The Caucasian., 1910-02-15
CHARTER
lOF THE EUBANK-MASON REAL
TY COMPANY.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
Before me, the undersigned authority,
on this day came and appeared the per-
sons whose names are hereto subscribed,
who declared that availing themselves of
of the provisions of law relative to the
organization of corporations they do by
these presents bind and obligate them
selves and constitute a corporation and
body polite in law, for the objects and
purposes and under the agreements and
stipulations following, to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is organized are hereby
declared to be the acquiring and holding
of property, real, personal and mixed,
together with the right to mortgage,
pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of any
property belonging to said corporation;
to act on its own account or as agent for
others in the handling of leases; nego-
tiating bonds, notes Or other negotiable
paper, and also to carry on a general in
surance agency business in the Parish Of
Caddo or elsewhere in the State of
Louisiana, as the board of directors may
prescribe
ARTICLE II.
The name and style of this corpora
ton shall be "EUBANK-MASON
REALTY COMPANY" and under its
corporate name it shall have power and
authority to have and enjoy succession
for a full period of ninety-nine years !;
to contract, sue and be sued; to make
and use a corporate seal; to name and
appoint such managers, directors, Of
fcers and agents as the interests and
convenience of said corporation may re-
quire.
ARTICLE III.
The domici1e of this corporation shall
be in the City of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, and all citation or
other legal process shall be served on
the president of the corporation, or in
his absence on the secretary and treas
urer; the officers of this corporation
shall. be president and secretary treas
urer. The first officers of said corpora
ton are hereby declared to be Sam w.
Mason, president, and D. P. Eubank,
secretary-treasurer, all of whom shall
serve until their successors are elected
and qualified; the first election of ofic-
ers shall take place on the first Monday
in FEBRUARY 1911, and annually there
after.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers of this corpora
ton shall be vested in and exercised by
a board of directors, composed of three
stockholders; said board of directors
shall be elected every year on the first
Monday in February, beginning with the
year 1911 The first board of directors
shall consist of L. Hansen, Sam w.
Mason and D. P. Eubank. The board
of directors shall be elected by the
stockholders, each share of stock being
entitled to one vote, to be cast by the
owner thereof or by proxy, and the ma
jority of the votes cast shall elect. Any
vacancy in the board of directors shall
be filled by the remaining directors. Two
directors shall constitute a quorum.
ARTICLE V.
The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at five thousand dollars,
to be divided into fifty shares of one
hundred dollars each. The corporation
is authorized to begin business when
thirty shares of the capital stock shall
have been subscribed and paid for In
full to the treasurer The stock may be
issued either for cash, or for its equiva-
lent in property provided, however, that
no stock shall be disposed of by the di-
rectors at less than par, and such stock,
when issued, shall be fully paid.
ARTICLE VI.
This charter may be amended or
changed as required by law at any meet
ing of the stockholders, convened for
that purpose, after ten day notice to the
stockholders. If the corporation should
be dissolved its affairs shall be liquidat-
ed by two commissioners selected by
the stockholders at a meeting called fol
that purpose.
This done and signed at my Office in
the Parish Of Caddo, on this 9th day of
February 1910 I. HANSEN.
SAM w. MASON.
Attest: D. P. EUBANK.
N. j. STUART.
L L. CULBERTSON.
S. o. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Oficio Deputy Re-
corder and Notary Public.
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