The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-30
CHARTER
OF the Bossier Land Company. Ltd.

State of Louisiana, Parish OF LAD
do: Before Inc, the underslgnfu au-
thority, personally came and ap-
reared the several persons whose
names are hereto signed, who de
clared that they do by these pres
ents form themselves into corpor-
alton under the laws of the State OF
Louisiana for the objects and pur-
poses as follows; to-wit;
ARTICLE /.
The name and style of this cor
poration is hereby declared to be
The Bossier Land Company, Limited.
It shall enjoy corporate existence
and shall have all of the powers
given by law to corporations OF its
kind for a period Of fifty years
from the date hereof, unless sooner
dissolved, as hereinafter set forth.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes OF TINS
corporation are hereby declared to
be TO conduct the business OF buying
selling, exchanging or holding lots,
lands, real estate, houses, timber, IN
the states of Louisiana, Arkansas
and Texas, with full power to mort
gage any real estate, lands, houses
or timber that it may hold. The
domicile of this corporation shall
be in Shreveport, Caddo Parish,
Louisiana. Citation shall be made
upon the president Or in his alb
sence on the officers of the corpor.
alton according to law.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corpor
alton is hereby fixed in the sum OF
fifty thousand (S50,OO0) dollars, di-
vided into five hundred shares of
one hundred $4,000 dollars each;
and this corporation is authorized
to Begin business when twenty five
thousand five hundred 1929, $4,000
dollars of its capital stock shall
have been subscribed and paid in
cash or its equivalent.
ARTICLE ".
The corporation power OF tins
corporation shall be vested in
board of directors, consisting OF
four stockholders, three OF whom
shall constitute quorum for the
transaction of business. This board
| shall be elected annually by ballot,
10y the stockholders at a meeting
| 10 be held on the first Monday in
December in each year. beginning
with the year 1912, and the directors
shall elect the other officers of the
corporation until such meeting shall
De held and their successors elected
and qualified. The directors of this
corporation shall be A. j. Murff,
who shall be president; C. O. Gayle,
Who shall be vice-president; w. A.
Mabry, who shall be secretary; and
J. E. Murray, who shall be treasurer.
The board of directors shall have
authority to make such regulations
Tor the conduct and management of
Of the corporation and shall have
the right to appoint such officers
and agents and employees as they
nay deem proper and necessary in
The conduct of the business and af-
fairs OF the corporation.
ARTICLE V.
This corporation shall have the
power to sue and be sued; to buy,
sell and mortgage any and all kinds
OF property; to contract and be con-
tracted with; to make and have
a corporate seal and the same to
change and alter at pleasure; TO
make donations whenever such may
De to the evident interest of the
corporation, and generally to do and
| perform any and everything thai
may be necessary in the promotion
of the objects and purposes for
which it is formed.
i ARTICLE vi.
| At all meetings of stockholders
each share of stock shall be entitled
lied to one vote to be cast in the
person of the holder or by proxy
and the majority of votes cast shall
elect; public notice of the meetings
of stockholders shall be given by
lrrinted notice in one Of the news
papers published in the city Of
shreveport, or by personal notice
mailed to the stockholders, to his
), postoffice address, provided thu
| stockholders may waive notice OF
may meet by unanimous consen
f, without notice.
ARTICLE VII.
This charter or act of IL .rrpor,
alton mag be changed, altersa u
, abolished or the corporation dis
J solved by vote Of three-fourths o
all the stock outstanding at a spec.
!, ial meeting called for that purpos
after ten days notice, as above pro