The Bossier banner., 1894-11-08
Charter. Of
Whited & Whe1ess, Limited.

SState 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
ell the persons whose names are hereunto sub
scribed also severally declared that avail g
themselves of the provisions of Act Sc of Ses-
sion of 1888, approved June 18th, 1888, as we'll
as those of tho 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 aud organize
themselves and their associates and successors
into corporation for the object and purpose,
and under The terms and stipulatiOns hereinaf-
ter set forth, tO-wit:
The name and title of this corporation shall be
WHITED g. WHELESS, Limited, and under
said name it shall have and enjoy cuceession
for the period of ninety-n mine 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 out
the purposes of this corporation; and its dOmi-
cile shall be Alden Bridge, 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 and to
conduct general mercantile business.
ARTICLE III.
Citations and all legal processes shall be
served on the President, and in his absence on
ART1CLEIv.
The capital stock of this corporation is de-
clared to be sixty thousand dollars 1850, ,000)
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
tion, and shall he 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 three hundred 1900 shares, making the sum
of thirty thousand dollars t$3O, ,000) shall have
been subscribed to the capital stock and paid in
ARTICLE
The affairs oi this corporation shall be under
the management and control of the Board OF
Directors composed of three stockholders to
be elected annually at q meeting of the stock
holders, for that purpose, Ito be held on the
first Monday in October, 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 P. C. Bulkley, +. T. Whited
and HI. III. Wheless, who shall serve until their
successors are duly appointed.
ARTICLEvI.
The officers of this corporation shall be a
President, a vice-President and Secretary
L 4 4 = 4
ed annually by the Board of Directors, and
until the first election the officers shall be as
follows: p. C. Bulkley, President; F. T.
Whited, vice-President, who shall act as gen
eral manager; H. II. Wheless, Secretary and
Treasurer; who shall serve until their success
sOrs are duly elected.
ARTICLE VII.
No stockholder shall ever be held liable OF
| responsible for the contracts or faults of said
| corporation in any further sum than the un
paid balance due to the company on the shares
owned by him; nor shall any infOrmality il
the organization have the effect of rendering
this charter null, or of exposing a stOckholdel
to any liability beyond the amount of hit
stock. No transfer of stock by the holders
thereof shall be binding on this corporation
unles said transfer Is duly entered on its books
ARTICLE VIII.
Whenever this corporation is dissolved by
Limitation, or from any other cause, it's affairs
sHdH Dc l4uluabeu Dy tnfce commissioner
from the stockholders, appointed for thai
purpose, at a meeting of same convened aftel
ten days notice to said stockholders, giver
to them by letter addressed to each stock
holder and deposited in the mail In case O.
death or failure to act, said remaining com
| misioners shall appoint their successors.
This done and passed at my office, in SAID
parish of CaddO, the day and date above writ
ten, In the presence of Chas J. Randall ant
Foster Carter. competent witnesses, who will
| said appearers aud me, Notary, have signed
these presents.
| MARY M RIII .KI.EY