The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-17
CHARTER
OF THE MEYER DRUG COM
PANY.

OF THE MEYER DRUG COM
PANY.
State of Louisiana, Pariah of Caddo:
Be it remembered that on this the 18TH
day of July 1909, before me, John D.
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 GaRe
Meyer, resident of Pine Bluff, Arkansas,
who stated and declared to me notary
that availing themselves of the Consti-
tuition and laws of the State of Louis
lana relative to the formation of cor
porations and especially Act 1873 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 I.
/ 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 un-
| 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, and
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, machinery
S or factory as may be necessary for the
i proper conduct of its business.
ARTICLE III.
This corporation shall have power to
] contract, sue and to be sued, to make
and use a corporate seal and the same
| to alter at pleasure; to hold, receive
purchase, improve, ALLEVIATE, convey, sell
borrow, pledge, mortgage and hypothe
+ cate under its corporate name all kinds
: of property, and to make and establish
: such rules and regulations for thu
: proper management of its affairs as !
II may deem necessary, and the same tt
: alter or change at pleasure, and to en-
(, 10y all other privileges and immunitie
e given by the laws of the State of Louis
e lana to corporations organized for sim
u liar purposes.
ARTICLE ".
= The capital stock of this corporation
. lis fixed at ten thousand dollars divides
/. into one hundred shares OF one hundre'
= dollars each, which shall be paid for a
It 1.-THE time of its issuance, and said stoc
r may be issued for money. goods, prop
in erty or for services performed as tn
a. board of directors may determine. N
stockholder shall sell or transfer hi
stock until after ten days notice OF sue
- intention to sell has been given to tn
l. president or vice president of the CON
IN pany, during which time the remainin
4 stockholders shall have the first optic
eli purchase said stock, and on the
= failure to do so within the ten ia,
.. stated, it may be sold to other person:
,;s but all transfers of stock must be ma.
h. OF the books of the company at its 0
n fee. This corporation shall comrnen'
business as soon as eight thousand dc
;aI lars of its capital stock is subscribe
is for.
.e-i ARTICLE v.
zee The affairs of this corporation shs
TX, be managed by board of directO
lp- consisting of three stockholders, two
of whom shall constitute a quorum, wi
shall be elected by the stockholders
general stockholders meeting held
the second Monday of July 1910, al
annually thereafter, but all directo
shall hold their Office until their succ'
sors are elected and installed. Ur
said election in 1910 the following Oh
, constitute the board of directors of d
La. corporation |. R. Meyer, who shall
ibe president and manager; F. B. Mey
Dur who shall be secretary and treasur
and Gabe Meyer, vice president.