The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-04
CHARTER
OF THE MCWILLIAMS Ll\ER>
AND TRANSFER CON-
PANY, LIMITED.

| State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
| Be it known. that this day. befort me.
R. D. Webb, a notary public duly COM
n1issioned and sworn, in and for the
| Parish of Caddo, State of Louisiana, per
sonally came and appeared the parties
whose names are hereunto subscribed,
all of full age, who declared that, avail
ing themselves of the provisions of the
laws of the State of Louisiana relative
to corporations. and especially of Act
No. SO of 1883 of The Genera Assembly
of said State, they have covenanted and
agreed, and by these presents covenant
and agree, and bind themselves. as well
as such other persons as may hereafter
become associated with them, to form
and constitute corporation and body
polite in law, for the purposes and OBJ
jects, and under the stipulations, articles
and conditions following, to-wit:
ARTICLE l.
poration shall be "McWilliams Livery
and Transfer Company, Limited" and its
domicie is hereby established at Shreve-
port Caddo Parish, Louisiana; and I'M
der its said corporate name it shall have
power and authority to contract sue and
be sued, to make and use corporate seal
and the same to break and alter at pleas
ure; to hold, receive, have, improve,
convey, sell. borrow, pledge, mortgage
and hypothecate under its said corpor-
ate name, property, real, personal and
mixed and to name and appoint such Of
hcers, managers and directors as the in
terest or convenience of the corporation
may require; to make and establish such
bylaws, rules and regulations for the
managenear of its affairs as may be
deemed necessary and proper, and the
same to change or alter at pleasure, and
to do all other acts and things which
shall be necessary and proper to effect
the objects and purposes Of this lncor-
poration.
Under its said corporate name it shall
have power and authority to enjoy suc-
cesson for period of ninety-nlne years
| from and after the date hereof.
All citations and other legal process
shall be served on the president, and i'll
his absence upon the vice president, or at
the office of the company according to
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 follows:
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 thousanl
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 ter
| days previous notice of his intention tt
sell, and giving the corporation or it:
members the preference of purchasing
the same, and no sale of the stock of thi:
company shall be binding or valid on thu
company until the same has been trans
ferred on the books of the company ane
no transfer shall be made of the sale
stock without the production of the Ger
tifcates of stock
ARTICLE ".
| The affairs Of this corporation shall b.
under the control and management of ;
board of directors composed of thre'
stockholders of said company, who shall
be elected annually by the stakeholder
| At general meeting to be held on tn
first Monday in April of each year, wh'
shall hold their Office for the period 0
jone year, or until their successors ar
lduly elected and installed, and from salt
board thus elected shall be elected it
lpresident, vice president and secretar
and treasurer, and in event of any va
cancy occurring in the board of director
the same shall be filled by the remain
ing members of said board of director