The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-09
CHARTER
OF the First Savings Bank and Trust
Company

= State of Louisiana, Parish OF Gao
. do: Be it known and remembered
= that on this the Goth day of March
A. d. 1912, before me, Leon R. Smith
notary public in and for the Parish
of CaddO, State of Louisiana. dull,
> commissioned and qualified, in the
presence of the witnesses hereinaf
ter named and undersigned, person
ally came and appeared the several
persons whose names are hereuntO
subscribed as stockholders, who de-
clared that aviling themselves of the
provisions of the laws of the
State of Louisiana relative to
the organization of corpora
tons, banks, savings banks, safe de
post banks and trust companies,
they have cOVanted and agreed. and
by these presents do covenant, agree
and bind themselves, as we'll as such
other persons as hereafter may be-
come associated with them, and
their successors, to form themselves
into and to ordain and establish
corporation and body polite in Law
which shall be banking corpora
ton, for the purpose and business
as set forth herein and with the
powers granted them under the laws
Of the State of Louisiana in such
case made and provided, and under
the following articles of associa-
ton, tO-Wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of this cor
'poratiOn shall be the First Savings
Bank and Trust Company of Shreve-
port, louisiana. It's domicile andI
principal place of business shall be
in the City of Shreveport, Parish of
Caddo, State of Louisiana, but it
shall have the right to establish one
or more branch offices of discount
and deposit within the limits of said
parish.
IL shall enjoy succession under its
corporate name for term of nine
ly-nlne years from date hereof, I'M
less sooner dissolved by the action
Of its stockholders in the manner
provided by law.
AL citations and other legal pro-
cess shall be served On the president
OF this corporation, and in his alb
'ence on the vice president acting
as president, and in his absence on /
the cashier of the association, or az
he law directs.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes for Ie
which this corporation is establish 1t
ed, and the nature of the business |c
o be carried on by it, are hereby It
declared to be that of conducting a c
general banking, savings, safe depos- i
t and trust business in accordance t
With the provisions Of the laws of t
he State of Louisiana. II
1t shall have the power and au-
hority to make any and all con- t
racts and transactions incidental O
md necessary to the proper conduct a
If such business, and in general to e
all the rights, privileges and
'oWers granted to such corporations O
" virtue of the provisions of the a
avs Of the State of Louisiana which Id
re now in force or which may be e
Enacted hereafter. tt shall have full C
,ower to sue and be sued, to plead a
nd to be implicated, to appear, ans e
YER and prosecute in all courts OF lis
Justice. 1t shall have power to r
make and use corporate seal which o
S hereby described to be as follows: o
circular in form, with the words: 10
First Savings Bank and Trust d
company of Shreveport, louisiana"
n the margain and the figure re- a
pelican in the center a
hereof; and to change and alter said a
cal at pleasure. o
ARTICLE III. f;
The authorized capital stock OF
his corporation is hereby fixed at
i've Hundred Thousand ($5O0OOO) a
Dollars, divided into and represented v
y Five Thousand $4,000 shares of 81
took Of the par value of One Hun h
red ($100) Dollars each. o
The subscribed capital stock of ii
his corporation shall be paid for, on o
all of the directors, at the price of s
me Hundred Dollars per share i'll d
ash. The capital stock of this cor e]
oration and the number of shares a
hereof, may be increased OF de
reased in accordance with the pro- lie,
isions of the laws of The State OF a
.ouisiana. Shares of stock in this o.
shall be represented by c,
certificates Of stocR signed by the O.
resident and cashier, and sealed lu
nth the seal of the corporation. In a
he absence of the president thew 4,