The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-10-09
CHARTER
OF THE INVESTORS REAL ES>
TATE COMPANY.

SduuO. DSlOIC lit, biiS ulIuCl SISnSO no.
tary public, duly commissioned and
sworn, appeared Amasa F. Hawkins, q
resident of Houston, Texas; John L,
Tibbott, a resident Of Shreveport. La.
and Jesse M. Hawkins, a resident Of
Houston, Texas, who declared to me
that they do hereby form themselves
into corporation under, the laws Of
the State of Louisiana, under the stip>
ulations hereinafter set out, to-wit;
ARTICLE l.
The name of this corporation shall be
INVESTORS REAL ESTATE COM
PANY; it shall have the right to enjoy
succession for ninety-nine years, with
the right to contract site and be sued,
and to hold, purchase, lease, SELF and
hypothecate property real and peri
sonal; its domicile shall be in the City
of Shreveport, and all citation and other
legal process shall be made on its pres
| ident, or i'll his absence at the Office Oh
the company according to law
ARTICLE II.
The objects for which this cOrporaa-
ton is organized and the nature of this.
| business to be carried on by it are
hereby declared to be, to buy ana sell
real estate; especially to buy acreage
property within the limits or adjacent
to the City of Shreveport, Louisiana.
or elsewhere, and to subdivide the same,
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lease said lots; to own and acquire city
residences, business property and to sell
or lease the same to buy and sell farm
lands and timber lands to buy and sell,
as we'll as lease, mineral lands, and to.
buy and sell lands on commission,
ARTICLE III,
The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed in the sum of one hun
dred thousand ($1ooooooo) dollars,
divided into one thousand shares Of
one hundred dollars EACH and said
corporation is authorized to commence
business whenever one hundred shares
of its capital stock shall have been sub
scribed and paid for in full; the capital
stock of said corporation shall be paid
for in cash or its equivalent, .>
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers of this corpor4
alton shall be vested in a board of di-
rectors, consisting of three stocllhold-
ers, who shall be annually elected on
the second Tuesday in January. The
first board of directors is declared to be
Amasa F. Hawkins, John l. Tibbott
and Jesse NJ. Hawkins, who shall serve
until their successors are elected. The
officers of this company shall be a pres
ident, vice president, secretary and
treasurer, and the first of said officess,
are declared to be John L. Tibbott,
president; Jesse M Hawkins, vice pres
ident; and Amasa F. Hawkins, secre-
tary and treasurer. Said officers shalt
Il be elected annually on said second Tues
day in January A majority of the
stock shall elect the directors, and III all
elections or proceedings of stockhold-
ers, each share of stock present or rep
/ resented by written proxy shall BE enc
titled to one vote. Notice of all cleo
tons or meetings of stockholders shall
be advertised ten days in a daily paper
directors TO be chosen at the Office of
the company.
ARTICLE v.
/ No stakeholder shall be liable on ac~
count of any obligation to this corpora
ton in any other sum than the amount
of unpaid balance due by him on stock
subscribed for. No irregularity nor
any informa1ity in organization shalt
have the effect of rendering this char
ter null or of exposing any stakeholder
Ito liability beyond such unpaid balance.
ARTICLE VI.
/ This charter may be amended Eek
cept as to increasing or decreasing it's
capital stock) by two-thirds vote oF
stock represented at meeting of the
i stockholders convened for such purpose
after ten days previous notice by publ.
cation in any one of the newspapers of
the City Of Shreveport, Louisiana.
| Whenever this corporation is dissolved,
/ by limitation or otherwise. its affairs
shall be liquidated by three commits
sioners elected at stockholders meet
ing, who shall have full power to wind
up its affairs and settle its Indebtedness.
In testimony of all of which the said
above named parties have hereunto af-
fixed their signatures in the presence
of S. L. Herold and Sara w. Pearce,
competent witnesses, on this the 18th
day of September A. D. 1910.
A. F. HAWKINS.
JESSE M. HAWKINS.
Attest: JOHN L. TIBBOTT.
| S. L. HEROLD.
SARA w. PEARCE.
+ A. THIGPEN,
Notary Public
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