The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-11-14
CHARTER
OF The Consumers Fertilizer Company
Domiciled at Shreveport, La.

notary public in and for Cad1o Par
ish, Louisiana, at my Office in the City Of
Shreveport, Louisiana, came and ap
peared on the date hereinafter written,
the following: J. J. Green, c. c. Hern-
don, J. F. Cox, J. R. Herndon and
Marks Meyer, all of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, who declared to me
in the presence of the attesting wit
nesses that they desire to form and con-
stitute corporation under the laws of
Louisiana, and that they do hereby form
themselves and successors into a cor
poration and constitute same in compli
ance with the provisions and subject to
the restrictions of the laws of the State
of Louisiana governing corporations and
under the provisions of the articles of
incorporation hereinafter set forth
ARTICLE l.
The name of this corporation shall be
Consumers Fertilizer Company; by its
name it shall have power ami authority
to nave and enjoy succession for the pc
Rod of nirety-nine years; to contract,
sue and be sued; to make and use cor
porate seal and the same to break, alter
or amend at pleasure; and under this
name to hold, receive, purchase and 9TH
erwise dispose of, to lease, pledge, mort
gage or otherwise hypothecate property,
real, personal and mixed.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this corporation is the
City of Shreveport, Louisiana.
ARTICLE III.
The nature of the business to be car
red on and the purposes for which this
corporation is established are as fol-
lows: To manufacture, buy and sell fer
tilizers and fertilizer Ingredients and
perform such other acts as pertain to the
fertilizer business.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers of this corpora
ton shall be vested in a board of direc-
tors composed of five stockholders. The
directors shall elecs a president, vice
president, and a secretary-treasurer, and
shall prescribe the duties of each.
Election of directors shall take place
the second Tuesday of June'in each year.
The first board of directors shall be as
follows: J. J. Green, Marks Meyer, c.
c. Herndon, J. R. Herndon and J. F.
Cox, with ]. J. Green, president; c. c.
Herndon, vice president; and ]. F. Cox,
secretary-treasurer. All officers and ii
rectors shall serve until thier successors
are elected. Service of all legal process
shall be made on the president, or, in his
absence, on the secretary. at the office of
the company.
The board of directors may make and
establish such bylaws as may be neces-
sary and proper for the management and
regulation of the affairs of the corpora
ton If any vas1pcies exist among the
officers or directors, a meeting of the
stockholders shall be called to fill the
same.
The board of directors shall have
power to borrow and lend money, issue
bills of exchange, notes, bonds, drafts,
and all other negotiable paper, execute
mortgages, and generally to do all
things incident to the object AMI pur-
poses of this corporation.
The president may employ such man
ayers, agents or sub-officers as the in
terests of the corporation may require,
subject to the approval of the board Of
directors.
ARTICLE V.
The capital stock of this corporation is
fifty thousand dollars, divided into five
hundred shares of the par value of one
hun bred dollars each. This stock shall
be paid for in cash when issued.
The corporation may begin operations
when $12,5oo.oo stock has been SUBJ
scribed for and paid in. No stakeholder
shall be liable for more than the unpaid
balance on the stock subscribed for by
him, nor shall any mere informally in
organization have the effect of rendering
the charter null or of exposing stock
holder to any liability beyond the amount
of his stock.
ARTICLE VI.
The directors shall be elected by bal |
lot at the regular annual meeting called |
for that purpose or any meeting adj
journed from same. At all stockholders
each share of stock shall be
entitled to one vote; stakeholder may
vote by proxy.
A majority of the stockholders shall
constitute quorum. A majority of the
stock present and voting shall elect |
directors.
Special meetings may be called at the
pleasure of the president or on demand
of three stockholders, due notice in writ
ing and ten days printed notice in a
newspaper in the city of Shreveport be-
ing given.