The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-07
CHARTER
Of the Kidd-RuSs Trunk and Bag
Company.

State OF Louisiana, PARISH OF Uad-
do: Before me, John f. Slattery, a
duly qualified and acting notary
public, within and for Caddo Par
ish, Louisiana, on this day person.
ally appeared the several parties
whose names are hereunt0 sub
scribed, and in the presence of the
attesting competent witnesses de-
clared that availing themselves OF
the Constitution and laws Of the
State of Louisiana relating to the
organization of corporations, they
have formed themselves into a body
corporate under the following arti-
cles, to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name and style of this cor
poration shall be the Kidd-Russ
Trunk and Bag Company, ard under
that name it shall have the power to
enjoy corporate existence for a pc
riod of fifty years unles sooner dis
solved as hereinafter provided for;
shall have the power to sue and be
sued: TO make and use a corporate
seal; to contract and to buy, sell and
bypothecate or lease property real
and personal, and to make such by
laws, rules and regulations as may
| be deemed to the advantage of said
corporation.
ARTICLE IT.
| The domicile of this corporation
| shall be in the City of Shreveport
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and all CT
tations or other legal process shall
be served on the president, or in his
labsence at the office of the said cor
operation on the secretary-treasufeI
| thereof.
i ARTICLE III.
| The purpose for which this cor
Iboration is organized and the nature
Icf the business to be carried on by i
liz declared to be the manufacture
land sale, wholesale and retail, o
trunks, bags and such articles as ar
usually handled in such business.
i ARTICLE ".
| The capital stock of this corpora
Ition shall be ten thousand dollars
divided. into and represented by fou
/. hundred shares of the par value @
twenty dollars each, this COZ
Iporation being authorized to com
lmence business when four thousan
dollars of said corporate stock shaI
Rave been subscribed and paid for.
ARTICLE v.
Fl The management of the affairs G
i this corporation shall be vested III
board of directors composed OF thre
II stockholders, two of whom sha
: compose a quorum for the transae
Il ton of all business. Until the ne1
e regular meeting for the election
: d board of directors, which shall NJ
8 be prior to September 4, 1912, I'll
e following shall constitute the boart
S +. P. Kidd, r. E. Russ and R. A. Kid
with B. P. Kidd as president, X.
Kidd as vice president, and T.
/. Russ as secretary-treasurer. The'
officers shall hold their office uni
September /, 1912. on which date al
XII annually thereafter stockhoide
: meeting shall be hold for the pu
le pose of electing board OF director
lel Should the said date be legal hol
4. day, the meeting referred to shs
hlbe held on the first secular d'
id thereafter: and at such election eat
= share of stock present or represen
re- led by written proxy shall be entltl
Iyl TO one vote, a majority OF votes ca
III eleeting. The board OF directo
toll shall elect from amongst their nuI
+ her the officers for the year. Mott
of all elections shall be given
mail. a letter being sent to the a
dress or last known address OF ca
stakeholder ten days prior to hol
e. ing said meeting, provided, howeE
~ that by unanimous consent OF t
ed stockholders this notice may be d
f pensed with.