The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-10-11
iARTER
OF THE INVESTORS REAL ES-
TATE COMPANY.

| Inc stare OF LOUISIANA, PaT1Sn OF
Caddo: Before me- the undersigned mo-
tary public, duly commissioned and
sworn, appeared Amasa F. Hawkins, a
resident of Houston, Texas; John Z.
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 a corporation under the laws of
the State of Louisiana, under the stip-
ulations hereinafter set out, t0-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, sue and be sued,
and to hold, purchase, lease, sell and
| hypothecate property real and per4
sona1; its domicile shall be in the City
of Shreveport, and all citation and other
legal process shall be made on its pres
ident, or in his absence at the Office of
the company according to law.
ARTICLE II.
The objects for which this corpora
ton is organized and the nature of the
business to be carried on by it are
hereby declared to be, to buy and 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
into lots and to seu OF improve and
lease said lots; to own ard acquire city
residences, business property and to sell
or lease the same; to buy and sell farm
lands and timber lands; to buy and>ssll,
as we'll as lease, mineral lands, sasd to
buy and sell lands on commission.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corporation
| is hereby fixed in the sum of one hum
bred thousand ($Ioo,ooo.oo) dollars,
divided into one thousand shares of
one hundred dollars each; e1d 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
took of said corporation shall be paid
| for in cash or its equivalent
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers of this corpor-
alton shall be vested in board of di-
rectors, consisting of three stockhold-
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 officers
are declared to be John L. Tibbott,
president; Jesse NJ. Hawkins, xice 2-cs-
ident; and Amasa F. Hawkins, seere-7
tary and treasurer Said officers shall
be elected annually on said second Tues
day in January A majority of the
stock shall elect the directors, and in all
elections or proceedings of stoekhold-
ers, each share of stock present or rep
resented by written proxy shall be en-
TITLED to one vote. Notice of all cleo
lions 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 informality in organization shall
have the effect of rendering this char
tier null or of exposing any stakeholder
Ito liability beyond such unpaid balance.
ARTICLE VI.
This charter may be amended Tex
Ecept as to increasing OF decreasing its
capital stock by two-thirds vote Of
stock represented at meeting of the
stockholders convened for such purpose
after ten days previous notice by publ
cation in any one of the newspapers of
1.-THE City of Shreveport, Louisiana.
Whenever this corporation is dissolved
lby limitation or otherwise, its affairs
shall be. liquidated by three commits
sioners elected at a stockholders meet
ling, 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 NJ. HAWKINS.
Attest: JOHN L. TIBBOTT.
S. L. HEROLD.
:, SARA w. PEARCE.
]. A. THIGPEN,
: Notary Public