The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
CHARTER
OF THE SHREVEPORT TRANS
FORMATION COMPANY.

1
PORTAT1ON COMPANY.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
Before me, the undersigned authority
personally came and appeared F. D
Lee, J. B. Ards, c. D. Kalmbach, w
IT. Crawford, w. K. Henderson, Sey
mour Florsheim, H. M. Well, J. c. Eos
ter. all residents of Shreveport, Caddc
Parish, Louisiana, who declared that
availing themselves of the laws of tht
J State of Louisiana relative to the or
ganzation of corporal ions for works oil
public improvement ahd utility, they
have contracted and obligated and dc
hereby contract and obligate them
selves, as we'll as such other persons as
may hereafter become associated will
them, to form a corporation for the
objects and purposes and under the
stipulations and agreements following
to-wit:
ARTICLE II.
The name and style of this corpora
ton shall be SHREVEPORT TRANS
FORMATION COMPANY, and under
said name said corporation shall have
authority to enjoy succession for ninety
nine years from and after the date
hereof. to contract, sue and be sued ;
make and use a corporate seal; hold,
receive, lease, charter, purchase and
sell, as well as mortgage and convey
real and personal property; operate
steamboats,, vessels and other vehicles
for the transportation of freight, pas
sengers, mail, etc, by water; name and
appoint such managers, directors and
officers as its interests may require, and
make, as well as alter, such bylaws as
may be deemed proper.
ARTICLE II.
The domicite of said corporation shall
be in the City of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, and citation and
other legal service shall be made upon
the president, or in his absence, upon
the vice president or secretary.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
said corporation is established and the
nature of the business to be carried on
are to procure and maintain sufficient
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for the transportation of freight, pas
sengefs, mail, etc, for compensation,
and the transaction Of any and all bus
mess connected with the running, char
tering and maintaining one or more
lines Of steamboats, from the City of
Shreveport to any and all points on the
Mississippi and Red rivers or their
tributaries, and the creation of freight
express. with the further right TO carry
on such things as are incident to the
conduct of said business,
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock Of this corporation
is hereby fixed at the sum of one hun
bred thousand (Stoo,ooooo) dollars,
divided into four thousand shares Of
the par value of twenty five ($25.oo)
dollars each, to be issued at not less
than par, for cash or for property ac-
tually received or purchased by the cor
poration the corporation, however, may
begin business and become going CON
Germ whenever four hundred and eighty
(4So) shares of its stock has been sub
scribed and paid for in cash or in prop
erty, as above provided.
ARTICLE V.
The powers of this corporation shall
be vested in board of directors COM
posed of seven O. stockholders; said
stockholders shall be elected annually
on the first Monday in September of
each year, at meeting of the stock
holders, which shall be held at the of
fee of the company, Shreveport, Louis
lana, after ten days notice in any one
of the newspapers published in the City
Of Shreveport. Each share of stock shall
be entitled to one vote, and the major
lily of the stock present and voting at
such meetings shall elect. Stock may
be voted at all meetings either by the
owner in person or by proxy. The first
board of directors, hereinafter named,
or any board of directors that may be
heeafter elected by the stockholders,
shall remain in office until their sueces-
sors are elected Any vacancy occurring
in the board of directors shall be filled
BY the remaining directors. The FIRST
board Of directors of said corporation,
which shall continue in Office until the
first Monday in September 1910, or UNI
til their successors shall have been
eter4pd are herehv declared to he a d