The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-02-10
gHARTER
OF Tt4E 6ONDER S. AARIEK Cos
LMTION sGENCe, LIMITED.

liz ION NGENCh, LlMl Ed.
State OF Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
Be II known and remembered, @nat on
the Ist day OF February A. d. 1907, be-
fore me, LEVEL &C.. Butler, notary pub
lie in and for said parish and State,
auly qualified, commissioned and sworn,
came and appeared the several parties
whose names are hereinafter subscribed,
and i'll the presence of the competent at
testing witnesses, who declared that
availing themselves of the Constitution
and laws Of the State Of Louisiana now
existing relative to the organization Of
corporations, they do covenant and
agree, and have covenanted and agreed,
and bound themselves, as we'll as such
other persons as may hereafter become
associated with them or their success
sors, TO form and constitute d body
polite II law and corporation, for Che
hereinafter % forth.
ARTICLE l.
The name of this corporation shall be
THE PONDER S. GARTER COL
LECTION AGENCY, limited,' and
by such name it shall continue to exist
and enjoy succession for period of
twenty-five years from date hereof; said
corporation shall have the power to sue
and be sued. to contract; to make and
use corporate SEAL to mortgage, by
pothecate, pledge property, real, per-
sonal and mixed, and to purchase or
sell such property as may be necessary
to carry out the purposes of this cor
poration; to name and appoint such Of
fcers,. agents or employees as its interest
may require; to make such bylaws,
rules and regulations as may be deemed
proper, not inconsistent herewith, and to
change or alter same at pleasure.
ARTICLE H.
The do1niclle of this corporation shall
be the City of Shreveport, Caddo Par
ID, La, and all service of citation or
other legal process shall be made On the
president, or in his absence the vice
president
4RTICLE Ill
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is organized, and the
nature of the business to be carried ON
by it, are declared to be: to conduct a
general collection business, to solicit and
collect accounts; to do a general COM
mercial reporting business anywhere in
the United States; to establish and
me- intain branch offices anywhere in the
United States, and to do and perform
all things incident to such collection and
reporting business.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be FIVE thousand dollars ($5ooo.oo)
divided into fifty shares of stock at one
hundred dollars ($Ioooo) each; said
corporation shall begin business when
all of said shares of stock are subscribed
and paid for. Any stakeholder shall
have the right to dispose of his stock,
but same shall not be binding on said
company until entered in the books of
this corporation, and shall be preceded
by ten (Io) days written notice to the
secretary and treasurer hereof, and any
shareholder shall have the privilege Of
buying same at its cash value
ARTICLE V.
Ihe business of this corporation shall
be managed by board Of directors,
three Cd in number. The first board of
directors shall be composed of Ponder
S. Carter, w. w. Campbell and w B.
Stille. The first officers of said corpora
ton shall be Ponder S. Carter, presi-
dent; W. w Campbell, vice president !;
Dora H. Carter, secretary and treas
urer. Said officers and directors shall
hold their office for the term of one
year from date hereof, but no vacancy
shall operate the forfeiture of this char
ter, or affect any of the corporate rights,
but the officers shall continue in Office
until their successors are elected and
qualified at the end of each term, or as
soon thereafter as elections may be held.
A majority of stock shall decide all cleo
lions for directors Or officers, and each
share of stock shall represent one vote
All elections shall be under the super
vision of two (2) commissioners select
ed by the board of directors of this cor
poration, after ten (1o) days publica-
ton in newspaper in Shreveport, La,