The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-02-21
CHARTER
OF THE STAR & CRESCENT LUM-
Der COMPANY.

day of January 1907 before me, John d.
Wilkinson, Notary Public in and for
the said Parish and State, duly commits
stoned and sworn, personally came and
+. A. Frost, resident Of said
Parish and State; H. H. Wheless and
F. T. Whited, residents of the Parish OF
Bossier. in said State; e. s. Prestridge
and r. d. Collins, residents of said Par
ish and State; G. A. Kelly and w J.
Townsend. residents of iLufkin, Texas.
who stated and declared to me, notary,
that availing themselves III the Constitu
ton and laws of the State of louisiana.
they have formed and constituted aad
do by these presents for, and constitute
themselves, as we'll as sch other per
sons as may hereafter become associated
with them, into corporation and body
corporate and have ordained and adopt
ed as their charter and act of incorpora-
ton the following, to-w:t:
ARTICLE t.
The name and title of this corporation
shall be THE STAR & CRESCENT
LUMBER COMPANY" and under its
said title ii shall have and enjoy success
sion for a period OF ninetynine 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
,ence OH the secretary 1T the Office of
the company.
ARTICLE II.
The purposes for which this corpora
ion is established and the nature of the
business to be carried on by it are here
~ declared to be to manufacture. buy
and sell lumber and timber, and to build
md operate saw mills and planning mills,
together with such railroads, telegraph
md telephone lines as may be incident
thereto, and to conduct in connection
Herewith a general mercantile business
With full power to buy, sell Or exchange
imber and timber lands necessary in the
conducting of a general saw mall and
lumber business i'll the States of Louis
lana and Texas and elsewhere as the
board of directors may determine.
ARTICLE III
The capital stock Of this corporation
S hereby fixed at six hundred thousand
dollars, divided into six thousand shares
i one hundred dollars each, and shall
commence business as soon as three
thousand shares of said capital stock
shall be paid for in cash or property &C
.ually delivered or services rendered tc
he corporation, and shall be due and
payable in such amount and at such
time as the boarI of directors may de
terinine.
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 and annually
thereafter, as meeting of the stock
holders called for that purpose after ten
lays printed notice III a newspaper pub
ished in the City of Shreveport, Louis
ana; 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 F. A. Frost, who shall be presi
lent Fl. H. Wheless, who shall be first
vice president; G. S Prestridge, who
shall be second vice president; R. D.
Collins, who shall be secretary, and F.
+. Whited, who shall be treasurer, with
G. A. Kelly and w. J. 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 i'll person or
through and by written proxy, and in
all such meetings majority of the stock
present and represented shall control.
ARTICLE V.
This charter may be amended or abol-
ished and this corporation may be ter
minated at any time by a vote of three
fourths of the. capital stock of said cor
poration at a meeting called for said
purpose, after notice in the time and
manner provided by law, and whenever
SO dissolved by the vote OF the stock
holders, Or when terminated by limita
ton, its affairs shall be wound tip by
three liquidators, who shall be selected
by the stockholders and who shall give
such bond and perform such duties as
the said stockholders may prescribe, and
in the case of death or failure to act on
the part of said liquidators, the remain
ing liquidators shall appoint successor
TO fill such vacancy, and the liquidator,
or liquidators, So appointed shall con-
form, to all of the d,,tiec and rea,,ire-