The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-05

The name and title of this corporation
is hereby declared to be the Louisiana
State FARMER Publishing Company Linz
tied By that name it shall have power
and authority to have and enjoy success
sion for a term of ninetynine years
from the date hereof, unless sooner dis
solved as may be hereinafter provided
to contract, sue and be sued; to make
and use a corporate seal and the same
TO change at pleasure; to hold, receive,
lease and purchase, ALLEVIATE and convey
as we'll as mortgage and hypothecate
property, real, personal and mixed to
name and appoint such managers and
directors, officers and agents as the in
terest of the corporation may require,
and to make and establish such rules,
bylaws and regulations for the proper
management of said corporation as may
be necessary, and the same to change or
alter at pleasure.
ARTICLE IL.
The domicile of this corporation shall
be in the City of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, and all citations and
other legal process shall be served on
the president of the corporation, and in
his absence on the secretary as the law
may direct.
ARTICLE III.
1t is hereby declared that the objects
and purposes of this corporation is to
publish in the City of Shreveport, Louis
lana a newspaper known as the Louis
lana State Farmer and such other pa
.pers that may be necessary and profit
able; to buy, own, lease and sell printing
machinery and all things necessary for:
the complete equipment of modern
publishing establishment, to publish
books, journals and all other things
necessary for conducting the business of
"a general publishing establishment.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at the sum of ten thous-
and ($Io,ooo) dollars, to be divided into
one hundred shares of par value of one
hundred dollars each; the corporation
ito begin business when three thousand
dollars $4,000 of its capital stock is
subscribed for and paid in. Said stock
shall be paid for in cash, property or
service or its equivalent in such manner
as the board of directors may determine.
ARTICLE ".
All corporate powers of this corpora
ton shall be vested in board of direc-
tors to be composed of three stockhold-
ers, two of them shall constitute a quo
rum for the transaction of business,
which board shall be elected annually
beginning the first Tuesday in January
1919. The first board of directors who
shall serve until the first Tuesday in
january 1919 shall be composed as fol-
lows: L. M. Nelson Sr., T. S. Neal and
B. A. Phillips, with L. M. Nelson Sr.
as president; B. A. Phillips as vice pres
ident; I. S. Neal as ecretary-treasurer.
The directors shall be elected by the
stockholders, each share of stock to be
entitled to one vote, to be cast by its
owner in person or by written proxy,
and majority of the votes cast shall
elect. The board of directors may make
all such rules and regulations for the
management of the business as they
may deem necessary and advisable, and
shall hold office until their successors
are elected and qualified.
ARTICLE VI.
This charter may be modified, changed
or amended, or this corporation dis.
solved with the consent of thee fourths
of the capital stock represented at :
meeting called for that purpose provid.
ed ten days notice shah be given eacf
stakeholder by letter and ten days no
tice of said meeting published in I
shreveport paper whenever this corpor.
alton is dissolved by limitation; other
wise its affairs shall be liquidated by two
commissioners elected by the stockhold
ers for that purpose who shall have full
/ power to wind up its affairs, settle it
liabilities and distribute the proceed
among the creditors and stockholders.
ARTICLE VII.
No stakeholder shall ever be habl
for the contracts or faults of this cor
operation in any further sum than th
unpaid balance due to the company o.
Ishares of stock subscribed for, or owne,
by him; nor shall any informally or de
fleet in the organization hereof have th
effect of rendering this charter null 0
Iexposing the stockholders to any liabil
lily beyond the amount of his stock du
him as aforesaid. And that each ap
lpearer herein takes the amount of stoc
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