The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-18
CHARTER AMENDMENT
to the Charter of the Kan
sas City, Shreveport and Gulf
Railway Company.

Adopted at meeting of the stock
holders held at the office of the COM
pany in the city of Shreveport, La,
on April 7, 1905:
Resolved, That Article of the
Charter of the Kansas City, Shreveport
and Gulf Railway Company be amended
so as to read as follows:
The object and purposes for which
this corporation is organized and found
ed, and the nature of the business to be
carried on by it are declared to be the
construction, establishment, operation
and maintenance of a railway from a
point on the Arkansas State line, on the
north boundary of Caddo Parish, La,
by way of Shreveport, or its vicinity, in
a southery direction, to point at or
near Sabine Pass, in the State of Louis
lana or Texas, with a branch from said
main line to New Orleans, and such
other branch lines and extensions as the
Board of Directors of said company may
deem necessary for the transportation
of freight or passengers that the con-
struction and maintenance of magnetic
line of telegraph, telephone, or other
means of communication and to make
interchangeable traffic rates for COM
nmnication, persons and property over
its lines and connections; and to receive
for such messages, communications and
transportation such toll and charges as
may be established by the authorized Of
hcers; to obtain and receive by grant.
purchase, gift or bequest both real and
personal property; and for the pur-
chase of land, supplies, material, rolling
stock, or the payment of labor, contracts
and works, to issue stock certificates or
bonds in payment thereof, and at such
valuations as may be agreed upon and
and the owner of land. material, sup
plies, rolling stock, and the labors OF
contractors of work; to accept or re-
ceive from any State, county or parish,
district, town, village or person, any
right. privileges or franchises which the
same may offer for the construction,
maintenance, management or use of its
transportation lines. their depots.
wharves. shops, cars. locomotives and
the general business which the same may
choose to grant, release to or otherwise
confer to give; to borrow money Or to
purchase or lease property on its own
credit for the purpose of constructing.
maintaining and operating line of
transportation and telegraph, and as evil
dence of indebtedness of this corporation
for such loans of the purchase or lease
of said property, to issue its corporate
bonds, or promissory notes, bearing in
terest and made payable either in the
United States currency or gold coin, and
at such time and place as may be deemed
advantageous by the directors and for
securing the payment of said bonds and
notes, to mortgage and pledge its rail-
roads, capital stock, company buildings.
corporate franchise, real or personal
property, or any portion of the same
Upon motion duly made, seconded and
passed, it was voted to adopt the follow
ing resolution, modifying Article " Of
the Charter of the company:
THE corporate powers of said cor
poration shall be exercised by and vested
in Board of Directors composed Of
seven stockholders Said directors shall
be elected annually on Friday after the
first Thursday Of April of each year, or
| such other day as the stockholders at
regular meeting may fix, and all such
elections shall be by ballot and conduct
ed at the Office of said corporation, Of
which election thirty days prior notice
shall be given in a newspaper published
in the city of Shreveport And the jl-
rectors thus elected shall serve until
their successors shall have been elected.
A majority of the votes cast shall elect.
and each share of stock shall be entitled
to one vote, either in person or by proxy.
A failure to elect directors on the day
required shall not dissolve the corpora
ton, but the Board of Directors shall
continue to hold their office, and nc
other election shall be held within thirty
davs thereafter and ten days prior no.
|tice shall be given in newspaper pub
Ilished in the city of Shreveport. Any
vacancy occurring in said Board of Di-
rectors from any cause whatsoeer shall
be filled by election by the remaining
directors Four directors shall consti-
tute quorum for the transaction OF
business Said Board Of Directors al
their first meeting in each year shall
: Ielect one of their own number as presi-
Ident and vice president also secretary
land treasurer, ana shall appoint from
time to time such officers, clerks, agent!
and confer power to apoint same or