The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-06
CHARTER
OF the Hercules Rail Joint Com
pany.

| bullock, a notary puDllc IN and Tor
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, duly com
mlssloned, qualified and acting
personally came and appeared the
parties whose names are hereunto
subscribed, residents of Caddo Par
lsh, La, who declared to me, notary,
that aVailing themselves of the pro
| visions of the laws of the State of
Louisiana governing the formation
| Of corporations in general, and es-
peclally of Act No. 70 of 1904 of the
General Assembly Of Louisiana, they
have formed and constituted them
selves, as we'll as such other per
sons as may become associated with
them, into a corporation and body
polite in law, and have adopted
and ordained as their charter and
act of incorporation the following.
tO-Wit:
ARTICLE |.
lhe name and style of this cor
poratlon shall be Hercules Rail
Joint Company, under which name
1t shall enjoy corporate existence
Tor and during the term of ninety
nine (99) years from the date of
TINS charter, with power and au-
thorlty to contract, sue and be sued;
to make and use a corporate seal
and the same to change at pleasure;
to receive, have, purchase. hold,
sell, transfer, convey, pledge, mort
gage an1 hypothecate, property.
real, personal and mixed; TO name
and appoint such directors, officers,
agents, managers and employees as
the interest or convenience of the
corporate may require; to make and
establish such by-laes, rules and
regulations for the management of
its affairs as may be deemed neces-
sary or proper, and the same 10
change at pleasure: and generally to
do all acts and things necessary to
carry out the objects and purposes
OF this corporation.
ARTICLE II.
The dOmicile of this corporation
shall be in the city of Shreveport,
Caddo Parish, La, and citation and
all other legal process shall be
served upon the president, or in his
absence on the vice president, or in
the absence of both president and
vice president, upon the secretary
at the office of the company accord
ing to law.
ARTICLE III.
The purpose for which this cor
poration is organized and the nature
Of the business to be caSried on by
it are hereby declared to be the
manufacture, purchase and sale of
rail joints and other railway sup
plies. .
ARTICLE ~.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at fifty thous-
and dollars, to be divided into and
represented by five hundred shares
of the par value of one hundred dol
lars each; the corporation to begin
business whenever ten thousand
dollars shall have been subscribed.
Stock may be paid for in cash, or
its equivalent, in such manner as
the board of directors may deter
mine, provided that no stock shall
be issued until it is fully paid for.
ARTICLE V.
The affairs of this corporation
shall be managed and controlled by
board of directors to be composed
of not less than five nor more than
nine stockholders, who shall be
elected annually on the first Tues
day in June, beginning with the year.
1913, and the directors so elected
shall hold office until their success
sers are elected and qualified. The
first board of directors shall be G.
w. Robinson, C P. Munday, T. E..
Williams, ]. C. Willis, P. C. Butler
and B. E. Carl. The officers of this
corporation shall be president, a
vice president, secretary and treas
urer, who shall be elected annually
by the board of directors from
among their number. The powers
and authority of said officers shall
be fixed and established by bylaws
to be adopted by the board OF direc-
tors of the corporation. The first
| officers of the corporation shall be
G. w. Robinson, president: P. G.
Butler, vice president; G. P. Mum
day, secretary; and t. E. Williams,
treasurer, who shall serve until
Their successors are elected and
qualified. The board of directors
shall have full power to I'LL all va,
cancies among the officers and on
the board itself At all meetings OF
the stockholders for the election OF
/ directors, or for any other purpose
Except to increase or decrease the
1 canifal stoekf the majority Of stock