The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-07-16
CHARTER
OF che g.. ". liamiter t,OtnDany,
Limited,

State of Louisiana, Parish % Cad
| do: Before me, w. A. Mabry, notary
public in and for the Parish of Cad
do, State of Louisiana, duly com
missiOned and sworn, on this day
came, and appeared the several per
sons whose names are hereuntO sub
scribed who declare to me notary
that they do hereby form them
selves into a corporation under She
| laws of the State of Louisiana, I'm
| der the following conditions, tO-Nlt:
ARTICLE I.
The name and style Of this cor
poration is hereby declared to be
the E. w. Hamiter Company; it
shall have the right to enjoy sue
| CessiOn for fifty years, with the
| right to contract, sue and be sued,
| and to hold, purchase, lease, sell
| and hypothecate property, both real
and personal. Its dOmicile shall be
IN the city of Shreveport, State OF
Louisiana, Parish of CaddO, and ali
| citation and other legal process
shall be made on its president, and
| in his absence, on the secretary
| treasurer at the office of the com
pany, according to law.
ARTICLE II.
The object for which this cOrpor
| ,tiop ic opooni1o1 op5 tho pnt,lra nj
the business to be carried on by it
| are declared to be: to do a general
| merchandise brokerage business
| conduct general insurance agency,
| and to carry on a general real es
tate business and to do any and al,
| things necessary to be done in the
furtherance of such objects anu
purposes of such business.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corpOr
| alton is hereby fixed at Fifteen
| Thousand DalIars (Sl5,O0O) divided
into one hundred and fifty shares
of One Hundred $500 Dollars each
l
a going concern when fifty shares
shall have been subscribed and paid
for in full. Stock may be paid for
in money, property received or for
services performed, and when issu-
ed shall be fully paid and non-as-
sessable.
ARTICLE ~.
| The corporate powers of this cor
pOration shall be vested in a board
Of directors, is hereby declared to
be E. w. Hamiter, JOS. X. HerOld, J.
J. Hamiter, who shall serve till the
first Monday in July, 1913. or untiI
| their successors are elected anC
qualified. The officers of this cor
poration shall be president, vice
president and secretary treasurer
land the first officers of said com
pany are hereby declared to be, K
Nv. Hamiter, president; Jos. X. Her
Did, vice president, and J. J. Ham
tier, secretary treasurer. A major
| ity of stock shall elect the directors
and in all elections or proceedings
lOf stockholders each share of stock
present or represented by proxy
shall be entitled to one vote. No
lice of all elections or meetings Of
stockholders shall be given i'll writ
ing or published in newspaper IL
Shreveport, Parish of CaddO, Stat
of Louisiana, ten days before The
said election. Directors shall b.
elected at the office of the company
ARTICLE V.
No stakeholder shall be liable OF
account of any obligation of thl
corporation in any further sum thar
the amount of the unpaid balanc
on the stock subscribed for, and II,
= irregularity nor any informally il
organization shall have the effect o
rendering this charter null or Vol
or of exposing any stakeholder t
| any liability beyond any such I'M
= paid balance.
ARTICLE VI.
This charter may be amended Eek
: cept as to increasing or decreasin
T of it's capital stock by tWO-thlrd
= tvote fthe stock represented at
i meeting of the stockholders col
: vened for that purpose after te
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