The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-15
CHARTER
OF THE c. c. HARDMAN COM
PANY.

d and for the above named parish and
State, duly commissioned and qualified,
personally came and appeared c. c.
Hartman, A. B. Hardman, r. T. Carr
and ]. c. Baker, all residents of Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, who declared that
availing themselves of the statutes of
the State of Louisiana, and particularly
of Act 70 of 1904 relative to the creating
Of corporations, they have formed and
do by these presents form themselves in
to corporation for the objects and pur
poses and under the stipulations herein
after set forth, which they do hereby ac-
cept as their charter, to-wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name and title of the corporation
shall be c. c. HARDMAN COMPANY,
and by that name it shall have the power
and authority to have and enjoy success
ion for the term Of fifty years from and
after the date of this charter; to sue and
be sued; to make and use a corporate
seal and the same to change at pleasure;
to hold, receive, lease, purchase, alien
ate and convey as we'll as mortgage and
hypothecate property, real, personal and
mixed; to name and appoint such man
ayers, directors, ottlcers and agents as
the interests of such corporation may
require, and to make and establish such
bylaws, rules and regulations for the
proper management Of the affairs OF said
corporation as may be necessary and
proper, and the same to alter at will
ARTICLE II.
The dorniciIe of this corporation shall
Be in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louis
lana. and ali citations and other legal
process shall be served on the. president
OF the corporation. or, iii his absence, on
the vice president
ARTICLE III.
The purpose Tor which this corpora
ton is organized and the nature of the
business to be carried on BY it are de-
ciared to be the manufacture, buying,
and selling Of lumber i'll all its forms,
timber OF all kinds, shingles, laths, sash,
doors. blinds. and other products of
wood, the buying and selling Of builders
hardware and all kinds of building ma
terial and the purchase and sale Of tim
Der lands.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corporation
i hereby fixed at the sum of one hun
!. dred thousand dollars, to be divided in
one thousand shares Of the par value
3f one hundred dollars each, the corpor-
alton to begin business when fifty. thous-
and dollars Of the capital stock is sub
scribed and paid IN. said stock to be
paid for ii cash or in property or its
equivalent, III such manner as the board
Of directors may determine.
ARTICLE N.
J All the corporate powers Of this cor
poration shall be vested in a board Of di-
rectors to be composed Of FIVE stock
holders. which board shall be elected
annually on the first Monday in Janu-
ary. beginning with the year 1912, The
first board Of directors and officers shall
be as follows: G. G. Hardman, presi-
dent: A. b. Hardman vice president;
f. Carr, treasurer; J. C. Baker, sec
retary, and Meyer Noyes. The president,
vice president, secretary and treasurer
shall constitute the officers of the COR
porafion. and their duties shall be the
same IS usually devolve on such officers.
The directors shall be elected by the
stockholders. each share of stock to be
entitled to one vote, to be cast BY its
owner or by proxy, and the majority Of
votes shall elect. The board Of directors
shall make all such rules and regulations
for the management Of the business of
the corporation as t may deem neees-
sary ana exponent