The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-02-08
CHARTER
RichIand Compress and Warehouse
Company of Delhi, Louisiana.

Be 1t known that on TINS the 1911
day of January AID. 1912, before me
A. B. Freyer, a notary public in anC
for the Parish of Caddo, State O
Louisiana, duly commissioned anf
qualified, and in the presence Of the
witnesses hereinafter named anC
under signed, personally came anC
appeared the several persons whose
names are hereuntO subscribed, who
seVerally declared that awaiting
themselves of the laws of Louisiana
relative to the organization OF cor
pOratlons, they have cOVenanted anC
agreed, and do by these presents
covenant and agree and bind them
selves, as well as al such other per-
sons and may hereafter be assOCiat-
ed with them, to form themselves
into and constitute corporation
and body corporate in law, for the
object and purpose, and under the
conditions, stipulations and regula-
lions following, tO-Wil:
ARTICLE |.
The name and title of this cOrpOr-
alton shall be Richland Compress
and Warehouse Company OF Delhi,
Louisiana, and its dOmicile shall be
in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LOUIS
lana, and under the said name II
shall exist, have and enjoy success
ion for the period of ninety-nine
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 well as mortgage and
under its corporate
name, property, real, personal and
and to borrow and lenn
money, and give and receive securl-
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
Tor the management of its affairs.
ARTICLE ".
The purposes of the corporation
are the COMPRISING, storing and
shipping and draying of cotton and
other merchandise, establishing of
and elevators, and the
of all business apper-
tanning or incidental thereto.
ARTICLE Ill.
The corporate powers of this cor
poration are hereby vested in and
shall be exercised by a board of di-
rectors composed Of three 81 stock
holders. Said board shall be elected
on the second Tuesday in
each year, and enter up
on the duties of their office imme-
diately upon same day Of each year.
Each share of stock shall be entitled
10 one vote to be cast in person or
by proxy at an election, and at any
of stockholders, majority
Of votes cast shall be required to
elect. Twenty days prior notice OF
all elections shall be given to all
stockholders, by written or printed
notices mailed to each stakeholder
by the secretary addressed to each
stockholders at his usual postoffice
address. The said board of directors
at their first meeting shall elect an
lually out of their number a presi-
dent and vice president and also a
secretary treasurer. w. T. Crawford,
5. B. Hicks and f. B. Rand are here
by designated as the first board Of
with w. t. Crawford as
president, S. B. Hicks as vice presi-
dent and E. r. Rand as secretary
treasurer, who shall act as same
until the first election under this
charter, towit, second Tuesday in
1912, or until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified.
and all other legal process
10 be served on the president, or in
event of his absence on the vice
president. Vacancies in above board
Of directors and on all other boards
shall be filled by election by remain
ing members of the board.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is fixed at the sum of 100000,
by 1870 shares at $4,000
each, payable in cash or property,
real or personal, on such terms and
as the board of directors
may determine The company shall
begin business as soon as 100000
of the capital stock has been sub
scribed. All transfers of stock shall
be made on the books of the COM
pany and shall be signed by the
stakeholder or his attorney.
ARTICLE V.
The board of directors may Dor
row money from time to time, sums
of money as may be required for