The Progress., 1894-02-10
CHARTER
or rHE SHREVEPORT MANUFACTURING
COMPANY, Limited.
t.S1aTE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Cadb.

Parish of Cadb.
Be it know thatOn tins, the - day of
December, A. d.. Eighteen Hundred and
Ninety-three Defofe me, CAT d. Hicks
a Notary Pub &c. lnand for Clddu parish
La duly commissioned and Qualihtd:and
in the presence dwitneSseS hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came
and appeared thePersOns whose names
are hereunto suMrbed: also SpyeraHy
declared that awaiting themselves of the
provisions of AdSG Of Session of 1883
approved June the %, 1888, as well as
those of the genera laws of the State of
Louisiana. relatlwto the organization of
corporations, ;heyhave formed and or
ganized, and hY.ihese presents do form
and organic thaBselves and their asSo-
cates and Succt@rS into corporation
for the object Hi purpose, and under
the terms and SITUATIONS hereinafter set
forth, t0wit:
Article |. Thelame and title of this
corporation sha be The Shreveport
Manufacturing 6mpauy, Limited" aud
under sad nameH shall have and enjoy
succession for thperlod of Nruety-Nine
years from the Gte Of this Charter. and
gDay sue and besued may have, hold.
pm chase, sell. Nnvey, lease. mortgage
and pledge pretty, real and personal,
may have a"d ne a corporate seal and
same TO changeat will; and generally,
may have and kpssesS any and all pow
onrS aud priviligs which corporations are,
or may be autErized to possess by law.
and partirulaIi to carry ont the par
poses Of tins operation; and its domi-
Gle shall be tiIefty of Shreveport. La,
A9ucle II. fe objects and purposes
Of his corpolaon are hereby declared
to he to manufacture patent articles of
wood or meta LiId 10 conduct a general
manufacturiIIgbusnes
Article lllI'itatiODs ard all legal
processes shHf be served on the PreSi-
dent, and III BIS abSenct on the Sec,e-
tary. H
Article ". he capital stock of this
Corporation N declared TO be FIFTY
Thousand ID ihs $50 ,OO0), divided into
500 shares Of o. Hundred Dollars (Sl0Ol
each. which sail be pad FOR IN cash or
property actully sold * delivered to this
corporatlon,a al shall BE- due and payable
Ia such amo1Es ami at such times and
places as ,htfbard of Directors may re-
sol and deEflnue. This Corporation
shalt De.ln speratlOu As soon as 500
shares, makM 'rhlrty Thausaud Dollars
(s30,0O0), shafhave been subscribed 10
The Capital Sh:k and paid in
Article ' HE officers of this Corpora
ton shall beaPre sideut, Secretary and
Treasurer dd General Manager, aud
said officers sa be elected annually by
The Board 0fDlrectOrs, and shall con-
llnue I'D 0f1iauntll Their successors are
elected
Article Vi sThe affairs Of tbs Corpor-
p"intlon shaabe under the management
and control ID The Board OF Directors
composed 0flhret stockholders. TO be
elected annually at Il meeting of the
S1ockholdeGlor that purpose, 60 b. held
on the tlfahonday in January, 1885,
ana yearly heleafterD after ten days
no'lce nj Mwspgper publish d at the
n"lnicile otihe Company, or given to
mem ny eta addressed TO each stock
holder and&poSited III the mail. Until
lhe hlSt elatcn the Board of Directors
ana Office n+hall be AS follows: FIT.
Whiteh, PIrtlent; H. Fl. Wheess. Secre-
tary aud Tlmsurer, aud J. d. Pace. Gem
eral ManasT
Aftlclt VII No stakeholder shall ever
De held llats or responsible foi the con-
tracts or AUS of SAID Corporal on in any
iuftlief s'Mthau the uupud balance due
10 ihe Solnmny Oh the shares owned by
MN, nor shl any inforlnaitv IN the or
Sall'Zali"tlave the effect Of rend arlIg
,his Hinlll, Or OF opposing STOCK
ho:der to.any liability beyond the
amount dhis stock. No transfer of
s.ock ny lhe holders thereof shall he
nlnui.iS oathis Corporation, unies said
'Iahsiei Silly entered on It's books.
HIt'cie vii. When this Corporation
~ uisso'' tdby limitation, or from any
o.hel ga 0'M It's affairs shall be liquidated
~ Ihiee WinmisslOners from the stock
noluers apNlnted for that purpose, al Z
'het''"s Mame convened after ten davs
""','t totae stOckhoI'l"r>, gwen To them
Wy ,eI'e' a0dre sed 10 each stakeholder
anu uepMtd in ih mat. In ease of
"easi VI alhire 10 act, said remaining
ooi'iii'ss piels shall appoint tiI"lr sue
THIS doas and ,,,s..d -, ,,, IN go
sah al MOf {. DIDO, The day and date
d 1,o Htten, in presellce OF W. II.
"onnsonah aud D.. Taylor. Competent wit
Notary, hay,. sirnrd the... nr...n %,'' 'N''
"x, W,i Ii. II. WIRELESS,
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~ 'a0k. }. ID. PACE,