The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-21
CHARTER
OF THE PLEASANT HILL TELE-
PHONE COMPANY.

II State OF Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
Be it known that before me, A. B.
Freyer, notary public in and for the
Parish of Caddo and State of Louis
/, lana, duly commissioned and qualified
and in the presence of the witnesses
!. hereinafter named and undersigned,
came and appeared the several persons
j whose names are hereunto subscribed
who declared that availing themselves
of the provisions of the laws of this
State relative to the organization of
corporations for works of public i'm
provement and utility, they have CON
tracted and agreed, and do by these
presents, covenant, agree, bind and obi
gate themselves, as well as such persons
as may hereafter become associated
with them to form and constitute a cor
poration and body polite in law, for the
object and purposes and under the
agreements and stipulations following,
to-wit:
| ARTICLE /. -
| The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is organized and found
ed, and the nature of business to be
carried on by it are declared to be the
construction, establishment, operation
and maintenance of telephone system,
4 for the transmission of messages in the
| town of Sodus, Sabine Parish, Louis
lana, and in and to such other towns
and cities in the State of Louisiana as
they may hereafter see proper, and to
connect with any other telephone COM
pany doing business in the State, and to
acquire, lease and sell telephone prop
critics, and all things necessary in the
conducting of telephone business, and
to receive for its messages and com
munications such tolls and charges as
may be established by the proper au-
thofized officers, such tolls and rates not
to exceed those established by the Rail
road Commission of the State of Louis
lana.
ARTICLE II.
The name, style and title of this cor
poration shall be PLEASANT HILL
TELEPHONE COMPANY, and TN
der its corporate name it shall have
power and authority to have and enjoy
succession for the full term of ninety
nine (oo) years from and after the date
hereof; to contract, sue and be sued |
and to make and use corporate seal, |
and the same to break and alter at
pleasure; to name and appoint such
managers, directors, officers and agents, |
as the interest and convenience of said |
corporation may require, to make and
establish bylaws, rules and regulations
for the conduct of the affairs of said
corporation as may be deemed necessary
and proper, and the same to be changed
and altered at pleasure, and to generally |
possess all the powers heretofore enum- |
Grated, and which are now or may here
after be conferred by law or which are |
necessary to promote its objects and
purposes.
ARTICLE III.
The domicile of said corporation shall |
be in the City of Shreveport, Caddo |
Parish, Louisiana, and all citations and
other legal process shall be served on
the president of the corporation, or in
case of his absence on the vice presi-
dent, or in the absence of both upon the |
secretary-treasurer of the corporation, |
as provided by law; the officers of the
company shall be president, vice pres
ident, secretary-treasurer who are here
by designated as follows T. F. Sargent, |
president; ]. J. Paxton, vice president
B. L. Sargent, secretary treasurer, who
shall serve as such until the second |
Monday in January 1911 or until their
successors are elected and qualified, |
which election of officers shall take
place on said first Monday in January
1911 and annually thereafter.
ARTICLE w.
The corporate powers of said corpor
alton shall be vested in and exercised
by a board of directors comprised of
FIVE stockholders; said directors shall
be elected every year on the second
Monday in January 5eginning in the
year 1910, or such other day as the
stockholders at regular meeting may
fix. The first board of directors shall
consist of ] ]. Paxton, T. F. Sar-
gent, B. L. Sargent, Frank Files, v.
L. McCarty, and they shall continue in
Office until the next annual election of
directors, on the second Monday in
January 1910 or until their successors
shall be elected and installed The di-
rectors shall be elected by the stock
holders, each share of stock shall be
entitled to one vote, to be cast by its
owner or by proxy. A majority of
votes cast shall elect. Any vacancy oc-
curing in said board of directors from
any cause shall be filled by election by
the remaininf directors. Three direc
tors shall with the president constitute