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

| State of Louisiana, Parish of CaddO
Be it known, that this LAY. befort ms
K. d. Webb, notary public duly com
nlSsioned and sworn, in and for tn
Parish of Caddo. State of Louisiana, per
sonally came and appeared the partie
whose names are hcreunto subscribed
all Of full age, who declared that, avail
ing themselves Of the provisions of tn
laws of the State of Louisiana relativ,
to corporations. and especially OF Ac
No. SO Of 1888 of the Genera lAssembl,
of said State. they have covenanted an,
agreed, and by these presents covenan
and agree, and bind themselves, as wei
as such other persons as may hereafter
become associated with them, to form
and constitute a corporation and body
polite i'll XIV, for the purposes and OBJ
jects, and under the stipulations, articles
and conditions following, to-wit:
ARTICLE |.
The name and title of the said cor
poration shall be "McWilliams Livery
and Transfer Company, Limited" and its
domicile 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 holu, receive. have, improve,
convey, sell. borrow, pledge, mortgage
and hypothecatc under it's said corpor-
ate name, property, real, personal and
mixed; and to name and appoint such Of
terest or convenience of the corporation
may require; to make and establish such
bylaws, rules and regulations for the
management 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 incor-
poration.
Under its said corporate name it shall
have power and authority to enjoy Sue
cession for period of ninety -nine years
from and after the date hereof
All citations and other legal process
shall he served on the president, and in
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 !
hot less than par, in payment or ex-I
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
nine.
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 I
De made by any stakeholder of this COM
AMY without his giving the company ten
lays previous notice of his intention to
sell, and giving the corporation or its
members the preference of purchasingi
he same, and no sale of the stock OF this
company shall be binding or valid on the
company until the same has been trans
erred on the books of the company, and
10 transfer shall be made of the said
tock without the production of the cer-
ificates of stock. 1
ARTICLE ". +
The affairs of this corporation shall be
lnder the control and management Of a
'oard of directors composed of three
tockholders of said company, who shall
We elected annually BY the stockholders
It general meeting to be held on the
lrst Monday in April of each year, who
hall hold their Office for the period of
me year, or until their successors are
July elected and installed, and from said
oard thus elected shall be elected its
vice president and secretary
nd treasurer, and in event of any va
ancy occurring in the board of directors |
ne same shall be filled by the remain