The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-30
CHARTER
Hart-Behrens Lumber Com
pany, Limited
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF LOUISIANA
prcu ne, GIANT

Il
/, PARISH OF GRANT.
Be It known that on this 2lst day
June. A. ID. 1910. before me, Ray Wat
son. a Notary Public In and for the
parish of Grant, State OF louisiana.
duly commissioned aud qualif1ed.
and i'm the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned.
personally came aud appeared L. u.
Hart. r. q Hart. Mrs. Maggie A.
Evans. all residents of the parish oil
Grant, and G. j. Behrens. a resident
of the City of st. Louis. State oil
Missouri. who declared that. avail
ing themselves Of the provisions oil
the laws of this State relative to the
formation of corporations. they 40
by these presents for themselves.
their associates. successors ana as
signs. as well as such other persons
who NAV hereafter become ass0ci-
ated with them. form and organize
themselves into and constitute II
CORPORATION under the laws Of the
State of Louisiana for the purpose
and under the stipulations and agree
ments hereinafter set forth ana en-
pressed. which they hereby adopt as
their charter or articles of incOrpor-
alton, to-wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name and title Of this corpor-
alton shall be the Hart Behrens Lum-
Der Company, Limited, and under the
corporate name 1t shall have and
enjoy corporate existence and sue
cession for q term OF twenty-five t.3)
| wears from and after the date OF this
act; to contract, sue anu ne suen,
| to make and use Il corporate seal
and the same to break and change
at pleasure; to hold In fee or Other
wise receive, lease. purchase. alien
ate and convey, as well as to mort
gage. hypotbecate and to pledge
property. real and personal; to issue
stocks and bonds therefor; to name
and appoint such managers. direc-
tors, officers or agents as the inter
est OF said corporation may require;
to establish by-la Wa, rules and regu.
llations for the proper management
; of the affairs of this corporation al
may be necessary and proper. the
same to alter at pleasure, and gener
ally. to do and perform such acts nj
NAV be proper and necessary to car
nv out and execute the purposes o
this corporation.
| ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes Tor whicf
J this corporation Is formed and thu
general nature of the business to bt
, carried on by IL are declared to b,
to\manufacture all kinds Of rough
, and dressed lumber, and the same t.
sell both at wholesale and retail; II
acquire. construct and operate saw
mills or manufacturing establish
| ments necessary and convenient t.
carry on the purposes OF this cor
poration; to buy and sell both a
wholesale and retail, all kinds q
lumber. shingles and building ma
terial: to establish and conduct lum
z Der yards; to buy and sell, hold ant
] lease real estate. stumpage and logs
|. and to construct. acquire and OpeI
y ate such tram ways, railroads an
e logging roads operated by steam 0
other power necessary to cOnduC
the business for which this corpora
9 ton was organized, to conduct sue
!, stores and commissaries as may :
needful and necessary to carry o
the business of the corporation.
y. ARTICLE ILL.,.
81 The domicile of this corporatio
and its principal place Of bushes
q shall he at Bentley. in the parish
e Grant. State of Louisiana.
al The President of this corporation
and in his absence the Vice Presiden
3. and I'm the absence of both Of then
h the Secretary. are designated as II
officers upon whom service OF cit
ton or of any other legal proce'
It shall be made.
ARTICLE
The capital stock Of this corpOr
5, ton ia hereby fixed at Fifty Tho
d sand 1851, 000.00) Dollars, divide
:. Into Eve hundred 5000 shares of Il
mar value of One Hundred $4,000
10 Dollars each, which shares shall
paid for in cash. or its equivalent.
such times and in such amounts
the Board of Directors may deter
n inc; and the said stock may he ISIS
40 ed at not less than par In payme
of property received or purchased
lie said corporation, or for labor do
D. or money actually received. Pr
yided. however, that no stock shs
be issued by said corporation I'M
al payment therefor has been made .
AZ cording to the previous provision
this article.
This corporation may commen
: business under its corporate mar
as soon az Forty Thousand "a
n OOO.O0) Dollars Of it's capital sto
NC shall have been subscribed and pa
nc for.
g. ARTICLE V.
All the corporate powers OF Il
corpuration shall be vested In a
exercised by the Board OF Directo
to be composed of three (3l stot
holders OF this corporation, a m
fiority of whom shall constitute
luuorum for the transaction of bu
ness. The first board OF directe
shall consist of T. q. Hart, c. J. Bel
ems and X. G. Hart, stockholders
this corporation.
The board OF directors shall ne
Office until the first Tuesday OF Jul