The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-05
CHARTER
OF the Kidd-Russ Trunk and Bag
Company.

State of Louisiana, Parish OF Cad
do. Before me. John f.. Slattery, a
duly qualified and acting notary
nlblic. within and for Caddo Par
t;sh. Louisiana, on this day person
ally appeared the several parties
whose names are hefeunto sub
scribed. and in the presence OF the
| attesting competent witnesses de-
/ clared that availing themselves OF
the Constitution and laws OF theI
Estate of Louisiana relating TO the
/ organization of corporations, they
lhaye formed themselves into a body
lcorporate under the following artl-
icles, to-wit:
| ARTICLE /.
The name and style oil TINS cor
poration shall be The kidd-kuss
trunk and Bag Company, and under
: llhat name il shall have the power TO
Ienioy corporate existence for pc
Rod of fifty years unles sooner u.s.
!, Isolyed as hereinafter provided Tor;
Al shall have the power to sue ana De
sued: to make and use a corporate
! seal: TO contract and to buy, sell and
: bypotheeate or lease property real
land personal, and to make such by
: laws. rules and regulations as may
he deemed to the advantage OF SAID
corporation.
ARTICLE H.
The domicile of this corporation
ishall be i'm the City of Shreveport
ICaddo Parish. Louisiana, and all cl-
: Iations or other legal process shal
= he served on the president, or in hi
: absence at the office of the said cor
poration on the secretary-tfeasufe
i thereof.
- ARTICLE III.
The purpose for which this cor
poration is organized and the natuf
lcf the business TO be carried on by
liz declared to be the manufaetur
and sale, wholesale and retail, G
trunks. bags and such articles as ar
nsnally handled in such business.
= ARTICLE ".
=, The capital stock of this corpora
- ltion. shall be ten thousand dollar
:, Idiyided into and represented by lot
70 hundred shares of the par value
= twenty-five dollars each, this CO..
2 poration being authorized TO con
= meuce business when four thousaf
dollars of said corporate stock sha
have been subscribed and paid Tor.
ARTICLE V.
The management of the affairs
This corporation shall be vested in
OF board of. directors composed OF thr
III Stockholders, two of whom sh'
Icompose a quorum for the transa
. l. tion of all business. Until the ne
ap- regular meeting for the election
uc- n board of directors, which shall 7
be be prior to September 1, 1872,
'cl- following shall constitute the boal
as Il. p. Kidd, +. E. Russ and R. A. k'
lble with B. P. Kidd as president. Il.
his Kidd as vice president, and T.
Russ as OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. III
\, officers shall hold their Office III
ERIK. September 1, 1912, on which date
annually thereafter a stockhold
Injecting shall be hold for The p
tax Ipose of electing board OF dlfectt
lax should the said date be a legal NJ
the lday. the meeting referred to 81
anne lbe held on the first secular
81. thereafter; and at such election e
hich share of stock present or represf
and led by written proxy shall be EMIL
70 TO one vote, majority OF votes
"a 90 eIeeting. The board OF dlfeeI
,altv shall elect from amongst their III
ali lber the officers for the year. NO
"a tolof all elections shall be gwen
nort mail. a letter being sent TO the
IN dress or last known address OF {
stakeholder ten days prior TO D
ing said meeting, provided, howe
THAT by unanimous consent OF
stockholders this notice may De
On. Ipensed with.