The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-24
CHARTER
OF TIE SHREVEPORT BURIAL
COMPANY.

St:te Il Louisiana. Parish Of Caddo:
Before me- Kydon y. Webb the Under
signed authority, notary public i'll and
for the Parish OF Caddo. Louisiana at
my office in the City OF Shreveport La,
came and appeared on the date herein
alter written, the following: Samuel
Burger and R. I. Burger, residents OF
Texarkana. Texas, and ". \. Nabry,
resident Of Caddo Parish, louisiana.
all TO me well known. who declared
unto NE. i'll the prpesence of the attest
| ing witnesses, that they desired 10 form
and constitute corporation under the
| laws of the State OF Louisiana: and that
they do hereby form themselves and
| their successors into a corporation and
constitute the same i'll compliance with
the provisions and subject to the restric-
tons OF the laws OF the State q Louis
lana governing corporations and under
the provisions Of the articles q 1ncor
poration hereinafter SET forth.
| ARTICLE /.
The name Of this corporation shall be
| THE SHREVEPORT BURIAL COM
| PANY. and by this name shall have
power and authority to have and enjoy
succession for a period Of fifty $50
wears, unless sooner dissolved IN accord
ance with this charter: to contract, sue
and be sued; to make and tlse a corpor-
ate seal and the same to break, alter or
| amend at PLEASURE: and under this
name to hold. receive, purchase and
otherwise acquire, to own, convey, sell
or otherwise dispose Of, to lease, pledge,
mortgage or otherwise hypotlecate,
property. real, personal or nlixed to
name and appoint such officers, directors,
! agents and managers, or employees, as
the interest or convenience OF sad cor
poration may require; to make and es-
tablish bylaws, rules and regulations for
the proper management and regulation
of its affairs. as may be deemed neces-
sary and proper. and the same to alter
and change at pleasure; and to do all
acts and things permitted by law, or
~ out the objects and purposes Of said
corporation.
The president. or in his absence, the
vice president shall be the proper per-
son upon whom citation Or other legal
process shall be served.
ARTICLE II.
The donicie of this corporation is
declared to be the City OF Shreveport,
Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes tor which
this corporation is organized, and the
nature Of the business to be carried on
by it are declared to be as follows, to-
wit: To carry on general burial and
undertaking business, to buy, sell and
otherwise deal in collins and general
undertaking goods, and to do any and all
things incidental to the purposes above
named, and generally to do any and all
things necessary to be done in further
ance of such objects and purposes.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers OF tins corporp-
alton shall be vested in board Of dlrec-
tors composed of three stockholders
The directors shall elect president, vice
; epresident and secretarytreasurer, anc
shall prescribe their duties. Election:
Of directors shall take place the frs
Tuesday OF January OF each year. 1he
first board Of directors shall be as fol
lows: Samuel Burger, W. A. Mabry
and r. f. Burger, with Samuel Burger
as president, W. A. Mabry as vice pres
ident, and R. E. Burger as secretary
treasurer.
All officers shall serve until their sue
cessors are elected If any vacancies &C
cur among the officers or directors, thu
! remaining directors may select stock
holder to fill same
The board of directors shall hav'
power to borrow and lend money: tt
issue bills of exchange, notes, bonds
drafts, and other negotiable paper; exc
: cute mortgages and generally to do al
= things incident to the objects and pur
S poses of this corporation.
I ARTICLE V.
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be FIVE thousand dollars ($5ooo)
4 divided into fifty (5o) shares of pa
value of one hundred dollars ($1oo
!, leach. The stock shall be subscribed ant
= paid for in cash or its equivalent befor
:, issued, and at least thirty (3o) share
| of the value Of three thousand dollar
($3ooo) shall be subscribed and paid fo
before this corporation shall commenc
! business.
S No stakeholder shall be liable fo
q more than the unpaid balance on tn
e stock subscribed for by him, nor sha
any mere informally in organizatio
have the effect of rendering this charte