The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-09-23
Charter Of the
Little B Lumber
AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY,
I iyni$od

Limited.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, Be it known that, on
| PARISH OF BossIER. this, the 23rd day of
| August, A. D., 1897, before me, R. B. Hill,
Deputy Clerk and ex-otficio Notary Public in
| and for Bossier Parish, Louisiana. duly ap-
pointed, commissioned and qualified, and in
| the presence of the witnesses hereinafter nam
ed and undersigned personally came and
appeared the persons whose names are hereto
subscribed, who severally declared that, avail
ing themselves of the provisions of Act 30, of
Session of 1898, approved June %, 1883, as we'll
as those of all the general laws of the State of
Louisiana relative to the organization OF cor
porations, they have formed and organized,
| and by these presents do form and organize
themselves aud their associates and successors
into corporation for the objects and purposes,
| and under the terms and stipuations herein
after set forth, to-wit
ARTICLE l.
The name and title of this Corporation shalt
be Little Lumber and Construction Compa-
n.y. 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 IA 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 it's pres
ent domicle 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
build and operate saw and planning mill plants.
| railroads, telegraph and telephone lines, and
| houses.
| ARTICLE III
Citations and all legal processes shall he
served on the President. and in hi, absence on
| the Secretary and Treasurer.
| ARTICLE ".
| The capital stock of this COY poration ia de-
clared to he twenty thousand dollars $3.50 O0O)
| divided into four hundred (4OOf shares of $50
each, which shall be paid for in cash or proper
| ty actually sold and delivered to this Corpora-
| tion, and shall be due and pavabIe in sncb
| amounts and at such times and places as the
| Board OF Directors may resolve aud determine
| This Corporation shall begin operation as
soon as forty t40) shares of stock-makina two
Thousand dollars ($2000l-shall have been sub
| scrlbed to the capital stock and paid in.
| ARTICLEV.
| The affairs of this Corporation shall be under
the management and control of the Board of
| Directors, composed of three or five stockhold-
| ers 90 be elected annually at meeting of the
stockholders for that purpose, to be held on
| first Monday in October, 1897, and yearly
thereafter, latter ten days notice given to each
| stockhoider by the Secretary and Treasurer.)
Until the first election, the Directors shall be
w. b. Simpson. A R. Zuber and B. R. Nash
| ARTICLE W.
The officers of this Corporation shall be a
President, a Vice President and Secretary
and Treasurer, and said officers shall be elected
| annually by the Board of Directors, and until
the first election the officers shall be as follows:
W. b. Simpson, President; A. II. Zuber, Vice
| fresident d r. Nash. Secretary and Treasur-
er; who shall serve until their successors are
duly elected.
/ ARTICLE VII.
No stakeholder shall ever be held liable or
| responsible for the contracts or faults of said
Corporation in any further sum than the mn
paid balance due to the Company on the shares
subscribed by him. nor shall any intormaIity
in 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 a majority of the stockholders -
Any stock or shareholder of this Company NAV
| offer said stock or shares in payment of any
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 it's affairs
shall be liquidated by three commissioners
elected by and from the stockholders for that
purpose, at a meeting of the same convened
ers given to them by letter addressed to each
stakeholder and deposited in the mail In case
| OF death or failure to act, said remaining COM
missioners shall appoint their successors
This done and passed at my office, in said
| Parish of Bossier, and State of Louisiana, on
the day and date above mentioned, in presence
| of j. Ii. Cabeen and w. p. Oneal, who being
competent witnesses, signed these presents,
with said appearers aud me as Notary.
| Attest: w. b. SIMPSON.
| VIZ. ONEAL ( A. 4. ZUBER.
j. II. CABEEN.) B.R NASH.
| K. B. HILL, Deputy Clerk and
ex -OtficiO Notary Public.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, Having examined the
PARISH OF BossIER, : foregoing act of incor-
poration of The Little b Lumber and Con
struction Company: Limited and finding moth
| ing contrary to the law contained therein, |
hereby approve the same.
Done and signed officially on this, the 23rd
day of August, 1897. A. j. MURFF.
| District Attorney. end District, La
SHeriff'S Safe.