The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-05
CHARTER
OF THE PONDER S. CARTER COL
LECTION AGENCY, LIMITED.
Caucasian March 2, 1907.


LECTION AGENCY, LIMITED.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
Be it known and remembered, that on
the Ist day of February A D. 1907, be-
fore me, LEVEL c. Butler, notary pub
lie i'll and for said parish and State,
duly qualified, commissioned and sworn,
came and appeared the several parties
whose names are hereinafter subscribed,
and in 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 body
polite in law and corporation, for the
purposes and under the stipulations
hereinafter set forth
ARTICLE /.
The name of this corporation shall be
THE PONDER S. CARTER 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
hcers, 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 II.
The domicile of this corporation shall
be the City of Shreveport, Caddo Par
ish, La, and all service of citation or
other legal process shall be made on the
president, or in his absence the vice
president.
ARTICLE 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
general collection business, to solicit and
collect accounts; to do general COM
mercial reporting business anywhere in
the United States; to establish and
maintain 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 urrtil entered in the books Of
this corporation, and shall be preceded
by ten (To) 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.
The business of this corporation shall
be managed by board of directors,
three I'D 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 II Carter, secretary and treas