The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-23
CHARTER
OF THE COLEMAN LUMBER
COMPANY LIMITED

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
Before me, L. c. Blanchard, a notary
public duly commissioned and sworn for
and within the Parish of Caddo, State
of Louisiana, personally came and ap-
peared ]. NJ Coleman, ]. c. Bates and
T. V. Coleman, all residents of the Par
ish of Caddo, State of Louisiana, who
stated and declared to me, notary, that
availing themselves of the Constitution
and laws of the State of Louisiana, they
have formed and constituted themselves,
as we'll as such other persons as may
hereafter become associated with them,
into a body corporate, and have adopted
and do hereby adopt as their act of in
corporation and charter, the following:
ARTICLE |.
The name and title of this corporation
shall be the COLEMAN LUMBER
COMPANY LIMITED" with its DOM
icile in the City of Shreveport, Louis
lana, in Caddo Parish, and under said
corporate name it shall have and enjoy
succession for period of twenty-five
years unless sooner dissolved as herein
specified.
ARTICLE H.
The purpose for which this corpora
ton is formed and its object is hereby
declared to be to own and operate saw
mills, planning mills and other means for
lumber in the State of
Louisiana, and also to conduct a general
wholesale lumber business, and to own
and acquire timber and timber lands
either by purchase, lease or otherwise
and to conduct in connection with their
sawmills and lumber business, commits
saries, stores, and to own and operate
as incidental thereto tram roads, rail
roads Or other means of transporting
logs Or lumber or other property neces-
sary in the conduct and operation of the
said business of conducting general saw
mills and planning mills, with the right
to acquire such real estate or personal
property as may be necessary therefor,
and the same to dispose of, mortgage,
hypotheeate or pledge as may be neces-
sary in the successful operation of said
business.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at the sum of ten thous-
and dollars, divided into one hundred
shares of one hundred dollars each, and
it shall become a going concern when
fifty shares of its capital stock is sub
scribed and actually paid for, which
payment may be made in cash or the
transfer of property or the rendition of
services to the said corporation, the
value of which shall be passed on and
approved by the board of directors.
ARTICLE ".
The affairs of this corporation SHALL
be managed and directed by board of
directors consisting of three stockhold-
ers, who shall be elected at a general
meeting held at the office
of the company in the City of Shreve-
port on the third Monday in May of
each year, and who shall hold their of
fees until the next succeeding election
or until their successors are elected
and qualified Until the election on
the third Monday in May 1910, the fol-
lowing shall constitute the board of di-
rectors and officers of the company,
viz: J. NJ. Coleman, who shall be pres
ident; ]. c. Bates, who shall be vice
president; and T. V. Coleman, who
shall be secretary and treasurer. The
said board of directors shall have au-
thorlty to adopt all regulations and BY
laws that may seem to them necessary,
and to name and oppoint such agents,
clerks and other employees as
may be necessary for the welfare of the
corporation, and to discharge the same
at pleasure. All legal process shall be
served on the president, or in his alb
sence on the vice president, at the Office
of the company in said Parish and State.
ARTICLE V.
+, his charter may be amended or al
tered Or abolished at a vote of three
fourths of the stock at a stockholders
meeting held for that purpose, after 80
days public notice, as provided by law,
and when dissolved, either by vote of
the stockholders or by limitation, its at
fairs shall be 1iquidated by one or more
l1quldators elected by the stockholders
at such general meeting, and who shall
give bond and perform such duties as
may be required of them at the time of
said appointment. In all stockholders
each stakeholder shall be en-
titled to one vote, either in person Or by
written proxy, for each share of stock
owned by him, and except as otherwise
provided by law, no other notice of
stockholders meeting shall be required