The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-30
CHARTER

OF THEG y. HEARNE COMPANY,
llMITED.
g'nite8 States ii }smericas State q
louisiana. Parish of Caddo: = Be
knows that on atis che 18th day of April.
4. -. sDo>s before mes Allen Kendall. q
NotaB public 90 ana for Che parsh 81
Caddo and State of Louisiana. auly eom-
n1issionea ana qualified and in presence
of che witnesses bereinaftcs andersigned,
personally came ana appeared the sew
eraY 8ersons Whose Games are Aereu1Se
subscribed. emo severalY declared shat
avaling ehensefves OF che provisions OF
The Jaws OF shis Stase selative 90 che
organization ct corporations they nave
snd agreed. ana &c by shess
preseale agree and Gina themselves. 90
wen as such othef persons as may here
)afteF Become associated VITA chem, %
form ana constitute Q corporation anS
bods sorporase On hw, foo Che Objec,s
and purposes and sf1dey Che agreements
ana eipulatic0s eereinaftef Sc 6gth aad
exfsessea
ARytCLEl
aAe came of ehis corporation Aan Dc
THE ". II. HEsRNR COMP Any.
lIM3TEH' Ander Shich came o shall
have corporate existence and succession
6m Q eeriod Of ainetg 40ine Gears gron
the date of fhis ac8. and shaH mage Cowev
20 eoleracs. sue ana De sued. Co purchase.
lease, Aortgage, piedge, efenate OF en-
eu1nbR geas estate Gs personal 0ropersy
% every descriptions, enc gdaerally %
have ana exercise o. all purposes con
8ecte9 with or incidental O. ss business
as Aereinafts 80 forAs all powSs Con
ferred 0pon corporations W Che eas's q
the 4sate % louisiana
9RTWLR 90
I've 4Omcile Cd this co1poratid@ AaR
be in the Coy of Shreveport, State Of
Gousiana. GndNon and all oth4 Agal
process shall be served 8poh the presi-
dent Of the cOmpanNs and in his absence
on 81e &c9etary-trcasurW @ the cOn@
pasy.
aRTR1E 10.
9f1ls SorSoration is @rganize@ Or De
purpose OF purchasing and selling lands.
timber ana personal eroperty, ana the
purchase, alanufacture AND sale Cd 91rl-
Der. ana to buy, S1anufacture and sell
articles made Of lumber. and o establish
and conduct q saw-mlll business, and to
carry on Q genera! merchandise business,
and 20 purchase and &ll goods. 4ares
and merchandise.
ARTICLE 10.
The capital stock Of this corporation
shall be twenty-five Thousand ($25 ,ooo)
dollars, to be represented by ewo hun
dred and fifty e25o> shares of capital
stock Of the par value of one hundred
($Too) dollars. This corporation shall
commence business when ten thousand
($Io,ooo) dollars Of the capital stock are
subscribed and paid for. All stock shall
be fully paid for in money Or its equva-
lent in property, before certificates there
for shall issue. All transfers of stock
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
shall be published ten days prior
to the holding thereof, in one daily news
paper published in the city of Shreye-
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 slect. 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
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 mi ght be exercised by the
of the company, and shall
in no case be required to summon
meeting of the shareholders of the COM,
pany to ratify or authorize an act, con-
tract, alienation or encumbrance done or
entered into by the said board.
The first Board of Directors of this
who shall hold office until the
first Wednesday of February, 1909, and
until their SUCCESSORS are elected aid
qualified. shall be: D. c. Richardson. W.
H. Hearne and J. G. Newberry, with D.
c. Richardson as president, w. H.
Hearne vice president, and J. G. New
berr" secretary, who shall also be treas
urer.
The officers of this corporation shall be