The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-22

ciared TO be: To do plumbing work and
all kinds of plumbing; TO conduct a
! plumbing shop with necessary tools and
appurtenances, including all kinds Of
| pipe and sewer work and to buy and
! sell the materials for such work and
! generally to do such work in the plumb
! ing business as is prescribed by the city
ordinances of the City of Shreveport,
Louisiana
ARTICLE ".
This corporation shall have the power
to sue and to be sued; TO contract and
be contracted with to plead and be i'm
pleaded; to own both real and personal
property, and the same to sell, mortgage
or hypothecate as may be determined by
the board of directors, and generally to
have power and authority to do any and
all things authorized under the laws of
the State of Louisiana relative to cor
poratiOns.
ARTICLE V.
The affairs of this corporation shall
be managed by board of directors to
consist of three stockholders, who shall
be elected annually on the third Tuesday
in April of each year, and who shall hold
Office for period of one year or until
| their successors shall have been elected
and qualified, provided that any vacancy
occurring in the said board of directors
| from death, resignation or otherwise,
shall be filled for the unexpired term by
/ the election of said successor by the re-
manning stockholders from among the
stockholders. The first board of direc-
tors shall be J. H. Anderson, R. J. Por-
! ter and ]. w. Chamberlain, and they
shall hold office from date until the
third Tuesday in April 1911, and until
their successors are elected and quail
| fed. The officers of this corporation
shall hold Office for one year and until
their successors are elected and quail
fed, and the first officers are hereby de-
clared to be ]. H. Anderson, president
! r. ]. Porter, vice president; and ]. w.
Chamberlain, secretary and treasurer.
The election Of officers shall be held at
the Office of the company on the third
Tuesday in April in each year, and no
tice of said election shall be made in
writing and given ten days prior to said
election
ARTICLE VI
All meetings of the stockholders shall
re held at its domicile in the City of
Shreveport, Louisiana, and at such
meetings each share of stock shall be
| entitled to one vote, either by the holder
or by written proxy, and the board of
/ directors shall appoint one or more
stockholders to preside at such election
Any failure for any cause whatsoever to
elect directors and officers on the day
named shall not dissolve the corpora
ton, but the directors and the officers
then in Office shall hold over until their
Successors are elected and qualified
ARTICLE VII.
! This act of incorporation may he
amerded, altered or changed, or this
corporation may be abolished by three
Fourth vote of stock cast at a stockllold
ers meeting duly called for that purpose
after thirty days prior notice. Wherever
this corporation is dissolved, either by
| vote Of its stockholders or by limitation
as herein provided, its affairs shall be
liquidated by a commissioner appointed
for that purpose, who shall give bond
ard shall be elected by the stockholders
at the time of the dissolution
ARTICLE VIII.
The board of directors of this cor
poration shall have the power to make
and establish all needful rules and by
laws for the government of its affairs,
and shall have power to employ or dis
charge agents, managers or other em-
ployes necessary for the conduct of the
business, and may delegates such power
possessed by them to one or more of
the officers of this corporation, or to any
other person as in their Judgment may
be necessary.
4ARllCIE TX.
No stakeholder of this corporation
shall ever be held liable for any greater
amount than the unpaid balance due on
the stock subscribed for by him, nor
shall any mere informally of this char
ter have the effect of rendering the
charter null or of exposing any stock
holder thereof to any greater liability
than the unpaid balance of his stock
subscribed for.
Thus done and signed in my Office, in
the City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, on this the 18th day of April
1910, before me the undersigned notary
and witnesses, who sign with these pres
ents. (SigneD:
]. H. ANDERSON.
R. ]. PORTER.
J. w. CHAMBERLIN.
Attest.