The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-24
CHARTER
OF I1lE PINE ISLAND MERcAN-
IIlE COMPANY. GtMITEl1

l. |. Jano. Notary ASuDilc u ana 20
ths rasish ot Cadslo ana STATE % Gouis
ltnss duy snnmissiGaf and qualified
game IN Che pc encs et fls wisnesse
heresna itee Undersigned che sesssae Der
sons who@ nasncs are hersule9 sub
scribed, VINO decSased chat asailing them
selves g sl,s srovssAs g Acs Na 60 q
tin General Assmbls &c Che State O.
LouisiaNas aprsoei G,ue % 1858, ant
4 Ne No. 7S & seo& as wen as those el
Che asncsas laws e Che Siafe nf Gouis-
lana relasivs g. Che organization az cor
poraaions ssy have formed and 90 by
the preseItes form and organic chem
selves INTO corporation for the OBJ jects
and parposes and undc. ahs ssipulations
hcrsinaetT set for4h, which shey do
hereby accept as elsiv cRarser. Owe:
ARIlC1E
ave Dame and title Of ahis corpora
siua shall B. PM gSLAND MER-
GASTslE COMPANY, lINITED,,'
los Shreveport louisiana. BY that name
lit shall haw powcf ana authority to
have als1 enjoy succession Cor Che term
% tweaty Csc g25) sears trom and after
the Date hereof g. .ontracto sue and be
sued: g. make ana use corporate seal
and she same O. change 10 pleasure: TO
lhod, reccises kase ana purchase alien
ate end eonveys as well as mortgage and
hypothecasc proeersys reaV ana personal
ana mixed; O. aame ana appoint such
drecsore officers and agents
as the h1seses % such corporation may
'eauires aad O. e1ake ana establish such
by laws s,,les ana eeguia,ions for che
proper management Of Che affairs of said
coeposasion as aay De necessa = and
psopes ard che same 20 ante. 40 pleasure
ARTICLE 60
The domicie a iris corporation shali
be D, che Csy of Shreveport. Caddo Par
ish, State q louisianss and all citations
and kg1 processes shali be sevved on
the eresidels q Che cooperation. or in
his ab%no 10 che office of Che co4pova-
tiore according 90 Arsicse soS Code of
Practice q louisiana.
ARTIClE Iit
Ils ptsposes for which s1is corpora
ton is osganized and Che Mature of she
business to be CARRIED oa by tts are de-
clared to Be- a genesa1 mercantile eusi-
ness ana oil Business h1cidela thereto '
ARIlCIE ~.
1hs capita1 stock Of tbs corporation
is bereSy axed at Che sum of Cen shous-
and tSIo~o) dollars. % o. divided
Iteo one hrmdred (1ooD shares of one
9$Ioo.oob dollars peg share, and
The eorporation may eegin business
when ehree thousand t$3,ooooog dollars
IF Che stock ts subscribed. She stock
han be eaS for in cash, or its equiva-
eia~when s,fbscsibed foo or Che same
nay Dc asuea 20 not less chan par in
payment Cor Che propefsy eurchasea by
he corporation.
aRFqClE y. 4
AN Che corporate powers 90 et,s corr 4
shall be gested in a boara OF
directors, to DC composed of three stock
holders, wAich said board shall be elect
ID annuallNs commencing on the third
Monday in January 1907 and % serve
until the third Monday in January 1908.
The first board of directors is declared
o be Louis Heilperin, president; G. G.
Nesbtt, vice president, and Ike Muslow
secretary and treasurer. This said board
S O. serve untA the third Monday in
January 1908 as aforesaid, Or until their
successors are duly elected thereafter,
md such aew Board shall elect its pres
dent ana secretary and treasurer. I've
directors shall be elected by the stock
FOLDERS, each share of stock % be en-
tiled to one vote to be cast by its owner
n person or by proxy, and majority
# votes shall elect Three CD directors
hall constitute quorum. The president
nay appoint from time o. time, and dis
Mss, such clerks agents and other en-
'loyes as may be deemed necessary for
he purposes and business of ehis cory
'oration. The board of directors may
make all such rules and regulations for
he management of the business as they
nay deem necessary; shall have power
o collect debts borrow money, issue
ills of exchange, notes, execute mort
ages and generally 20 do all ehings in
ident to Che objects and purposes of
he corporation.
ARTICLE VI.
This charter may be modified, changed
II amended, and said corporation may
e dissolved with the consent of three
ourths in amount of the capital stock
represented at any general meeting of
convened for the purpose
fter five days previous notice Of said
Meeting shall have been published in one
# the daily newspapers of the City of
shreveport, meetings of stockholders for
ther purposes than change of the char
er Or dissolution shall be called by no.