The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-12-21
CHAR T E r
The Bulkley-James Co..
Limited.

selves of the provisions of Act Sc of
session of 1888, approved June %, 1888,
as well as those of the general laws of
the State of Louisiana relative to the
organization OF corporations, they have
formed and organized and by these
presents do form and organize them
selves and their associates and success
sors into corporation for the object
and purpose, and under the terms and
stipulations hereinafter set forth, to-wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name and title of this corporation
shall be The Bulkley-James Company,
Limited, and under said name ii shall
have and enjoy succession for the period
of ninety-nine years from the date OF
this charter; may sue and be sued; may
have, hold, purchase, sell, convey, lease,
mortgage and pledge property, real and
personal; may have and use corporate
seal, and same to change at will, and
generally, may have and possess any
and all powers and privileges which cor
porations are, or may be authorized to
possess by law, and particularly to carry
out the purposes of this corporation;
and its domicile shall be Benton, Ross
sier Parish, La.
ARTICLE II.
The object and purposes OF this cor
poration are declared to be to buy and
sell timber lands, to manufacture, buy
and sell lumber and to build and operate
saw aud planning mill plants, railroad
and telegraph and telephone lines, and
to conduct general mercantile business.
ARTICLE III.
Citations and all legal processes shall
| be served On the President, and in his
absence ON the Secretary and Treasurer.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of the Corporation is
declared to be Six Thousand Dollars
/ (S5,OOO) divided into Sixty (6O) Shares of
One Hundred Dollars iS1QOl each, or
property actually sold and delivered to
this Corporation, and shall be due and
payable in such amounts and at such
times and places as the Board OF Dr.
rectors NAV resolve and determine. This
Corporation shall begin operation as
soon as the sixty shares, capital stock,
making the sum of $1,000, shall have
been subscribed and paid in.
ARTICLE V.
The affairs of this Corporation shall
be under the management and control
of the Board of Directors, eempssed OF
| three stockholders, to be elected an
nually at a meeting of the stockholders
for that purpose (to be held on Jan. 2,
1867, and yearly thereafter after ten
days notice in a newspaper published in
the parish in which the Company is
domiciled. Until the first election, the
directors shall be Louis G.. Buckley
r. c. James and E. w. Blythe, who
shall serve until their Successors are
duly elected.
ARTICLE VI.
be President, Vice-President and a
Secretary and Treasurer, and said Off
GERS shall be elected annually by the
Board of Directors, and until the first
election the officers shall be as follows
Louis c.. Buckley, President; r. G.
James, Vice-President; E. w. Blythe
Secretary and Treasurer; who shall
serve until their successors are duly
elected.
ARTICLE VII.
No stakeholder shall ever be helG
liable or responsible for the contracts o.
faults of said Corporation in any further
sum than the unpaid balance due to the
Company on the shares owned by him
nor shall any infor1nality in the organi.
zation have the effect of rendering thi.
charter null, or OF exposing stock
holder to any liability beyond the
amount of his stock. Nc transfer O.
stock by the holders thereof shall b.
binding on this Corporation, unless sait
transfer is duly entered on its books.
ARTICLE VIII.
Whenever this Corporation is dis
solved by limitation, or from any othe
cause, its affairs shall be liquidated b!
three commissioners from the stock
holders, appointed for that purpose, a
meeting of same, convened after tel
days notice to said stockholders, givel
to them by letter addressed to eacl
stakeholder and deposited in the mail
Thus done and passed at this Office, il
said Parish of Rossier, the day and dat
above written, in the presence o
, Joannes Smith and r. B. Hill, cempe
tent witnesses, who, with said appearer
and me, Notary. have signed thes
presents.
LOUIS C. BULKLEY GO Shares)
r. C. JAMES GO Shares).
3. w. BLYTHE go Shares).
Attest.
JoANNEs SMITH.
r. B. Hill.
B. A. KELLY,
Clerk and ex-O fficio Recorder and
Notary Public.
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incorporation, and finding nothing con
tanned therein contrary to law, | hereb
= approve the same.
: Done and signed officially this, tn
18th day OF December, 1905.
, 5. JOHN n. sANDLIN,
!. District Attorney Second Judicial
District of Louisiana.
State Of Louisiana | hereby certif
Parish OF Booster. ] that the above an
J foregoing is true and correct copy Q
9 the original act, as the same now ap
: pears on file in my Office, duly recorde
: on Volume "R," Mortgages, page Il
i Dec. Is, 1905.
. Given under my hand and seal Q
Office this, the 18th day of December
1905. RIB. HILL,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Officio Deputy
Recorder.
1 For Sale or Rent,
!. IN best terms, my plantation, know
j " as the Huckabay place, describe
K as follows: W., of nwl4, section 8, e1
of section y, WI: of wiz of section II
neL4 and nj. Of nwt4 Of section 16, sw1
of nwl4 OF section Is, township i8, rang
= II. containing $40 acres: situated tW