The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-02-25
CHARTER
The Lone Star Lumber Com.
pany, Limited.

State of Louisiana, I Belt known that "a
- Parish of Bossier. this the 18th dav ns
January. A. ID. 1897, before me- r. b. HnI
Deputy Clerk and eN-"iicln Notary Public in
and for Bossier PARISH Louisiana, duly an
pointed. commissioned and qualified and h
the presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned. personally came and
appeared the persons whose names are hereto
subscribed who several declared that ay,il-
ing themselves of the provisions of Act 81. Of
Session of lSSS. approved Jnne 2@th, 1898 as
well as those of all the general laws of the
State of Louisiana rel alive to the organization
of corporations, they have formed and organ.
lied, and by these presents do form and organ
izc themselves AMI their associates and sue.
| crsSors into corporation for the objects and
purposes, and under the terms and stipula
mons hereinafter set forth, tO-wit:
ARTICLE T.
| The name and title of this corporation shall
be LONE STAR LUMBER COMPANY, Ltd.
and under said maine it shall have and enioy
succession tor the period OF ninety -uine years
| from the date of this charter; aud in said cor
| porate name may sue and be sued may have
| hold. purchase, sell. convey, lease. mortgage
| and pledge property, real and person Il NAV
! 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 tise Purposes of this corporation; aud its
domicile shall be Adger, Bossier Parish, La
ARTICLEu
The objects 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,
railroads. telegraph and telephone lines, aud
t. conduct Il general mercantile business.
ARTICI + III
Citations and all legal processes shall DO
served on the President, and in his absence on
the Secretary and Treasurer
ARTICLE ".
TIE Capital stock Of this corporation is de-
clHred to I've iS50, 0Ol Fifty Thousand Dollars,
divided INTO t500) five hundred shares of $500,
one hunured dollars each, which shall be paid
for i'll cash or property actually sold and de
lvered to this corporation, and shall he due
and payable in such amounts and at such
times and places as the Board of Directors ma i
resolve and determine This corporltion shall
+ begin operation as soon as t;}00l three hundred
shares q stock making the sum of $50, 600
Thi ty Thousand dollars shall have been sub
} scribed to the capital stock ndpaid i'll.
, ARTICLE V.
The affairs of this corporation shah he sndoi
2 the mana cement and control of the Board o.
Directors composed of three or five stockhold
f crs to be elected annual at a meeting of tn,
{ stockholders. for that purpose, to be held OF
| the first Monday in January, 1897, and yearl,
4 thereafter, latter ten days notice given t,
!, each stockhei,ler by the Secretary and Treas
. urcr) Until the first election the Director
Il shall be J. NJ. McGill, f. l.. McGill and j. S
! Burgess, who shall serve until their successor
are duly appointed
ARTICLE VI.
President, a vice President and a Secrtfar
and Treasurer, and said officers shall be elect
i ed annually by the Board of Directors, an
p ! until the first election the officers shall be a
follows: NJ. McGilI, President, f. l.. Nc
Gill, yicePresident, and j. S. Burgess, Secrets
c ~ and Treasurer, who shall serve until THE
II successors are duly elected
ARTICLE VII
k No stakeholder shall ever be held liable G
+ responsible for the contracts or faults of sai
l. | corporation in any further sum than the III
l. paid balance due TO the company on the share
subscribed by him nor shall any informalit
If in the organization have tire effect of rende
I. ing this charter null, or of exposing any stool
holder to any liability beyond the amount
:. stock owned or subscribed by him. No tran
- fer of stock by the holder thereof shall |
binding on this corporation nnlesS said tran
ter is duly entered on it's books.
Of ARTICLE VIII.
al Whenever this corporation is dissolved
Of limitation or from any other cause it's a4fai
ID shall be liquidated by three commissions
in elected by and from the stockholders for TIL
ID purpose, at a meeting of the same convene
after ten days notice to each of said stOckhol
ers given to them by letter addressed to ca,
d. stakeholder and deposited in the mail. In ca
re of death or failure 10 act said remaining col
missioners shall appoint their successors
This done and passed at my office, in 50
- Parish of Bossier, and State of Louisiana,
the day and date above mentioned in presen
of A. X. Thompson and Joannes Smith, WI
in being competent witnesses, signed these PIE
III ents with said appearers and ne as Notary.
10 Attcsti J. NJ. MCGILL,
I'd A. Il. THOMPSON, 4. H. MCGILIs,
On JOANNEs SMITH. J. S. BURGESS.
er r. Il. HILL. Deputy Clerk and ex-o ffcio
Deputy Recorder and Notary Publ
State of Louisiana, Having examined t
Parish of Eosser. foregoing act of inc,
poration of the Lone Star Lumber Compan
Limited, and finding nothing contrary to t
law contained therein | hereby approve t
- same. Done and signed officially on this
18th day of January, 1897.
A. J. MURFF, District Attorney
I'm of Second Judicial District of Louisial
lie Filed and recorded the 18th day of Janual
on A. ID , 1897, in Volume NJ of Mortgages, pae
OF Cos ct seq
IA r. b. HILL, Deputy CLERK
a firin ty