The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-26
CHARTER
OF THE THOMAS DAVIDSON
OGILVIE HARDWARE co.


State of Louisiana, Parish of .Caddo:
Before me, the undersigned authority,
personally came and appeared the par
ties whose names are hereunto sub
scribed, all of full age, who declared
that, availing themselves of the provis-
ions of the laws of the State of Louis
lana relative to corporations, they have
covenanted and agreed, and do by these
presents covenant and agree, and bind
themselves, as we'll as such other per
sons as may hereafter become associat-
ed with them, to form and constitute
corporation and body polite in law, for
the purposes and objects, and under the
stipulations, articles and conditions fol-
lowing, to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of the said cor
poration shall be the THOMAS
DAVIDSON-OGILVIE HARDWARE
COMPANY, and its domicile is hereby
established in Shreveport, State of
Louisiana and under its said corporate
name said corporation shall have the
power and authority to contract, sue and
be sued; to make and use corporate
seal and the same to break and alter at
pleasure; to hold, receive, have, pur-
chase, improve, ALLEVIATE, convey, sell,
borrow, pledge, mortgage and hypothe-
cate under its said corporate name,
property, real, personal and mixed; to
name and appoint such officers, direc-
tors, agents, managers and employees as
the interest Or convenience of said cor
poration may require; to make and es-
tablish bylaws, rules and regulations
for the proper management and regula-
ton of its affairs, as may be deemed
necessary and proper, and the same to
change and alter at pleasure; AMI to do
all other acts and things permitted by
law, or as shall be necessary and proper
to carry out the objects and purposes
of said corporation.
Said corporation, unless sooner dis
solved in accordance with its charter,
shall exist and continue for a period of
ninety-nine years from and after the
date hereof.
The president, or in his absence the
vice president or secretary, shall be the
proper person upon whom citation or
other legal process shall be served.
ARTICLE II.
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 the following,
to-wit: To conduct a general hardware
and mill supply business; to buy and
sell, in such quantities as said corpora
ton may see fit, any and all articles
which are classed under the general
headings of hardware and mill supplies,
| as we'll as such other articles of COM
merce as the interests or convenience of
the corporation may require; also to
manufacture such articles as may be de-
termined by the board of directors.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of sail corporation
shall be one hundred thousand dollars,
divided into and represented by one
thousand shares of the sum of one hum
bred dollars each, which said stock shall
be paid for in cash at the time of sub
scription, or the same may be issued, at
not less than. par, in payment or ex-
change for property or rights actually
received Or purchased by said corpora
ton, or the same may be issued, full
paid, for money advanced, and for such
other valuable eonsi CREATIONS Or serv-
ices as the board of directors of said
corporation may determine; provided,
that no stock shall be issued until the
consideration therefor has been re-
ceived by the said corporation.
Any stakeholder may sell, assign or
transfer his stock in this corporation,
provided thirty (3o) days prior notice
of such intention be given the corpora
ton, and the other stockholders thereof
shall have the first privilege of purchas-
ing same, after which thirty days notice
such stock may be sold in open market.
The stock may be transferred under the
above conditions, provi ed such trans
fer thereof be made on the books of the
corporatiof at its Office in Shreveport,
La, and on surrender of the certificates
thereof. No transfer of any fractional
part of a share shall be made.
This corporation shall commence do
ling business as soon as seventy-five
thousand. dollars ($75.ooo) of the CAPT
tai stock shall have been subscribed for.
The board of directors shall have the
fright to determine how much stock shall
be issued.
ARTICLE ".
4 The corporate powers of this company
shall be vested in and exercised by a
board of FIVE 60 directors, consisting