The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-31
CHARTER
OF THE STAR & CRESCENT LUM-
Der COMPANY.

State OF Louisiana. Parish Of CadIJ.
Be it remembered, that on this the 18th
day of January 1907 before me, John d.
Wilkinson, a Notary Public in and for
the said Parish and State. duly commits
| stoned and sworn, personally came AMI
appeared f. y. Frost, resident Of said
Parish and State: II. H. Whclce, and
f. f. Whitcd, residents Of the Parish Of
Bosser. in said State; g. S. Pre>tr1Igc
and r. d. Collins. residents Of SAID Par
isil and State; g. y Kelly and " J.
ownsend, residents 81 I.ufkin. Texas,
who stated and declared to me notary.
that availing themselves OF the ConS,itn
ton and laws OF the State 81 Louisiana
they have formed and constituted and
do by these presents form and con~fi't..
themselves, as well as such other PER.
sons As may hereafter become associated
with them, INTO corporation and body
corporate and have ordained and adopt
e, as their charter and act 81 lntorprra-
ton the following, to-wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name and title OF tins corporation
shall be THE STAR & CRESCENT
LUMBER COMPANY" and under is
said title ii shall have and enjoy success
sion for a period OF ninety-ninc ycar,
unless sooner dissolved As hereinafter
set forth It's domiciIc shall be at the
City OF Shreveport in said Parish and
State, and all legal process shall be
served on the president, or in his all
sence ON the secretary al the office OF
the company.
ARTICLE H.
The purposes for which this corpora
lion is established and the nature Of The
business to be carried on by it are here
by declared to be to manufacture, buy
and sell lumber and timber and to build
md operate saw mills and planning mills,
together with such railroads. telegraph
and telephone lines as may be incident
thereto, and to conduct in connection
herewith a general mercantile business
With full power 10 buy. sell or exchange
timber and timber lands necessary in the
conducting OF general saw mall and
lumber business i'll the States OF Louis
lana and Texas and elsewhere as the
board of directors may determine.
ARTICLE III.
Ihe capital stock OF this corporation
is hereby fixed at six hundred thousand
dollars, divided into six thousand shares
Of one hundred dollars each. and shall
commence business As soon as three
thousand shares of said capital stoc'
shall be paid for in cash or property ac-
ually delivered or services rendered to |
the corporation, and shall be due and |
payable in such amount and at such |
inc as the boarI OF directors may de |
termine.
ARTICLE ".
The affairs OF this corporation shall |
DC managed by a board Of director,
composed OF seven stockholders, who |
shall be elected annually on the third |
Tuesday IN March 1903 and annually |
thereafter, as a meeting of the stock
FOLDERS called for that purpose after ten
lays printed notice IN newspaper pub
iished in the City OF Shreveport, Louis
lana: provided, that said stockholders
may, by unanimous consent in writing
waive such notice of such meeting 81
stockholders. except when otherwise
provided by law Until said election on
The third Tuesday in March 1908. the
board OF directors of this corporation
shall be Z. \. Frost who shall be presi-
lent; H, H. Whcless. who shall be first
vice president: G.. s. Prestridge. who
shall be second vice president; X. d
Collins, who shall be secretary. and +
[. Whlted, who shall be treasurer. with
!. A. Kelly and w J. Townsend. who
'hall serve until their successors are
1uly elected and installed
In all stockholders meetings each
hare of stock shall have one vote. 10
De cast by its owner i'll person or
trough and by written proxy. and in
III such meetings majority of the stock
resent and represented shall control.
ARTICLE Y.
This charter may be amended or aho1-
shed and this corporation may be ter /
minated at any time by vote of three i
ourths of the capital stock of said cor 2
Grafton at a meeting called for said }
urpose, after notice in the time and 4
tanner provided by law, and whenever
0 dissolved by the vote of the stock 4
olders, or when terminated by limita- Ii
on, its affairs shall be wound I'D bv r;
Tree llquidators, who shall be selected II
Y the stockholders and who shall give {
UGH bond and perform such duties as It
lie said stockholders may prescribe, and Ct
| the case Of death or failure to act on st
he part of said liquidators, the remain Il
Ig liquldators shall appoint a successor i
nil such vacancy, and the liquidator. st
+ liquldators, so appointed shall CON n
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