The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-07
CHARTER
OF THE NATIONAL LUMBER AND
GREOsoTINc COMPANY,

GREOSOTINc COMPANY,
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo,
Be it known that on this the 3rd day of
September A. D. 1909, before me, F. A.
Leonard, clerk First Judicial District
Court and ex-oficio recorder and no.
tary public in and for Caddo Parish,
State of Louisiana, personally appeared
]. T. Logan, resident of the city of
Texarkana, Bowie County, State of
Texas, and ]. D. Groesbeck, a resident
of the City of FL Paso, County of FL
Paso, State of Texas, and E. K. Smith,
resident of the City of Shreveport,
Caddo Parish, State of Louisiana, who
declared that ayailing themselves of the
provisions of the Constitution and laws
of the State of Louisiana in relation to
the organization of private corporations,
they do by these presents form, consti-
tute and organize themselves and their
successors and such other persons as
may hereafter be associated with them,
into private corporation I'M
der the name and title, and
for the uses, objects and pur
poses, and under the terms, conditions,
covenants, stipulations and provisions as
hereinafter mentioned and set forth in
this charter and act of incorporation.
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of said corpora
ton shall be the NATIONAL LUM-
Der AND CREOSOTING COM
PANY, and under said name and title
said corporation shall have and enjoy
corporate existence for period of
ninety -nine (oo) years from the date
hereof: and the domieile of said cor
poration is hereby fixed and established
at the City of Shreveport, Caddo Par
ish, State of Louisiana, and all legal
process directed to- said corporation
shall be served at said domicile thereof
on the president of said corporation,
and in his absence, then on one of the
vice presidents thereof, and in the abb
sence of the president and all the vice
presidents thereof, then on the secretary
thereof, and in the absence of the pres
ident, and all the vice presidents and
the secretary thereof, then on the treas
urer thereof, and in the absence of the
president and all the vice presidents and
the secretary and the treasurer thereof,
then service shall be made at the office
of said corporation in said City of
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
according to law.
ARTICLE II.
The uses, purposes and objects for
which said corporatioS is chartered and
organized are hereby declared to be as
follows, to-wft: To buy, acquire, lease,
own. hold, sell and deal in, timber,
timber lands and timber rights in the
State of Louisiana, or in other States
Iof the United States, or in foreign
countries, and to establish, buy, acquire,
construct, build, own, maintain, operate,
conduct and carry on, saw mills and
planning mills, and to sell, ALLEVIATE and
dispose of the same, in the State OF
Louisiana, or in other States of the
United States, or in foreign countries
and to buy, manufacture, deal IN, and
sell. all kinds and grades of lumber, and
| TO do, conduct, maintain, operate and
carry on, general saw mill and planning
mill and lunber-businesses in the manu-
facture, buying, dealing in, and selling
all kinds and grades of lumber IN the
i State of Louisiana or in other States OF
| the United States, or in foreign coun-
tries: and to buy, acquire, make, pro-
duce manufacture and deal in, and SELL
/ railroad cross ties and bridge timbers
milling. telephone poles and telegraph
Inoles and all kinds of timber and for
lest products, in the State of Louisiana
Iar in other States of the United States
Tor in foreign countries; and to establish
buy. acquire, construct build, own
Ifl1ainId1llt t04GldbC dt4Q
lsell, ALLEVIATE and dispose of, creosotinG
| works and creosoting plants and estab
llishments for applying the processes O
lcreosoting and other processes tor tn
preservation of railroad cross ties a11t
bridge tinbers, piling and telephon
poles and telegraph poles, and al
kinds of wood, timber and for
lest products, and to do, conduct
own. maintain, operate and carry on
general creosoting and wood preservinl
businesses for the creosoting OF ran
Ircad cross ties and bridge timbers, Pill
line. and telephone poles and TELEGRAPH
lnoles. and all kinds of wood, timber an
forest products, in the State OF LOUIS
i.na. or in other States OF the Onite
! States, or in foreign countries; and
connection with, and in furtheranee Q
,,,;t1 and nianiflQ mill and lliTf