The Caucasian., 1912-02-22
CHARTER
Richland Compress and Warehouse
Company of Delhi, Louisiana.

B. FFeyer, a notary pubic IN ana
,or the Parish of Caddo, State OF
Louisiana, duly commissioned and
qualified, and in the presence OF the
witnesses hereinafter named and
under signed, personally came and
appeared the several persons whose
names are hereuntO subscribed, who
seVerally declared that aValllng
themselves of the laws of Louisiana
relative to the organization of cor
they have covenanted and
agreed, and do by these presents
covenant and agree and bind them
selves, as we'll as al such other per-
sons and may hereafter be aSSOClat-
ed with them, to form themselves
into and constitute a corporation
and body corporate in law, for the
object and purpose, and under the
stipulatiOns and resula-
tions following, to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of this cOrpOr-
alton shall be Richland Compress
and Warehouse Company OF Delhi,
Louisiana, and its domieile shall be
in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LOUIS
lana, and under the said name Il
shall exist, have and enjoy success
ion for the period Of ninety-nlne
years from date hereof; it shall have
power to contract, sue. and be sued,
to make and use corporate seal;
TO hold, acquire, improve, lease, sell
and convey, as we'll as mortgage and
hypothecate under its corporate
name, property, real, personal and
mixed; and to borrow and lend
money, and give and receive securi-
ties therefor, to appoint such man
ayers, officers, agents or employees
as its interests may require, and
make and amend at pleasure such
bylaws as they may deem proper
for the management of its affairs.
ARTICLE II.
The purposes of the corporation
are the COMPRISING, storing and
shipping and draying of cotton ano
lother merchandise, establishing OF
warehouses and elevators, and the
transaction of all business apper-
Itaining or incidental thereto.
| ARTICLE III.
| The corporate powers of this cor
poration are hereby vested in ant
shall be exercised by board OF di-
rectors composed of three 90 stock.
holders. Said board shall be elected
Iannually on the second Tuesday IL
september each year, and enter up.
lon the duties of their Office lmme,
diately upon same day of each year
Each share of stock shall be entitled
to one vote to be east in person o.
by proxy at an election, and at an.
/ meetings of stockholders, majorit.
lof votes cast shall be required tt
Ielect. Twenty days prior notice o
=tall elections shall be given to al
stockholders, by written or printe'
notices mailed to each stockhOlde
by the secretary addressed to escl
stockholders at his usual postoffic
address. The said board of director
lat their first meeting shall elect an
Inually out of their number presl
| dent and vice president and also
secretary treasurer. w. L. Crawford
Is. b. Hicks and E. B. Rand are here
by designated as the first board o
directors, with w. T. Crawford a
Ipresident, S. B. Hicks as vice presi
ldent and E. b. Rand as secretary
treasurer, who shall act as sam
|until the first election under thi
charter, towit, second Tuesday i
/ ISeptember 1912. or until their sue
Ieessors are elected and qualified
IGitation and all other legal process
Ito be served on the president, or il
event of his absence on the vic
president. Vacancies in above boar
Iof directors and on all other board
shall be filled by election by remain
ling members of the board.
i ARTICLE ".
/ The capital stock of this corpora
i ltion is fixeu at the sum of Si2,000.0t
4 represented by i20 shares at $1,000
leach, payable III cash or property
real or personal, on such terms an
Iconditions as the board of director
Imay determine. The company shal
begin business as soon as 100000
of the capital stock has been sub
Iscribed. All transfers of stock -shal
/ be made on the books of the com
lpany and shall be signed by tn
| stockholder or his attorney.
ARTICLE v.
i The board of directors may Dor
Irow money from time to time, sum
of money as may be required TO
/ construction, repairs or acquisition