The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-24
CHARTER
OF THE MEYER DRUG COM
PANY.
Caucasian, August IL, 1900.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
Be it remembered that on this the 18TH
day of July 1909, before me, John u.
Wilkinson, a notary public duly COM
stoned and sworn for and within the
State aforesaid, personally came and
appeared I. 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 Constr
tuition and laws of the State of LOUIS
lana relative to the formation of cor
porations and especially Act I78 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
corporation and have adopted as their
charter and act of incorporation the
following, to-wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name of this corporation shall be
THE MEYER DRUG COMPANY"
with its domicile in the City of Shreve-
port, in said Parish and State, and I'M
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, ane
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, machlner.
or factory as may be necessary for tn
Eproper conduct of its business.
ARTICLE III.
). This corporation shall have power t.
contract, sue and to be sued, to max
and use corporate seal and the sam
to alter, at pleasure; to hold, receive
purchase, improve, ALLEVIATE, convey, sci
borrow, pledge, mortgage and hypotht
cate under its corporate name all kind
of property, and to make and establ1s
such rules and regulations for tt
proper management of its affairs as
may deem necessary, and the same
alter or change at pleasure, and to er
Joy all other privileges and immunlti
given by the laws of the State of Loui
lana to corporations organized for SIN
liar purposes.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corporate
is fixed at ten thousand dollars divide
into one hundred shares of one hundr'
dollars each, which shall be paid for
the time of its issuance, and said sto'
may be issued for money, goods, pro
erty or for services performed as t
board of directors may determine.
stakeholder shall sell or transfer
stock until after ten days notice of su
intention to sell has been given to t
president or vice president of the col
pany, during which time the remain
stockholders shall have the first opti
to purchase said stock, and on tn
failure to do so within the ten dc
stated, it may be sold to other person
hut all transfers of stock must be ma
OF the books of the company at its
fee. This corporation shall commer
business as soon as eight thousand d
ks. lars of its capital stock is subserif
IS. for.