The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-11
CHARTER
OF THE SHREVEPORT TRANS
PORTATToN COMPANY

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo ::
Before me, the undersigned authority,
personally came and appeared F. D.
Lee, J. B. Ards, C. D. Kalmbach, w.
L. Crawford, w. K Henderson, Sey-
mour Florsheim, H. NJ We'll, J. C. Fos-
ter, all residents of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, who declared that,
availing themselves of the laws of the
State of Louisiana relative to the or
gan1zation of corporations for works of
public Improvement and utility, they
have contracted and obligated and do
hereby contract and obligate them
selves, as we'll as such other persons as
may. hereafter become associated with
them, to form corporation for the
objects and purposes and under the
stlpulations 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 J;
make and use a corporate SEAL hold
receive, lease, charter, purchase and
sell, as well as mortgage and convey
real and personal property; operate
steamboats,, vessels and other vehicles
for the transportation of freight, pas
sengers, 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
other 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 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 freight
express, with the further right to carry
on such things as are incident to the
conduct of said business.
ARTICLE Nv.
The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at the sum of one hun
dred thousand ($Ioo,oeo.oo) dollars,
divided into four thousand shares OF
the par value of twenty five ($25.oo)
dollars each, to be issued at not less
than par, for cash or for property ac-
Itually received or purchased by the cor
poration; the corporation, however, may
begin business and become going con
Germ whenever four hundred and eighty
/ (48o) shares of its stock has been sub
scribed and paid for in cash or in prop
erty, as above provided.
ARTICLE v.
The powers of this corporation shall
be vested in board of directors COM
posed of seven Cd stockholders; said
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
fee of the company, Shreveport Louis
lana, after ten days notice in any one
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 al
such meetings shall elect. Stock may
be voted at all meetings either BY the
owner in person or by proxy The trsi
board of directors, hereinafter named
or any board Of directors that may be
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 filed
! by the remaining directors. The frst
board of directors Of said corporation
which shall continue in Office until tht
first Monday in September 1910, or url-
I'll their successors shall have beer
elected. are hereby declared to be F. D
Lee. j. B. Ards, c. D. Kalmbach, W
T Crawford, w. K Hendersos, Sey
mour Florsheim and H. M. Well. Ih'
directors shall elect the officers Of tn
corporation, and until the first Monday
in September 1910 or until their sue
a..a~s aha1f have been elected the of