The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-12
CHARTER
OF THE MEYER DRUG COM
PANY.

SIdIe dIOTcSdlQs pcISOIdi1y SdihS ain
appeared l. R Meyer, president of said
corporation; P. B. Meyer, and Gabe
Meyer, resident of Pine Bluff, Arkansas,
who stated and declared to me notary
that availing themselves of the Consti-
tuition and laws of the State of Louis
lana relative to the formation of cor
porations and especially Act 1873 of the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana for the year 1904, they have
formed themselves and do by these
presents form themselves, as well as
such other persons as may hereafter
become associated with them, into a
corporation and have adopted as their
charter and act of Incorporation the
following, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.
The name of this corporation shall be
THE MEYER DRUG COMPANY"
with its domiciiie in the City OF Shreve-
port, in said Parish and State, and UNI
der said corporate name it shall have
and enjoy succession for period of
fifty years, unless sooner dissolved as
hereinafter specified. All legal process
shall be served on the president, or in
his absence or disability, on the vice
president at the office of the corpora
ton.
ARTICLE II.
The object for which this corporation
is organized and the nature of the bus
mess to be carried on by it shall be to
manufacture, buy and sell drugs, medi-
cines, paints, oils, toilet articles, and
other similar articles of merchandise,
and in the conduct of the business may
acquire property both real and per-
sonal, and construct or lease or other
wise acquire such buildings, machinery
or factory as may be necessary for the
proper conduct of its business.
ARTICLE III.
This corporation shall have power TO
contract, sue and to be sued, to make
and use a corporate seal and the same
to alter at pleasure; to hold, receive,
purchase, improve, ALLEVIATE, convey, sell,
borrow, pledge, mortgage and hypothe-
cate under its corporate name all kinds
of property, and to make and establish
such rules and regulations for the
Iproper management of its affairs as il
may deem necessary, and the same to
alter or change at pleasure, and to en-
/ JOY all other privileges and immunities
4 given by the laws of the State of Louis
lana to corporations organized for SIM
! liar purposes.
Il ARTICLE ".
/ The capital stock of this corporation
is fixed at ten thousand dollars divided
into one hundred shares of one hundred
dollars each, which shall be paid for al
the time of its issuance, and said stock
may be issued for money, goods, prop,
erty or for services performed as thu
board of directors may determine. M
: stockholder shall sell or transfer hi
stock until after ten days notice of suci
. intention to sell has been given to tn
president or vice president of the com
} Ipany, during which time the remaining
stockholders shall have the first optics
: 10 purchase said stock, and on thei
] failure to do so within the ten day
/ stated, it may be sold to other persons
i hut all transfers Of stock must be ma
S o. the books of the company at its OF
fee. This corporation shall commenc
a business as soon as eight thousand dol
liars of its capital stock is subscribe
1 for.
{ ARTICLE v.
The affairs of this corporation sha
be managed by board of director
( consisting of three stockholders, two Q
e whom shall constitute a quorum, VIII
e shall be elected by the stockholders
IS a general stockholders meeting held Q
IS the second Monday of July 1910. an
& annually thereafter, but all director
+ shall hold their Office until their succe'
sors are elected and installed. Uni
If said election in 1910, the following cha
) constitute the board of directors of tn
Re corporation T. r. Meyer, who shall
lie president and manager; 2. B. Meye
lie who shall be secretary and treasure
# and Gabe Meyer, vice president. =
6, lperson shall be eligible as direct'
who shall not be a STOCKHOLDERS of tn
corporation, and the board of directo
4. shall have power and authority to !
any vacancy in said board by the ele
S. ton Of stakeholder to fill the urle
I'd Epired them. Each share of stock shi
t. be entitled to one vote in all stoc
3 holders meeting, cast by its owner
r person or by proxy, and in all stoe
h. holders meetings majority OF sto
~ shall prevail
of ARTICLE VI.
IN This charter NAV he amended or Il