The Caucasian., 1910-02-15
CHARTER
OF THE AMELIA LAND COM
PANY.

The State of Louisiana, Parish of
Caddo: Before me, the undersigned au
thority, on this day came and appeared
the several persons whose names are
hereto subscribed, who declared that
they do hereby form a corporation I'M
der the laws of the State of Louisiana,
for the objects and purposes and under
the stipulations following, to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is organized are hereby
declared to be the purchase and sale of
real estate and other property, with the
right of holding and disposing of same,
or of mortgaging, leasing or pledging
the same, as the directors of this cor
poration may see proper.
ARTICLE II.
The name and style of this corpora
ton shall be AMELIA LAND COM
PANY, an dunder its said name it shall
have power and authority to enjoy Sue
cession for a period of twenty-five
years.
ARTICLE III
The donicile of this corporation shall
be in the City of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana; citation or other
legal notice shall be served on the pres
ident, or in his absence on the vice
president.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate power of this corpora
ton shall be vested in and exercised by
board of directors, composed of three
stockholders, which said board shall be
elected annually by the stockholders on
the first Monday in January, beginning
with the year 1911 The officers of the
corporation shall be a president, vice
president and secretary-treasurer. The
officers shall be elected by the directors,
and the first board of directors, who
shall serve until the first Monday in
January 1911, or until their successors
shall have been elected, shall be J. C..
Foster, J. B. Foster and J. A Thigpen,
with ]. c. Foster as president, J. B.
Foster as vice president and J. A. Thig
pen as secretary-treasurer Notice of
stockholders meetings shall be given by
ten days publication in any one of the
newspapers published in the City of
Shreveport, but such notice may be
waived by the stockholders. At all
stockholders meetings each share of
stock shall be entitled to one vote, and
may be cast by the owner thereof or by
proxy. Any vacancy in the board of di-
rectors shall be filled by the remaining
directors. Two directors shall constitute
Quorum. The directors shall have full
power and authority to adopt all rules
and bylaws that may be necessary or
needful in the management of the busi-
ness of the corporation.
ARTICLE V.
The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at one hundred thousand
dollars, to be divided into 1000 shares
of one hundred ($Ioo) dollars each.
The stock may be issued either for cash
or for its equivalent in property; pro-
vided, however, that no stock shall be
disposed of by the directors at less than
par This corporation is authorized to
begin business when one hundred shares
of its capital stock shall have been sub
scribed and paid for in full
ARTICLE VI.
This charter may be amended with
the consent of majority of the stock
holders, at a meeting called for such
purpose, after ten days notice in writing.
When this corporation is dissolved, its
affairs shall be 1iquidated by two com
missioners, selected by the stockhold-
ers, at meeting called for such pur-
pose.
Signed at my office in the Parish oi
Caddo, on this the 5th day of February
A. D. 1910.
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