The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-02
CHARTER
OF THR CHARLES R. BALL LCM
Der COMPANY.

EEK OOMPANB.
STATE 81 LOUISIANA, Parish Of Caddo
Be6ose sas, Che undersigned authority.
personally came and appeared Charles
r. Bal. Mrs. NJ. B. Hurst, ~idov,
J. S. Welsh, George A. Saue5 and W.
B. Logan, who declared 20 me chat
they % hereby organise and form Z
eo.porasicn, undce the lavs Of che State
oi Louisiana, Tor the objects AND put
poses and uodes the ssipulstioas as
herein set o,a. eo-wia:
ARTICLE l.
The name of this corporation shall be
CHARLES r. BALL LUMBER COM
[ Is.ANY. under which said corporation
shall have succession Cor 1eriod of
fifty years. unless sooner dissolved as
hereinafter provided Said corporation
shall have and enjoy all of the rights
and powers granted 20 corporations of
its kind under the lac
ARTICLE II.
| The domicilc of said corporation shall
be i'll the City of Shreveport. Caddo
Parish. Louisiana, end citation and
other legal process shall be served on
its president, or in his absence on any
officer Of the company at its Office.
ARTICLE III.
The purposes for which this corpora
ton is formed and the nature of the
business to be carried on by it are
hereby declared to be the purchase and
sale Of lumber and all kinds of building
and construction material, and also,
| should the board of directors see proper,
the manufacture of lumber and all kinds
Of building material. and in order to
carry out such purposes, the purchase
/ and operation OF saw mills, planning
mills and the building and operation of
tram roads, railroads, telegraph and
telephone lines, with the power to do
such other things as may be necessary
to carry on such business, including che
conducting Of general merchandise
and supply business in connection 0ith
the operation of Che saw mill business.
ARTICLE ".
! The capital stock of This corporation
lis hereby fixed at the sun, Of fifty
thousand ($5oooo) dollars, divided into
FIVE hrndsed shares of the pas value Of
one hundred ($,D) do7la,s each, the
corporation o. begin business whcfl
thirty thousand dollars of The capital
stock is subscribed and paid in, said
stock to be paid for i'll cash Os in prop
erty or service Of its equivalent in such
manner as the board Of directors may
determine.
ARTICLE V.
| The corporate powers of this COT
poration sllall Be vested in board Of
directors 10 be composed Of ehree
Stockholders, which, tpard shall be elect
ii annually on Che FIST Alonday i'll
Ap.l. The slisetnss shall eleSt Che Of
hcers, which Snail consist o5 president.
vice president. sescsasy- tseasu and
the first board sfsls consist 81 Chaeles
z. Aall, who shsll Be president; Vim.
K. logan, who shall be vice president,
and I. S. Welsh, sho shall ne secre-
sasy treasures, al Of whom shah ssve
until Che 6sse Monday in April 1910
~ until t'eiS successors are elecscd
taxa,xics occurring in tl's tcasd OF
disecsoss shall he filed BY me remain
ing dsectors. The directors shall be
elected by che stockholders, each share
Of ssock 20 be entitled 10 one vote, q be
cast b. is o~ncs in person % By proxy.
and Che majority Of sotes shall elect
(The boasd # directors shale make all
sucl, 4uies and regulations Tor the msn-
agen,ent Of the business as they shall
deem necessary and expedient.
ARTICLE VI.
Notice Of al stockholders meetings
shall eithce be published ten days price
Thereto 10 one Of the newspapero % the
City Of Shreveport OF such noeice
mailed BY the secretary ten days before
such meeting to each enembee q the
Company Go the address as shown by
the corporations books The charter OF
this corporation may Be modified or
ameuded. or said corporation dissolved,
eith the consent Of Che majority Of che
amonnt Of capital stock represented at
meetiag Of the SHAREHOLDERS convened
tov that purpose Whencvee this COZ
ppration is dissolved, BY limitation or
ot'.a wise, it SHAH Be Gqu'dased b. too
commissioners elected BY the stockhold-
ers who shah tave fvil poser aud a,-
thor;ty to wind rp its aaaiss, settle its
liabilities and distribute the remaining
:,re eecds among the creditors and sto'k-
holders.
ARTICLE VII
No stakeholder shall ever be liable
Tor the contracts % eaults of this cor
eoration IN any further sum than the