The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-08
CHARTER
OF THE ANDERSON LUMBER
COMPANY, LIMITED.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
Before me, F. A. Blanchard, a Notary
Public in and for the Parish of Caddo
duly commissioned and sworn, personal
ly came and appeared F. W. Offenhaus-
er, H. F. Offenhauser and Horace Ran
Gal, all residents of Texarkana, Texas,
and T.. S. Anderson, resident of the
Parish of Caddo, State of Louisiana, all
Of whom declared to me, a notary, that
availlng themselves of the laws of the
State of Louisiana relative to the organ
| lzation of corporations, they have cove
nanted and agreed, and by these pres
ents do covenant and agree and bind
themselves te< form corporation and
body polite in law, for the purpose and
objects and under the articles following
to-wit
ARTICLE I.
The name and style eff this corpora
ZION shall be HENDERSON LUMBER
COMPANY" and its domicile is hereby
established in the Town of Lewis, in
Caddo Parish, State Of Louisiana; and
| under its corporate name said corpora
ton shall have power and authority to
contract, sue and be sued; to max" and
| use corporate seal, same to bre * and
| alter at its pleasure; to holA. receive
| lease, purchase, sell and cor.ssy, as well
as mortgage and hypothetate under its
corporate name all species of property,
real, personal and mixed; to name and
| appoint such officers, directors, agents
and managers Or employees as the inter
ests and convenience of said corporation
may require; to make and establish such
bylaws, rules and regulations for the
proper management and regulation of its
Eaffairs as they may deem necessary and
proper; to change and alter said rules
and bylaws at pleasure, and to do all
other acts and things permitted by law
or that may or shall be necessary and
proper to carry out the objects and pur
poses of said corporation. Said corpora
ton, unless sooner dissolved in accord
| lnce with its charter, shall exist and
continue for period of ninety-nine
years from and after the date hereof
The president, or in his absence the vice
president or the 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 as follows, to-
wit To conduct a general saw mill and
lumber business, manufacturing, buying
| and selling lumber and timber and gen
orally all forest products, and for that
purpose the buying, selling and leasing
of lands, and the purchasing and build
| ing of saw mills and the operation of
same in the State of Louisiana, and gen
orally the power of doing all things
necessary and incidental to the manufac
ture and sale of lumber, including the
conducting of commissary and commits
saries as may be necessary, or the letting
IF the privileges therefor.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of said corporation
shall be twenty five thousand dollars, to
oe divided into two hundred and fifty
shares of. one hundred ($Ioo.oo) dollars
each, as par value, to be issued for cash
or its equivalent. And this corporation
shall become a going concern as soon as
eighty shares of this said capital stock
shall have been subscribed and paid for
ARTICLE ".
All the powers of this corporation
shall be vested in and exercised by a.
board of directors, and all the business
affairs shall be conducted by said board,
to be composed of four stockholders, or
not less than three and not more than
annually by ballot at meeting to be
held on the third Saturday in December
1907 and thereafter, at which time of
fcers also shall be elected and shall hold
their respective officers until their Sic
cessors are elected and qualified. Vacan-
cies occurring in said board from what
ever cause shall be filled by the remain
ing directors. The board of directors
shall have power to make bylaws neces
sary for the conduct of the affairs of the
said corporation, shall elect from their
number a president, vice president, a
secretary and treasurer. A majority
Of said board shall constitute quorum
for the transaction of any and all bust
ness. Until elected as above provided,
ind until the officers shall have qualified
under said election, the following shall
constitute the first board of directors and
officers of said corporation: F. W. Often
hauser, president; E. S. Anderson, vice
president and general manager; H. F.
Offenhauser, treasurer; and H. Randall, |
ecretary. Notice OF said election shall |
be given ten days by publication in one
of the newspapers published in the Par
ish of Caddo At all meetings of the |