The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-17
gHARTER
Df CIV w. R NE-sR&F COMPANN.
LIMITED

United States Of Snerica, State Of
1ouis.,.na, Parish "a Caddo: Be it
knoNss that on this the I7fl day of April,
4. la 1903. bak,re me, Allen Kendall a
Notary aubic in and Or the parish of
Caddo and State % louisiana, 4lly COM
missioned and qualified, and in presence
% the witnesses hereinafter undcrs sAned
personally came se4d appeared u1c scv-
eral persons whose names are hereuntO
subscslbcd, who Severally declared that
availing themselves % the provisions -
J the laws of this State relative to tl&
organization % corporations, they have
contracted and agreed, ana do By these
ipresen-s agree and bind themselves, as
we'll as such othaA persons as may here
| ;aser become associated with them, to
| form and constitute a corpOnltiOa ana
body corporate in law, dor the objects
Rand eurposes and undet The agreements
and stlpulatlOns herelnafte& set NDrth anN
depressed.
aRTIC1E L.
The name of this corporation shall be
IllM!IED,' undet which same it shall
have corporate existence and succession
fos a period % ninety-nine years A-om
the date of this act, and shall have oowan
to contract, sue and be sued. 10 purchase,
lease, mortgage, pledge, ALLEVIATE or a.
Ecurnber zeal estate OF Wersonal eroperty
|ot every description, and generally TO
have and exercise, for all purposes con-
hnected with % incidental sdeits business
Tas hereinafter set forth, all powers con-
ferred upon corporations bv che laws Cn
the Stage OF Louisiana.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this corporation shall
be in the city % Shreveport, State of
Louisiana. Citation and ali other legal
process shall be served upon the presi-
den. of the company, and in his absenc.
on the secretarytr lsurer of the COM
pany.
ARTICLE III.
This corooration is organized for the
purpose of purchasing and selling lands,
timber and personal property, and the
purchase, manufacture and sale of lu1n-
Der, and to buy, manufacture and sell
articles made of lumber. and to establish
and conduct a saw-111ll business, and to
carry on a general merchandise business,
and to purchase and sell goods. wares
and merchandise.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be twenty-five thousand ($25
dollars, to be represented by two hun
dred and fifty (25o) shares of capital
stock of the par value of one hundred |
($1oo) dollars. This corporation shall |
commence business when ten thousand |
(SIo,ooo) dollars of the capital stock are
subscribed and paid for All stock shall |
he f,,111- o,,J fo- -,
lent in property, before certificates there
shall be made on the books of the COM
pany.
ARTICLE V.
All the powers of this corporation |
shall be vested in and exercised by a |
Board of Directors, consisting of three
stockholders; who shall be selected at
the annual meetino of the shareholders,
to be elected on the first Wednesday in
February of each year; notice of this
meeting shall be published ten days prior
to the holding thereof, in one daily news
paper published in the city of Shreve-
port, La. At said meeting every share
holder shall be entitled to cast one vote,
in person or by proxy, on every share of
stock owned by him, and the majority of
votes cast shall elect The Board OF
Directors shall prescribe the manner in
which said meeting shall be held and the
votes cast and the result ascertained. The
failure to hold any annual meeting shall
not terminate this charter, but the Of
fcers then in office shall continue in Of
fee and shall summon an annual meeting
as soon as possible.
The Board of Directors of this cor
poration shall exercise all the powers,
both general and special. vested in this
as fully in everv respect as
the same might be exercised by the
of the company, and shall
in no case be required to summon a
meeting of the shareholders of the COM
pany to ratify or authorize an act, con-
tract, alienation or circumference done or [
entered into by the said board. '
The first Board of Directors of this
company, who shall hold office until the
first Wednesday of February, 1904 and
until their successors are elected and
qualified, shall be: D. c. Richardson, W.
H. Hearne and J. G. Newberry, with D.
7. Richardson as president, W. H.
Hearne vice president, and J. c. New
)err" secretary, who shall also be treas
lrer
The officers of this corporation shall be
l president, vice president and secretary
treasurer. Every director shall own at
east one share of the capital stock of
his company.
At all meeting. of directors, the ii
'ectors not present in the city of Shreve-
bort may give their proxy Or power of
attorney to director present, who may
oe present to cast the vote Of the absent =
directors on all matters that may come !
before the board, in such sense as the
director to whom the proxy is given may
zee proper, Or the proxy may contain
peci1c directions how and in what sense
he vote of the absent director shall be
ast.
ARTICLE VI
This charter may be amended by
'ote of three fourths of the stockholders
leld at a general meeting convened for
hat purpose, after fifteen days notice
LaJ & H.