The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-06
CHARTER
OF THE MCWILLIAMS LIVERY
AND TRANSFER CON-
PANN, LIMITED

| N H. w eD)' Il ilotdlE plE'liN h'IN N''l'
missioned and sworn, in and for tn
Parish of Caddo. State of Louisiana, per
sonally came and appeared the partie
whose names are hereunto subscribed
all Of full age, who declared that, avail
| ing themselves Of the provisions Of tn
laws of the State Of Louisiana reativ
to corporations, and especially Of -Ac
No. ,,6 of 1888 of the Genera 1Assembl
OF said State, they have covenanted an
agreed, and by these presents covcnan
and agree, and bind themselves, as wei
as such other persons anrnay hereattc
become associated with them, to form
and constitute a corporation and bod,
polite in law, for the purposes and OBJ
jects, and under the stipulations, article
and conditions following, to-wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name and title Of the said cor
poration shall be "McWillian1s Livery
and Transfer Company, Limited, ," and it:
dornicile is hereby established at Shreve
port, Caddo Parish, Louisiana: and TN
der its said corporate name it shall have
power and authority to contract, sue ant
be sued, to make and use a corporate sea
and the same to break and alter at pleas
ure: to hold, receive, have, improve
convey. sell, borrow. pledge, mOrtgag,
and hypothecate under its said corpor-
ate name, property, real, personal anc
mixed; and to name and appoint such of
hcers, managers and directors as the in
ierest or convenience Of the corporation
may require; to make and establish sucl
bylaws, rules and regulations for the
management Of its affairs as may b,
deemed necessary and proper, and the
same to change or alter at pleasure. an0
to do all other acts and things which
shall be necessary and proper to effect
the objects and purposes of this incor-
poration.
Under it's said corporate name it shall
have power and authority to enjoy sue
cession for period of ninety-ni11e years
from and after the date hereof.
All citations and other legal process
shall be served on the president, and il!
his absence upon the vice president. or al
the office of the company according t.
law.
ARTICLE II.
The object and purposes for which
this corporation is organized, and the
nature of the business to be conducted
by it, is as feubws:
To conduct and carry on a general
livery, feed and sales stable and trans
fer business, and to do all things neces-
sary or convenient in furtherance there
of.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of said corporation
shall be thirty thousand dollars, divided
into and represented. by three hundred
shares of the sum of one hundred dol
lars each, which said stock shall be paid
for in cash at the time of the subscrip-
ton, or as the same may be issued at
not less than par in payment or ex-
change for property actually received or
purchased by the said corporation, or for
such other consideration as the board OF
directors of said corporation may deter
mine.
This corporation shall begin doing
business as soon as twenty thousand
dollars of the capital stock shall have
been subscribed for.
No sale or transfer of the stock shall
be made by any stakeholder of this COM
pany without his giving the company ten
days previous notice of his intention tc
sell, and giving the corporation or its
members the preference of purchasing
the same, and no sale of the stock of this
company shall be binding or valid on the
company until the same has been trans
ferred on the books of the company. and
no transfer shall be made of the SAID
stock without the production of the GER
t6cates OF stock.
ARTICLE ".
The affairs of this corporation shall b
under the control and management of Z
board of directors composed of three
stockholders of said company, who shal
be elected annually by the stockholders
at a general meeting to be held on the
first Monday in April of each year, who
shall hold their office for the period OF
one year, or until their successors arc
duly elected and installed, and from sale
board thus fscted shall be elected its
president, vice president and secretary
and treasurer, and in event of any va
caicy occurring in the board of director:
the same shall be filled by the remain
ing members of said board of director:
electing a stockholder to fill the unex
|pired term of said vacancy The frs
board of directors shall be A. NJ. Nc
Williams, who shall be president; M. |
Murphy, who shall be vice president, ant
7. B. Harvey, who shall be secretary ant
treasurer; who shall hold their respec
tive Offices Until the first Monday i,
| r.