The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-06-29
CHARTER
The Bossier Logging Co..
Limited


The Bossier Logging Co.,
Limited.
State of Louisiana, BE IT KNOWN.
Parish Of Bossier. ! That on this. the
Gath day of June, 1905, before me, T. z.
Barnett, a Notary Public in and for
| Bossier Parish, La, duly appointed,
| commissioned and qualified, in the pres
ence OF the witnesses hereinafter named
| and undersigned, came and appeared the
| persons whose names are hereunto SUBJ
scribed, who seyerally declare that,
availing themselves of the provisions OF
| Act IS, of the session of 1888, approved
| June 20, 1888, as well as all 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 a Corporation for the objects
and purposes and under the terms and
stipulations herein set forth, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.
The name and title of this Corporation
| shall be The Bossier Logging Company,
| Limited, and under said name it shall
have and enjoy succession for the period
OF twenty years from the date of this
charter. IN said corporate name it may
sue and be sued, may hold, purchase,
! sell and convey, lease, mortgage and
pledge property, both real and personal,
! may have and use a corporate seal, and
| same to change at will, and may have
and possess all powers and privileges
which corporations have, or may be au-
| thorized to possess, by and particularly,
to carry out the purposes of the Corpo-
ration. Its domicile shall be Bolinger,
! Bossivr Parish, La.
ARTICLE II.
| The objects and purposes OF this Cor
| poration shall be to buy and sell timber,
| lands, and to cut timber and haul logs
E, for manufacture, to build and operate
| railroad, telegraph and telephone lines,
and to conduct a general merchandise
business.
ARTICLE Ill.
Citations and all legal processes shall
be served on the President, and in his
absence on the President.
ARTICLE w.
The capital stock Of the Corporation is
declared to be Eight Thousand Dollars
$4,000, divided into one hundred and
sixty 160) shares of fifty dollars (S50)
each, which shall be paid for in cash or
property actually sold and delivered to
the Corporation, and shall be due and
payable at such time and places as the
! Board OF Directors may determine.
The Corporation shall begin business
as soon as the capital stock shall have
been subscribed to and paid in.
ARTICLE v.
! The affairs OF the Corporation shall be
under the management and control OF
the Board OF Directors, composed of
three stockholders, to be elected annu-
ally at meeting of the stockholders for
| that purpose, to be held on the fourth
| Saturday of June, 1906, and annually
thereafter, after ten days. notice given
!! to each stakeholder by the Secretary.
Until the first election, the Directors
shall be M. S. Bolinger, j. H. Goodman
| and G. T. Matlock, who shall serve until
their successors are elected.
ARTICLE vi.
| The officers of the Corporation shall be
q President, Vice President and Secre-
| tary, and said officers shall be elected
annually at meeting of the stockhold-
ers. Until the first meeting the officers
shall be M. s. Bolinger, President; J. a..
Goodman, Vice-President, and G. T.
Matlock, Secretary; who shall serve
until their successors are elected.
ARTICLE VII.
/ No stockhoder shall ever be held to
be liable or responsible for the contracts
or faults of said Corporation in any
further sum than the unpaid balance due
TO the Company on the shares subscribed