The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-02-19
CHARTER
OF THE KEITH AND SONS COM
pANI. LIMITED

of January, 4. D. 1905, before mt
| Thomas c. Barrel. notary public i'll an
for the parish of Caddo State of Louis
lana, duly commissioned and qualities
came and appeared Perry P. Keith Sr
and his sons. William H. Keith DAME
W. Keith and Perry P. Keith 1r., al
residents of CaIdo Parish. La, who de
clared unto me, said notary, in presenc
of the undersigned competent witnesses
that availing themselves Of the provis
ions Of the laws OF the State of Louisian
relating to the formation of private cor
porations, they have covenanted an,
agreed, and by these presents covenant
agree and bind themselves, as we'll a
such other persons as may hereafter be
come associated with them, and they d,
| hereby organize themselves into a pri
vate corporation for the purposes an.
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 nam.
said corporation shall have corporal,
existence for period OF ninety min.
(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 donicile of said
corporation at Keithville, Louisiana, on
the president, and in case of his absence
On the secretary, and in case of the abb
~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 at
Keithville, 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 a 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.
ARTICLE v.
The said corporation shall have power
under its said corporate name to con-
tract, sue and be sued, to make ana 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
hypotheeate all manner of real and per-
sonal property, LAMBS, machinery, fix.
lures and appliances, necessary and use
full for said business, to name and ap-
point such officers, directors, managers
and agents or employees as the interest
or convenience of said corporation may
require, to make and establish bylaws,
rules and regulations for the proper
and regulation of its affairs
as may be deemed necessary and proper,
and the same to alter. change and amend
at pleasure; and to execute and sign iii
the name of said corporation all obliga-
lions, bills and promissory notes, checks
and bills of exchange and the same to
endorse and deliver in the usual course
Of commercial business, and to do all
acts and things permitted by law or as
shall be necessary and proper to carry
out the objects and purposes of said cor
Doration
ARTICLE VI.
The capital stock of said corporation
shall be fifty thousand dollars ($5oooo)
divided into and represented by FIVE hum
1red (5oo) shares of stock of one hun
1red l$Ioo) dollars each, and said stock
'hali be paid for at, the time of the issu-
lnce of the certificates therefor, and said
stock may be issued for payment in
money! OF for property, real and personal,
lights or credits conveyed to said cor
'oratlon Of a value fully equivalent to the
,ar value Of said stock or for other val |
liable considerations or services rendered
o said corporation of value fully |
equivalent to the par value of said stock |
IS the board of directors may determine
Any stakeholder may sell, assign or |
ransfer his stock in this corporation, |
provided ten (Io) days prior notice of |
UGH intention be given by the corpora
ion 20 each of the other stockholders |
hereof, and each Of such other stock
folders thereof shall have the first privi-
eye Of purchasing same, after which ten
10Y days notice the stock may be sold |
0 other persons. All purchases of stock |
must be made on the books of said cor
,oration at its office maintained at its
Ionicile.
This corporation shall commence bust
less as soon as thirty thousand dollars