The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-23
CHI AR T E r
Of the Henry Rose Mercantile and
Manufacturing Company,
Limited.

Of the Henry Rose Mercantile and
Manufacturing Company,
Limited.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo, per
sonaIly came and appeared the parties
| whose names are hereuntO subscribed, all
| of full age, who declared that, awaiting
! themselves of the provisions Of the laws of
| this State, relative to corporations and eS-
| pecially of Act No 36 of 1883, of the Gen
| eral Assembly of Louisiana. they have GOV.
enanted and agreed, and by these presents
| covenant and agree and bind themselves,
as we'll as such other persons as may here
after become associated with them. to form
and constitute q corporation and body pol
itic in law, for the purpo es and objects.
and under the stipulatOns, articles and
conditions following, tOwit;
ARTICLE l.
The name and title of the said cooperation
shall be THE HENRY ROSE MEXICAN.
TILE AND MANUFACTURERS COM
PANY, LIMITED" and its domicile is
hereby established in the city of Shreve-
port, State of Louisiana, and under it's cor
pOrate name, said corporation shall have
power aid authority TO contract, sue and
be sued; to make and use a corporate seal,
and the, same to break and alter at pleas
ure; to hold, receive, have, purchase, i'm
prove, ALLEVIATE, convey, sell, borrow, pledge,
mortgage and hypOthecate, under its said
corporate name property real personal and
mixed; to name, and appoint such officers
directors, agents and managers, or EN-
plOyes, as the interest or convenience of
said corporation may require, to make and
establish bylaws, rules and regulations for
; the proper management and regulations OF
| its affairs, as may be deemed necessary and
proper, and the same to change and alter
at pleasure and to do all other acts and
things A1 bxrln neo nc cball ar ma y
be necessary and proper to carry out the OBJ
jects and purposes of said corporation.
! Said corporation, unless sooner dissolved,
in accordance with its charter, shall exist
and continue for the period of twenty five
, (25) years from and after the date hereof
The president, or in his absence, the vice
president, shall be the proper person upon
whom citation or other legal process shall
! be served.
ARTICLE III.
The object and purposes for which this
corporation is organized, and the nature of
the business To he carried on, are declared
to be, to-wit: A General Wholesale and
Mercantile business, in fruits, produce
seed and fancy groceries, and the manufac.
ture, especially OF candies, extracts, syrups,
carbonaeed and distilled waters and gro
GERS sundries.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of said corporation
shall be One Hundred Thousand ,SlOO,OOO
Dollars, divided INTO and represented by
One THOUSAND q O)O) shares. of the sum of
One Hundred (SlOO) Dollars each, which
said stock shall be paid for in cash at
the timesOf subscription, or the same may
be issued at not less than part in payment
or exchange for property or rights actually
received or purchased by said corporation
or the same may be issued, full paid, for
money advanced, and for such other valu.
Fable consideration or services as the BOARD
OF directors of said corporation may deter
mine; provided, that no stock shall he IS.
sued until the consideration therefor has
been received by the corporation
Any stakeholder may sell, assign or
transfer his stock in this corporation pro
Vlded thirty (3O) days prior notice is
OF such intention to sell, assign or transfer
the same be given the company and the
other stockholders thereof shall have the
hrst privilege of purchasing same after
which thirty days notice, the said stock may
be sold in open market The stock of said
corporation may be transferred under the
above conditions, provided such transfer
thereof be made on the books of said com
pany, at its office in Shreveport, La. and
on surrender of the certificate therefor
No transfer OF any fractional part of a
share snail be made This corporation
shall commence doing business a. soon as
all OF the capital stock shall have been sub
scrihed for
The board of directors shall have the right
TO determine how much Ltock shall be is.
sued.
ARTICLE ".
The CORPORATE powers OF this company
snail be vested in and exercised. by a board
OF seven "a directors, consisting of the
president (wbO shall be the general man.
ager) vice president and five 81 stoc .hold-
cts -Four OF said board shall constitute
quorum for the transaction of business.
and their decisions shall be valid corporate
acts.
The following persons shall constitute
the first board of directors: Henry Rose.
President and General Manager; Henry A |
FetZer, Vice president; +. G.. Marsden Sec.
rotary and Treasurer and j. II. Gillispie, |
j. A. Motley, L. l.. Barlow and h. r.
Pierce directors
NO person shall be eligible as director OF |
an officer who Is not stock holder of this |
company. During the absence OF the presi- |
dent the vice president shall act and |
preside
Said board shall continue in Office until !
the second Tuesday in January, 1902. on
which date and thereafter annually. n !
board OF directors shall be elected ON the |
second Tuesday in January of each wear
unless the same should be holiday. when |
the election shall be held on the next legal |
day thereafter Notice of such election |
snail De given by at least ten days continu- |
Gus publication Immediately preceding |
each election, in one of the daily news
papers of this city; and the board of III. |
rectors shall appoint one or more stock |
holders TO preside at such election ne
commissioners. In the event of the failure /
OI any commissioner or commissioners 10 /
attend, the president shall, by APPOINT |
meht, HI the vacancy. Any failure from
any cause whatever to elect directors the
uay named for that purpose, shall not dis |
soIVe the corporation, but the directors
then IN Office, as well as the officers of said
company, shall hold over until their sue
cessors are chosen. In such event the
president shall cause another election to be
held within thirty DAYS and shah give no.
lice thereof as herein above provided.
AT every election and meeting each stock.
holder shall be entitled to vote for each
share of stock registered in his name and
may vote by proxy. ''D
The election of directors shall he bv boI
Iot, ana the majority in amount of votes
cast each share of stock voted upon to he
counted Ior one vote, shall elect the person
vi persons Tor whom they have been cast
Alter each election the Board of. Dire
TORS shall elect from their own number tn
oIlicers OF said company, including Sec
rotary and Treasurer. @ '0e'
ARTICLE V.
The Board of Directors shall bavo f,,,I
power 70 MI vacancies in their number
caused by death, resignation or otherwise
from among the stockholders of the cor.
pOratiOn. VIC OOi
The coi1 D.