The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-27
CHART Err
OF THE LODWICK LUMBER COM
PANY.

PANY.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo =:
Be it remembered that this day before
me, John D. Wilkinson, a notary public
in and for said Parish and State, duly
commissioned and sworn, personally
came and appeared S. B. Hicks, J. T.
Wutrsbaugh and S. H. Ford, residents
of said Parish and State, who stated and
declared to me, notary, that availing
themselves of the Constitution and laws
of the State of Louisiana relating to the
formation of corporations, they have
formed themselves, as we'll as such 9th
ers as may hereafter become associated
with them, into corporation and body
corporate and have adopted as their
charter and act of incorporation the
following, to-wit:
ARTICLE |.
The name and title of this corporation
is hereby declared to be THE LODI
WICK LUMBER COMPANY" and
under said corporate name it shall have
and enjoy succession for a period of
fifty years, unless sooner dissolved as
hereinafter provided. Its domicile is
fixed at the City of Shreveport in said
Parish and State, and all legal process
shall be served on the president, or in
his absence on the vice president of the
company.
ARTICLE II.
The purposes for which this corpora
ton is formed and its objects are here
by declared to be to own, manufacture,
| buy and sell lumber and lumber pro-
ducts, timber and timber lands, and to
that end to acquire, own, lease, and ope-
rate saw mills, planning mills and other
means for manufacturing lumber, with
such tramways, railway or other means
of conveyance as may be necessary in
| the manufacture and sale of lumber and
its products
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at fifty thousand dollars,
| divided into FIVE hundred shares of one
hundred dollars each, and it shall com
mence business and become a going con-
Germ whenever twenty thousand dollars
of its capital stock is subscribed and
paid for All stock shall be fully paid
when issued, and shall be issued only
for cash, labor performed or property
received, as the board of directors may
decide.
ARTICLE ".
| The affairs of this corporation shall
be managed by board of directors con-
sisting of three stockholders who shall
be elected annually on the third Mon.
day of January of each year at a stock
holders meeting called for that rur
pose, but shall hold their Offices until
/, their successors are elected and in
stalled. Any vacancy occurring in the
board of directors shall be filled by thu
remaining directors e1ecting a stock.
t holder for the unexpired term Unit
/ the first election hereunder in January
: 1911, the following shall constitute The
! board of directors S. B. Hicks, who
. shall be president; ]. T. Wurtsbaugh
who shall be vice president, and F. H
Ford, who shall be secretary and treas
urer The said board of directors shall
; have power and authority to elect sucl
agents, clerks, managers or other EN-
I ployes as they deem best, and shall havt
: power to adopt such bylaws, rules am
! regulations as may be necessary, and tht
same to alter or change at pleasure.
ARTICLE V.
: This charter may be amended or abol
ishej and this corporation may be dis
/ solved on complying with the laws o
the State of Louisiana by vote of two
thirds of the capital stock voting at
meeting called for that purpose, and ii
all stockholders meetings each share 0
r stock shall be entitled to one vote to b
+ cast by its owner in person or by proxy
E When this corporation is dissolved b,
] limitation or otherwise, its affairs shal
be liquidated by liquidator elected b.
: the stockholders and who shall give snci
] bond and perform such duties as tn
said stockholders may prescribe.
S ARTICLE VI.
n No stakeholder of this corporation
: shall ever be held liable for the con
e tracts or faults thereof in any create
sum than the value of his stock, and NJ
mere informality shall have the effec
of rendering this charter null or of ex
fosing stakeholder to any greater liza
bility than the amount due on his stoct
In testimony whereof, said partie
Rave hereunto subscribed their names /
p: essence of me, notary, and the two at
: testing competent witnesses on this tn
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