The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-11-24
OF The Consumers Fertilizer Company
Domiciled at Shreveport, La.


and successors INTO cor
and constitute same III complI-
ance with the provisions and subject to
the restrictions OF the laws of the State |
of Louisiana governing corporations and
under the provisions of the articles OF
hereinafter set forth.
ARTICLE l.
The name of this corporation shall be
Consumers Fertilizer Company by ITS
name it shall have power and authority
to have and enjoy succession for the pc
Rod of ninety nine years; to contract,
sue and be sued; to make and use cor
porate seal and the same to break, alter
or amend at pleasure; and under this
name to hold, receive, purchase and 9TH
erwise dispose of, to lease, pledge, mort
gage or otherwise hypothecate property,
real, personal and mixed,
ARTICLE II.
The domicile i this corporation is the
CITY of Shreverrr'. Louisiana.
Akfl lie III.
The nature vi the business to be car
ried Oh and the purposes for which this
corporation is established are as toll
lows: To manufacture, buy and sell fer
tilizers and fertilizer ingredients and
perform such other acts as pertain to the
fertilizer business.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers OF this corpora
ton shall be vested in board of dlrec-
tors composed of five stockholders The
directors shall elect a president, vice
president, and secretary-treasurer, and
shall prescribe the duties of each.
Election of directors shall take place
the second Tuesday Of June in each year.
The first board of directors shall be as
follows: J. J. Green, Marks Meyer, c.
c. Herndon, J. R. Herndon and }, f.
Cox, with ]. J. Green, president c. c.
Herndon, vice president; and J. F. Cox,
secretary-treasurer. All officers and IL
rectors shall serve until thier successors
are elected. Service of all legal process
shall be made on the president, or, In his
absence, on the secretary. at the office OF
the company.
The board of directors may make and
establish such bylaws as may be neces-
sary and proper for the management and
regulation of the affairs of the corpora
ton. If any vacancies exist among the
officers or directors, a meeting OF the
stockholders shall be called TO fill the
same
The board of directors shall have
Ipower to borrow and lend money, issue
bills of exchange, notes, bonds, drafts
and all Other negotiable paper, execute
mortgages a11 generally to do al
things inc.H.:t to the object ami pur
poses of TIN corporation.
The pre-1 }c;.t may employ such man
ayers, agents or sub-officers as the IN
terests of the corporation may require
subject to the approval Of the board o
directors
ARTICLE Y.
The capital stock of this corporation i
) fifty thousand dollars, divided into fly
hundred shares of the par value Of on
hun bred dollars each. This stock shat
be paid for in cash when issued.
The corporation may begin operation
when $I2,5oooo stock has been sub
scrbed for and paid in, No stockholde
+, shall be liable for more than the unpal
) balance on the stock subscribed for b
him, nor shall any mere informally i
organization have the effect Of renderln
the, charter null or of exposing a stock
holder to any liability beyond the amour
of his stock.
ARTICLE VI
The directors shall be elected by bal
, lot at the regular annual meeting Gale
, for that purpose or any meeting ad
. journed from same. At all stockholder
, meetings each share OF stock shall b
, entitled to one vote; a stakeholder ma
vote by proxy.
A majority Of the stockholders 5ha
constitute quorum. A majority Of ii
stock present ard voting shall ele'
. directors.
, Special meetings may be called at t
2 pleasure OF the president Or on deman
/ OF three stockholders, due notice in VIII
ing and ten days printed notice in
=. newspaper in the city OF Shreveport b'
ing given.
The stockholders OF this corporate
at general meeting called for that pit
, pose, on demand of three stakeholder
o may modify, a i'd to, change, alter I
t amend Or dissolve the corporation Wi
y the assent Of three fourths Of the stoc
1 represented at such meeting This sh2
i not apply to increasing the capital stoo
u which is done under special laws.
Ten days written notice Of any mee
ing shall be given in writing, shall
mailed to address OF each stockhOlder