The Caucasian., 1907-02-10
CHARTER
Of TIE STAR ( CRESCENT IEM
BER COMPANY.

Be it remembered. that on this the 18TH
day - January In7 beioe me, John ID.
Niilinsols Notary Public in and for
the said Parish and >tats, duly commits
stoned and sworn. personally came and
appeared e.. \. Frost, a reslde1t OF said
Paeish end S,ate: F. II. Wheess and
iE T. Whited, residents g the Parish of
Bossnr. in SAID State: G.. s. Prestraige
and b. ID Collins. residents of said Par
ish and State: G \, Kelly and ", T.
Townsend. residents u Lufki1s Texas,
who staatd and declared g. me, ndtary.
thae availing themselves OF the Gonss;tu
Ifion and laws OF the State of Louisiana.
they have fo.med 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 ahcns into d corporation and body
corporate and have ordained and adopt
ed as theie charter and act OF lpcorpora
ton the following. to-":f:
ARTICLE l.
The name and tislc Of shis corporation
shall be "THE STAR s, CRESCENT
LUMBER COMP PANY." and under its
sid title 10 shall have and enjoy success
sion for p,riod OF ninesv-nine years
unless sooner dissolved as hereinafter
set foeth. It's 4onicile shall be at the
City OF Shreveport in said Parish and
Static and all legal process &nall be
served on the president, or in his alb
sence on the secretary at the office OF
tie company.
ARTICLE VI.
The purposes for which this corpora
ton is established and the nature OF the
business to be carried on by il are here
by declared to hc To manufacture, buy
aud sell lumber and timber, and to build
and operate saw mills and planning mills.
together with such railroads. telegraph
and telephone lines as may he incident
thereto and 10 conduct in connection
Herewith a general mercantile business
with fill power IL huy. seM or exchange
timber and timber lands necessary i'll the
conducting OF q general saw mall and
lumber business in the States Of Louis
lana and Texas and elsewhere as Nthe
Iboarf OF directors may determine
ARTICLE Ill
The capital stock OF this coDuration
is hereby tixed at six hundred thousand
dollars. divided into six thousand shares
q one hundred dollars each. and shall
commence business as soon as fl1ree
thousand shares OF said capital stock
shall be paid G,r in cash or propefN ac-
tually delivered or services rendered to
the corpora9ion. and shall be due and
pavahis in such amount and af such
time as the boar.l of directors maY de
tesmine.
ARTlCNE N.
The affairs OF this cooperative shall
be managed by board of directors
composed Of seven Stockholders, who
|Shall be elected annually on the third
TUESDAY in March 1908 and annually
thereafter, as a meeting Of the Sick
holders called Cor shat purpose after Cen
davs' printed notice in a newspaper pub
liShed i'll the City OF Shreveport, Louis
lana: provided. ehat said stockholders
may BY unanimous consent in writing.
waive such notice OF such meeting OF
stockholders, except when otherwise
provided by hw. Until said election on
the third Tuesday III March 1908. the
board of directors of this corporation
shall be Z. \. Frost, who shall be presl-
dent ~. H. Wheless who shall be first
vice president: o.. S. Prestridge, who
shall be second vice president: K. ID.
Collins. who shall be secretary, and F.
T. Nhited, who shall be treasurer. with
q A. Kelly and W. J. ownsend. who
shall serve until their successors are
duly electeaA and installed.
In all stocllFolders meetings each
share ofsstock shall have one vote, to
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