The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-02-03
CHARTER
OF THE STAR & CRESCENT LUM-
Der COMPANY.

State OF Louisiana, Parish OF Caddo:
Be it remembered. that on this the 18th
day of January 1907 before me. John d.
Wilkinson. a Notary Public i'll and for
the said Parish and State, duly conln1iS-
stoned and sworn. personally came and
appeared I. \. Frost. resident Of SAID
Parish and State; H. H. Wheless and
+. l. Whited, residents OF the Parish OF
6o>>ier, III said State; u. ), Pre>Tldgt
md r. d. Collins. residents of SAID Par
ISL and State; q. A. Kelly and w !,
Townsend. residents OF Lufkin, Texas,
who stated and declared to me. notary,
that availing themselves of the Const!tu-
ton and laws Of the State OF Louisiana.
they have formed and constituted and
do by these presents form and constitute
themselvcs0 as well as such other per
SONS as may hereafter become associated
with them. INTO 3 corporation and body
corporate and have ordained and adopt
ed As their charter and act OF incorpora-
ton the following. to-w;t;
ARTICLE [.
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 period 81 ninety-r1ne years
',rless sooner dissolved As hereinafter
set forth Its donicile shall be at the
City OF Shreveport III said Parish and
State. and all legal process shall be
served on the president. or in his alb
sencc on the secretary at the Office OF
the company
ARTICLE II.
The purposes Tor which this corpora
ton is established and the nature of the
business to be carried on by it are here
by declared to be to manufacture. buy
and sell lumber and timber. and to build
and operate saw mills AMI planning mills,
together with such railroads. telegraph
and telephone lines as may be incident
thereto. and to conduct in connection
herewith general mercantile business
with full power to buy, sell or exchange
timber and timber lands necessary in the
OF general saw mall and
lumber business III the States of Louis
lana and Texas and elsewhere as the
board OF directors may. determine.
ARTICLE I'll.
The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at six hundred thousand
dollars. divided into six thousand shares
Of one hundred dollars each. and shall
commence business as soon as three
thousand shares of said capital stock
shall be paid for III cash or property &C
tually delivered or services rendered to
the corporation, and shall be due and
PAYABLE in such amount and at such
lime as the board OF directors may de
ermine
ARTICLE ".
The affairs of this corporation shall
DC managed by a board Of directors
Of seven stockholders, who
shall be elected annually on the third
Tuesday in March 1908 and annually
hereafter. as meeting of the stock
FOLDERS called for that purpose after ten
lays sxsssted notice i'll a newspaper pub
ished in the City of Shreveport, Louis
ana; provided, that said stockholders
nay. by unanimous consent in writing.
waive such notice of such meeting of
stockholders, except when otherwise
by law Until said election on
he third Tuesday i'll March 1905 the
board of directors of this corporation
hall be f. A. Frost, who shall be presi-
lent: H. H. Wheless. who shall be first
vice president: G., S. Prestridge, who
,1ali be second vice president; R. d. |
Collins, who shall be secretary. and F. |
T. Whited. who shall be treasurer, with
J. A. Kelly and W. J. Townsend who |
hall serve until their successors are
July elected and installed;
In all stockholders meetings each |
share of stock shall have one vote. to
DC cast by its owner i'll person or
through and by a written proxy. and IN
Ill such meetings a n,ajority of the stock
present and represented shall control.
ARTICLE. V.
This charter may he amended or ahol |
shed and this corporation may Ne ter
minated at any time by a vote Of three |
Iourths Of the capital stock Of said cor
ooration - meeting called for said
purpose, notice IN the time ard |
manner provided by law, and whenever
50 dissolved by the vote Of the stock |
holders. Or when terminated by limta |
ion, its affairs shall he wound UP by
hree liqudators, who shall be selected
" the stockholders and who shall give
such bond and perform such duties as
he said stockholders may prescribe, and
n the case of death or failure to act on