The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-26
CHARTER
OF THE KEITH AND SONS COM
PANY. LIMITED

OF THE KEITH AND SONS COM
PANY, LIMITED
State of Louisiana, Parish of CadIo
Be it known that on this the 18th day
OF January, A. D. 1905, before me
Thomas C.. Barrett, notary public in and
for the parish of Caddo, State of Louis
lara, duly commissioned and qualified
came and appeared Perry P. Keith Sr.
and his sons, William H. Keith, DAME
W. Keith and Perry P. Keith Jr., ali
residents of Caido Parish, La, who de-
clared unto me, said notary, in presence
of the undersigned competent witnesses
that availing themselves of the provis-
ions of the laws of the State of Louisiana
relating to the formation of private cor
porations, they have covenanted and
agreed, and by these presents covenant,
agree and bind themselves, as we'll as
such other persons as may hereafter be-
come associated with them, and they dc
hereby organize themselves into pri-
vate corporation for the purposes and
objects and under the stipulations, arti-
Giles and conditions in this charter.
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of said corporation
shall be the Keith and Sons Company,
Limited, and under said corporate name
said corporation shall have corporate
existence for period of ninety-nine
(oo) years.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of said corporation shall
be at Keithville, in the parish of Caddo,
State of Louisiana.
ARTICLE III.
All citations and other legal process
shall be served at the domicile of said
corporation at Keithville, Louisiana, on
the president, and in case of his absence
on the secretary, and in case of the alb
sence of both, on the treasurer.
ARTICLE w.
The objects and purposes of said cor
poration shall be to conduct and carry
on a general mercantile business al
Keithvillc, in the Parish of Caddo, State
of Louisiana, and at such other places
therein as said corporation may after
wards determine; and also to operate
and carry on public ginnery at Keith
vile, in said parish and State, and also
to operate, conduct and carry on a gen.
eral planting and farming business in
connection with said mercantile and gin.
merry business at Keithville or in the
vicinity thereof, or elsewhere in the
parish of Caido, State OF Louisiana, as
said corporation may afterwards deter
mine
F ARTICLE v.
The said corporation shall have powe,
under its said corporate name to con
tract, sue and be sued, to make and use
a common seal and the same to break
and alter at pleasure, to hold, receive, to
have, purchase, improve, ALLEVIATE, con-
vey, sell, borrow, pledge, mortgage and
all manner of real and per-
soildl properly. iahds' S. niacllllely hN-
lures and appliances, necessary and use
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