by three commissioners from the s'OeA
holders appointed for that purpose ~
meeting of same convened after ten 9ay,
notice To the stockhJiders, gwen 10 tn,s. i1Ds
by letter addre sed tD each slOchh~"
and deposited in th uIl.. In easv
1eath or failure to act, -aid feDaipne
-Ea.l appoint ibrT '"'
tessUrs. 80
Tins done a'id pissed at my "iiis', ~
said Pan ISL of G. 'ddO, the day ahg aha m
above written, in presence oi " 80
Johnson ana ID. Taylor. cimpctenl w.
lesses, who with sad appedrrrs anu '"''
Notary, have signed tne-e presents.
Attest: "A. n. WHELl,'0'
W. n. JouNsov r. f. WhlTED,
ID. TAYLOR. J. ID. PAOE.
W.T.. WHILE,
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by n. u. Wbeiess
CAL ID. HICKS, Notary Pubiic.
,IATE Of LOUISIANA,
Perish of CaddU. 80, d
Having examined The foregoing ~ con
and finding nothIIs .hs %
aimed therein contrary tolaw. n''
approve the same. ,asvof
Done and signed an this, the 5ru ua'
January, 1894. ,,yn
district Attorney, lst judicial Distr'e'~
Louisiana.
TATE or LOUISIANA,
Parish of CaddO.
| hereby certify that the soO'v oo,s u
oregoing Is a true and correce ,ns,Saf
he original act. as the same 10" -
N file and OF record in my oihcJI ~ offee
Given uDder my hand and seal u
y. A. LEONAhp,
Clerk and FIX -Oficio Recol