The Caucasian., 1907-02-24
CHARTER
OF THE STAR & CRESCENT LUM-
BER COMPANY.

State OF Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
Be it remembered that on this the 27th
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 and
appeared Z. 4. Frost, a resident OF said
Parish and State; H. H. Wheless and
F. T. Whited, residents of the Parish of
Bossier, in said State; G. S. Prestrldge
and r. d. Collins, residents OF said Par
ish and State; g. A. Kelly and w. J.
Townsend, residents of Lufkin, Texas,
who stated and declared to me, notary,
that avaiiing themselves of the Const!tu
ton and laws OF the State of Louisiana,
they have formed and constituted and
do by these presents form and constitute
themselves, as we'll as such other per-
sons as may hereafter become associated
with them, into a corporation and body
corporate and have ordained and adopt
ed as their charter and act of incorpora
ton the following, to-w:t:
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of this corporation
shall be THE STAR & CRESCENT
LUMBER COMPANY and under its
ssid title it shall have and enjoy success
sion for a period of ninety-rine years
unless sooner dissolved as hereinafter
set forth Its domicile 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 alb
sence on. the secretary at the Office of
the company
ARTICLE II
The purposes for which this corpora
ton 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
and operatessaw mills and planning mills,
together with such railroads. telegraph
and telephone lines as may be incident
thereto, and to conduct in connection
Herewith general mercantile business
with full power to buy, sell or exchange
timber and timber lands necessary i'll the
conducting Of a general saw mall and
lumber business i'll the States of Louis
lana and Texas and elsewhere as the
ooard of directors may determine.
ARTICLE Ill
The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at six hundred thousand
dollars, divided into six thousand shares
CT one hundred dollars each, and shall
commence business as soon as three
thousand shares of said capital stock
shall be paid for i'll cash or property ac-,
tually delivered or services rendered to
the corporation. and shall be due and
payable in such amount and. at such
time as the board of directors may dc
termine..
ARTICLE ".
The affairs OF this corporation shall
be managed by a board of directors
composed of seven stockholders, who
shall be elected annually on the third
Tuesday in March 1908 aud annually
thereafter, as meeting OF the stock
holders called for that purpose after ten
days printed notice in newspaper pub
lished in the City of Shreveport, Louis
lana; provided, that said stockholders
may, by unanimous consent in writing,
waive such notice of such meeting OF
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 E A. Frost, who shall be presi-
dent; H. H. Wheless, who shall be first
vice president; G. S. Prestridge, who
shall be second vice president; R. ID.
Collins, who shall be secretary, and F.
+. Wllited, who shall be treasurer, with
G. A. Kelly and w. ]. Townsend, who
shall serve until their successors are
duly elected and installed.
In all stockholders meetings each
share of stock shall have one vote, to
be cast by its owner in person or
through and by written proxy, and in
fall such meetings majority of the stock
present and represented shall control.
ARTICLE ".
This charter may be amended Or abol-