The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-05
CHARTER
OF THE MEYER DRUG COM
PANY.

Be it remembered that on this the 18TH |
day of July 1909, before me, John ID. |
Wilkinson, a notary public duly com
stoned and sworn for and within the
State aforesaid, personally came and
appeared l. r. Meyer, president of said
corporation; P B Meyer, and Gabe
Meyer. resident of Pine Bluff, Arkansas,
who stated and declared to me notary |
that availing themselves of the Constr
tuition and laws of the State of Louis
lana relative to the formation of cor
porations and especially Act 178 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 a
corporation and have adopted as their
charter and act of incorporation the
following, towit
ARTICLE |.
The name OF this corporation shall be
THE MEYER DRUG COMPANY"
with its domiciIe in the City of Shreve-
port, in said Parish and State, and un-
der said corporate name it shall have
and enjoy succession for a 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
ten 49,.
ARTICLE II.
The object for which this corporation
is organized and the nature of the BITS
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
of factory as may be necessary for the
1 proper conduct of it's 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 the
: proper management of its affairs as II
r may deem necessary, and the same to
: alter or change at pleasure, and to EN-
!, 10y all other privileges and itnrnunities
e given by the laws of the State of Louis
e lana to corporations organized for sim
\ liar purposes.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corporation
: is fixed at ten thousand dollars divided
into one hundred shares of one hundred
dollars each, which shall be paid for al
! the time of its issuance, and said stock
may be issued for money, goods. prop
), erty or for services performed as tht
board of directors may determine. NJ
stakeholder shall sell or transfer hi
stock until after ten days notice of suct
intention to sell has been given to tht
n president or vice president of the com
6 pany, during which time the remaining
u stockholders shall have the first option
7 to purchase said stock, and on thei
u failure to do so within the ten lay
3 stated, it may be sold to other persons
: tut all transfers of stock must be ma Il
. OF the books of the company at its of
fee. This corporation shall commerce
/ business as soon as eight thousand dol
lsrs Of its capital stock is subscribe
= for.
) ARTICLE v.
The affairs of this corporation shal
|, be managed by board of director
!, consisting of three stockholders, two 0
4 whom shall constitute a quorum, VIII
shall be elected by the stockholders a
a general stockholders meeting held o
the second Monday Of July 1910, an
annually thereafter, but all director
shall hold their office until their success
sors are elected and installed. Unit
said election in 1910, the following sha
constitute the board of directors Of thi
a corporation: I. R. Meyer, who shall b
,e president and manager; P. B. Meye
If who shall be secretary and treasure
and .Gabe Meyer, vice president. N
Is person shall be eligible as. difectc
: who shall not be stakeholder of TIL
&c corporation, and the board OF director
shall have power and authority to Fl
4 any vacancy in said board by the eleC
!. ton of stakeholder to fiji the une1
= lpired them Each share of stock sha
be entitled to one vote in all stool
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