The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-24
CHARTER
OF THE YELLOW PINE LUMBER
COMPANY LIMITED.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
Be it remembered that on this the 18th
day of July A. D. 1909 personally came
and appeared before me, Roland Will
hanson, notary public in and for said
Parish and State, w. o. Brice, R. A.
Grain and F. G. Fulkerson, all of full
age, and all residents of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, who declare that, availing
themselves of the provisions of the laws
of the State of Louisiana relative to
corporations, and especially of Act No.
e of 1904, of the General Assembly of
| Louisiana, they have covenanted and
agreed, and do by these presents cove
nant and agree and bind themselves, as
we'll as such other persons as may here
after become associated with them, to
form and constitute corporation and
body polite in law for the purposes and
objects, and under the stipu1ations, ar
ticles and conditions following, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.
The name and title of said corpora
ton shall be YELLOW PINE LUM-
Der COMPANY LIMITED, and its
domici1e is hereby established in Shreve
port, State of Louisiana; and under its
corporate name said corporation shall
have the power to contract, sue and be
sued, to make and use corporate seal,
and the same to break and alter at pleas
ure; to hold, receive, have, purchase,
improve, ALLEVIATE, convey, sell, borrow,
pledge, mortgage and hypothecate under
its corporate name, property, real, per
sonal and mixed; to name and appoint
such officers, directors, managers and
agents or employees as the interest or
convenience of the corporation may re-
| auire: to make and establish bylaws,
rules and regulations for the proper
management and regulation of its at
fairs as may be deemed necessary and
4 proper, and the same to alter and
change at pleasure; and to do all other
acts and things permitted by law, or
shall be necessary and proper to carry
out the objects and purposes of this
corporation. Said corporation, unless
sooner dissolved in accordance with its
| charter, shall exist and continue for a
period of ninety-nine years from and
after the date hereof The president or
in his absence the vice president shall
be the proper person upon whom clta-
ton or other legal process shall be
served.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes of this cor
poration are hereby declared to be to
buy and sell lands or timber, lumber and
lumber contracts; to manufacture and
sell lumber; to acquire and operate saw
and planning mills; to conduct general
saw mill and planning business; to con-
struct and own trans, logging roads and
equipments, dry kilns, and to do all
things necessary in the saw and planning
mill business, and to conduct a general
merchandise business, buying and selling
merchandise, and to buy, improve, sell
and lease real estate, urban and rural
wherever situated; to build houses II
Shreveport and at such other points as
the directors may see fit, and in genera
to do any and all things and conduct al
manner of business necessary or Incl
dental to the carrying out of the object:
above set forth.
ARTICLE III.
, The capital stock of said corporation
; shall be ten thousand ($Io,ooo) dollars
!. divided into and represented by ont
hundred (Ioo) shares of one hundred
($Ioo) dollars each, which said stool
shall be paid for in cash or its equiva
lent at the time of subscription, or thu
same may be issued, at not less than par
in payment or exchange for property o.
!, rights actually received or purchased b.
said corporation, or the same may b
D issue dfull paid for money advanced ant
] for other valuable considerations o
e services as the board of directors of sal
corporation may determine, provided
that no stock shall be issued until tn
consideration thereof has been receives
by said corporation. Any stockholde
: may sell, assign or transfer his stock ii
$ this corporation, provided thirty go
days prior notice of such intention b
given the company, and the stockholdtr
D thereof shall have the first privilege o
7 purchasing same, after which thirt
(3o) days notice the stock may be sol
4 in open market. The stock of this cor
: poration may be transferred under tn
above conditions, provided such transfe
thereof may be made on the books o
the company at its Office in Shreveport
: La, and on surrender of the certifcat
! thereof. No transfer of any fractiona
part of a share shall be made This cor
!, poration shall commence doing bushes
aes soon as thirty-one hundred dollar
($3Ioooo) of its capital stock has bee
: subscribed for and paid in. The boar
ii of directors shall have the right to de