The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-30
CHARTER
OF THE PLEASANT HILL TELE-
PHONE COMPANY.

| state OF LOUISIANA, 'fdI1Sn OF SdQQO
| Be it known that before me, A. B
Freyer, notary public in and for tn
Parish of Caddo and State of Louis
lana, duly commissioned and qualified
and in the presence of the Witnesse;
hereinafter named and undersigned
came and appeared the several person
whose names are hereunto subscribed
who declared that availing themselve'
Of the provisions of the laws of this
State relative to the organization o.
corporations for works of public i'm
provement and utility, they have con
tracted and agreed, and do by these
presents, covenant, agree, bind and obi
gate themselves, a. well as such persons
as may hereafter become associated
with them to form and constitute cor
poration and body polite in law, for the
object and purposes and under the
agreements and stipulations following
to-wit: GA
ARTICLE I. "
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation 10 organized and found
ed, and the nature Of business to be
carried on by it are declared to be the
construction, establishment, operation
and maintenance of telephone system,
for the transmission of messages in the
town of Sodus, Sabine Parish, Louis
lana, and in and to such other towns
and cities in the State of Louisiana as
they may hereafter see proper, and to
connect with any other telephone COM
pany doing business in the State, and to
acquire, lease and sell telephone prop
critics, and all things necessary in the
conducting of a telephone business, and
to receive for its messages and COM
muf1ications such tolls and charges as
may be established by the proper at
thorized officers, such tolls and rates not
to exceed those established by the Rail-
road Commission of the State of Louis
lana
81 ARTICLE II.
The name, style and title of this cor
poration shall be PLEASANT HILL
TELEPHONE COMPANY, and un-
der its corporate name it shall have
power and authority to have and enjoy
succession for the full term of ninety
nine (oo) years from and after the date
hereof; to contract, sue and be sued
and to make and use corporate seal,
and the same to break and alter at
pleasure; to name and appoint such
directors, officers and agents, |
as the interest and convenience of said |
may require, to make and
establish bylaws, rules and regulations
for the conduct of the affairs of said
as may be deemed necessary |
and proper, and the same to be changed |
and altered at pleasure, and to generally |
possess all the powers heretofore enum-
.rated, and which are now or may here
after be conferred by law or which are
necessary to promote its objects and
purposes.
ARTICLE Ill
Tho donicile of said corporation shall
De in the City of Shreveport, caddo
Parish, Louisiana, and all citations and
other legal. process shall be served on
he president of the corporation, or in
'ase of his absence on the vice presi-
lent, or in the absence Of both upon the
seretary-trsasurer of the corporation,
Is provided by law: the officers of the
:ompany shall be president, vice pres
dent, ecretary-treasurer, who are here
~ designated as follows: T. F. Sargent,
president; ]. ]. Paxton, vice president
B. L. Sargent, secretary-treasurer, who
hall serve as such until the second
Monday in January 1911 or until their
are elected and qualified,
which election of officers shall take
,lace on said first Monday in January
Oil and annually thereafter.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers of said corpor-
.tion shall be vested in and exercised
~ a board of directors comprised of
i've stockholders; said directors shall
,e. elected every year on the second
Monday in January, beginning in the
,ear 1910, or such other day as the
stockholders at a regular meeting may
TX The first board of directors shall
consist of J. J. Paxton, T. F. Sar-
rent, B. L. Sargent, Frank Files, V.
:. McCarty, and they shall continue in
,ffice until the next annHal election of
directors, on the second Monday in
January 1910 or until their successors
hall be elected and installed The di-
ectors shall be elected by the stock
FOLDERS, each share of stock shall be
Untitled to one vote, 10 be east by its
,wner or by proxy. A majority of
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