The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-09-09
Charter Of the
Little B Lumber.
AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
Limited.

STATE OF LOUISIANA, Be it known that on
PARISH OF Boss1ER. this, the 23rd day of
August, A. D., 1897, before me. X. b Hill !
Deputy Clerk and ex-oticio Notary Public in
and for Bosser Parish, Louisiana. duly ap
pointed, commissioned and qualified and ia
the presence OF the witnesses hereinafter nam
ed and undersi gned, personally came and
appeared the persons whose names are hereto |
subscribed, VINO severally declared that avail |
ing themselves OF the provisions of Act 30, of
Session of 1888 approved June %, 1888 as well
as those Of all the general laws of the State of
Louisiana relative to the organization OF cor
pOratiOuS, they have formed aud organized |
and by these presents do form and organize
themselves and their associates and successors
into Il corporation for the objects and purposes,
and under the terms and stipulatIonS herein
after set forth, to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of this Corporation shall
be Little Lumber and CONSTRUCTION Comma
ny, Limited, and under said name it shall have
and enjoy success ION for the period OF ninety
nine years from the date of this Charter, and
in said corporate name may sne and be sued;
may have, hold, purchase, sell, convey lease
mortgage and pledge property, real and per
sonal; 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, may be authorized
to pos ess by law and particularly to carry out
the purposes of this corporations and its pres
ent doEiclc shall be Benton, Bossier Parish,
Louisiana.
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
built and operate saw and planning mill plants,
railroads, telegraph and telephone lines, and
houses.
ARTICLE III
Citations and all legal processes shall be
served on the President, and in his absence on
the Secretary and Treasurer.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corporation is de
clared to be twenty thousand dollars $50 ,0iO
divided into four hundred 400 shares of so
| 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 forty (40) shares of stOck-making two
| thousand dollars ($2000l-shall have been sub
scribed to the capital stock and paid in.
ARTICLE V.
The affairs of this Corporation shall be under
| the management and control of the Board of
Directors, composed of three or fl ye stockhold-
ers to be elected annually at a meeting of the
stockhoiders Tor that purpose, to be held on
first Monday in October, 1897, and yearly
thereafter latter ten days notice given to ca Oh
| stakeholder by the Secretary and Treasurer)
! Until the first election. the Directors shall be
W. Is. Simpson, A II. Zuber and B. K. Nash.
| ARTICLE VI
The officers of this Corporation shall be
! President, a Vice President and Secretary
| and Treasurer, and said officers shall he elected
annually by the Board of Directors, and until
the first election the officers shall be as follows
| W. Is. Simpson, President; A. r. Zuber Vice
| President; b L. Nash Secretary and Treasur-
| eF; who shall serve until their Successors arc
duly elected.
|
NO stockholder shall ever be held liable or
responsible tor the contracts or faults of said
| Corporation in any further sum than the nm
paid balance due to the Company on the shares
subscribed by him. nor shall any informally
III the organization have the effect of rendering
| this Charter null, or of exposing any stock
| holder to any liability beyond the amount of
stock owned or subscribed by him. Any officer
OF this Company may be removed at auy time
by vote of majority of the stockholders -
| Any stock or shareholder of This Company ma Y
offer said stock or shares in payment of auy
debt or debts due the Company The President
and Secretary only shall make debts or con-
tracts for the Company.
| ARTICLE VIII.
! Whenever this Corporation is dissolved by
limitation, or from any other cause its affairs
| shall be llquldated by three commissioners
elected by and from the stockholders for that
purpose, at a meeting of the same convened
after ten days notice 10 each of said stockhold-
| els gwen ~ tHtii ny lttlcf addressed 10 edeD
stakeholder and dkposited in the mail In case
OF death or failure to act, said remaining com
lnissoners shall appoint their successors.
This done and passed at my Office, in said
Parish of Bossier, and State of Louisiana, or
the day and date above mentioned, in presence
of j. III. Cabeen and w. p. Oneal, who being
competent witnesses signed these presents
with said appearers and me as Notary
Attest: w. b SIMPSON.
W.P. ONEAL. A. X. ZUBER.
}. ii. CABEEN.) B. r. NASH
X. B. HILL, Deputy Clerk and
exotficio Notary Public
STATE OF LOUISIANA, Having examined thu
PARISH OF BossIER foregoing act of incor
porati0n of The Little B Lumber and Con
struction Company: Limited, and finding moth
ing contrary to the law contained theI elm
hereby approve the same.
Done and signed officially on this, the Ore
day of August, 1897. A J. MURFF,
District Attorney, End District, La