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

personally came and appeared F. D
Lee, J. B. Ards, c. D. KaImhach, ".
IT, Crawford, ". K. Henderson, Soy
mour FIorsheiIn, II. N. WE'LL J. c. Eos
ter, ali residents Of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, who declared. that,
avaiiing themselves Of the laws Of the
State Of Louisiana relative to the or
ganization Of corporations for works OF
public Improvement and utility, they
have contracted and obligated and do
hereby contract and obligat' them
selves, as we'll as such other persons as
may hereafter become associated with
them, to form a corporation for the
/ objects and purposes and under the
stipuIations and agreements following
to-wit:
! ARTICLE II.
! The name and style Of this corpora
ton shall be SHREVEPORT TRANS
PORTATION 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 we'll as mortgage and convey
real and personal property; operate
steamboats,, vessels and other vehicles
for the transportation of freight, pas
scngers, mail, etc, by water; name and
appoint such managers, directors and
officers as its interests may require, and
make, as we'll as alter, such bylaws as
may be deemed proper.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of said corporation shall
be in the City of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, and citation and
either 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 a sufficient
: number Of steamboats, or other vessels
, for the transportation of freight, pas
sengers, 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 a freight
5 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
dred thousand ($1oo,ooooo) dollars
: divided into four thousand shares OF
: the par value of twenty-five ($25.oo)
E dollars each, to be issued at not less
, than par, for cash or for property &C
j tuaIly received or purchased by the cor
3 poration; the corporation, however, may
begin business and become a going CON
Germ whenever. four hundred and eighty
: (48o) shares of its stock has been Sub
scribed and paid for in cash or III prop
erty, as above. provided.
ARTICLE V.
The powers Of this corporation shall
be vested in board of directors com
posed of seven % stockholders; sale
= 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
! flee of the company, Shreveport, Louis
u lana, after ten days notice in any On>
of the newspapers published in the CITY
: of Shreveport. Each share of stock shall
: be entitled to one vote, and the major
: ity of the stock present and voting a
: such meetings shall elect. Stock may
, be voted at all meetings either by the
: owner in person or by proxy. The frs
board of directors, hereinafter named
; or any board of directors that may b.
heeafter elected by the stockholders
shall remain in office until their success
sors are elected. Any vacancy occurring
in the board of directors shall be filled
by the remaining directors. The frs
board of directors of said corporation
which shall continue in office until tn,
first Monday in September 1910, or TN
: til their successors shall have beer
) elected, are hereby declared to be F. D
Il Lee, ]. B. Ards, c. D. Kalmbach, w
; T. Crawford, w. K. Hendersos, Sey
mour Florsheim and H NJ. We'll. Thu
directors shall elect the officers of tht
corporation, and until the first Monday
in September 1910 or until their sue
cessors shall have been elected, the Of
fcers of said corporation shall be a!
: follows; F. D. Lee president; J B
Ards, vice presidents c. D. Kalmbach
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