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

to change at pleasure; to hold, receive
lease and purchase, ALLEVIATE and convey
as well as mortgage and hypot2ecatt
property, real, personal and mixed; tc
name and appoint such managers anc
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 OF
| alter at pleasure.
ARTICLE IL
The dornicile 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
thls absence on the secretary as the law
may direct.
ARTICLE III.
It is hereby declared that the objects
and purposes OF this corporation is to
publish i'll the City Of Shreveport, Louis
LIMA a newspaper known as the Louis
lana State Farmer and such other pa
pers that may be necessary and profit
ables to buy, own, lease and sell printing
machinery and all things necessary for
the complete equipment of a 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 tIlous-
and ($1oooo) 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 III such manner |
as the board of directors may determine.
ARTICLE v.
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All corporate powers of this corporal
ton shall be vested in a board of direc-I
tors to be composed Of three stockholdl
ers, two of them shall constitute quo
rum for the transaction of business,
which board shall be elected annually
the first Tuesday in January
1912. The first board of directors who
shall serve until the first Tuesday in
January 1919 shall be composed as fol-
lows: L. NJ. Nelson Sr., T. S. Neal and
B. a. Phillips, with l. NJ Nelson Sri
as president; B. A. Phillips as vice pres
dent; I. S. Neal as secretary-treasurer.
The directors shall be elected by the ia
stockholders, each share of stock to bel 9
entitled to one vote, to be cast by is d
owner in. person or by written proxy, ]
md a majority of the votes cast shall
,lect. The board of directors maytnake !
III such rules and regulations for the
management of the business IS they $
nay deem necessary and advisable, and
hall hold Office until their successors
ire elected and qualified
ARTICLE VI.
This charter may be modified, changed
r amended, or this corporation dis
olved with the consent of thee-fourths
f the capital stock represented at a
leeting called for that purpose prowd- !,
d ten days notice shall be given each 7,
tockholder by letter and ten days no !
&c of said meeting published in a ],
hreyeport paper whenever this corpor- !.
ton is dissolved by limitation; other ];
Use its affairs shall be liquidated BY two !,
elected by the stockhold- ),
IS for that purpose who shall have full
over to wind up its affairs, settle its
abilities and distribute the proceeds /
nong the creditors and stockholders. e
ARTICLE VII. i
No stakeholder shall ever be liable r
II the contracts or faults of this cor q
oration in any further sum than the i
npaid balance due to the company on m
lares of stock subscribed for, or owned !.
/ him; nor shall any informally or de- q
ct in the organization hereof have the n,
feet of rendering this charter null or
Sposing the stockholders TO any 1iabil-
y beyond the amount Of his stock due
m as aforesaid. And that each APP
sarer herein takes the amount of stock
gned opposite his respective name. All | fl
les or transfers Of stock must first be A