The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
CHARTER
OF The Dickson Land Company

State of Louisiana. Parish of Cad
do: Be it remembered that on tins
day before me, John ID. Wilkinson,
L. notary public in and for said par
lsh, duly commissioned and sworn.
personally came and appeared :. A.
Dickson. q. $. Dickson, Mildred -.
Levy, wife of Mahlen Levy; {. Il.
Dickson Jr., Claudius NJ. Dickson
aud Susie Dickson, residents of SAID
Parish and State. who stated ana
declared TO me, notary, that aNailing
themselves of the Constitution and
laws of the State of Louisiana re-
lating to the formation of corpora
lions in general, they have formed
and constituted themselves and do
by these presents form and cOnsli-
tute themselves, as we'll as such
other persons as may hereafter be
come associated with them, into a
corporation and body corporate, and
have adopted and ordained as Their
charter and act of incorporation the
following, tO-Wlt:
ARTICLE /.
The name and title of this cor
pOratiOn shall be the Dickson Land
Company, with its domicile at the
City of Shreveport, La, and under
its corporate name it shall have and
enjoy succession for period of fifty
years, unless sooner dissolved as
hereinafter provided. All legal pro
cess shall be served on its presi-
dent, or in his absence on the vice.
president of the company.
ARTICLE II.
The objects of this corporation
and the purposes for which 1t is
formed are hereby declared to be.
10 acquire, purchase, receive and
own both real and personal prop
erty and the same to sell, mortgage
and dispose of at will, and more
particularly to conduct and operate
farms, plantations and plantation
stores and gins and other operations
necessary in conducting such farms
and plantations, and in general to-
conduct agricultural operations IN
the State of Louisiana and else
where.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at sixty thous-
and dollars, divided into six thous-
and shares of the par value of one
hundred dollars each, and it shall
commence business whenever thirty
thousand dollars of its capital stock
is actually subscribed and paid for.
No stock shall issue except when
fully paid, and may be issued for
money, property, services or other
thing Of value TO the satisfaction OF
the board of directors, and when is
sued shall be worcestershire. NO
stakeholder shall sell or otherwise
dispose of his or her stock in this
corporation without first Offering
the same to the other stockholders
in writing and waiting thirty days
thereafter, whereupOn if none OF
the stockholders will buy the same
at the price offered, he or she may
sell or dispose of the same to other
parties at the same price and on
the same terms and conditions.
ARTICLE ".
The affairs of this corporation
shall be managed and controlled by
board Of directors consisting OF
seven stockholders TO be elected al
general meeting of the stockhoid-
ers to be held at the office OF the
company on the first Monday OF
January Of each year, and until the
election of a board of directors on
the first Monday in January 1914,
the following shall constitute the
board of directors of this company
s. A. Dickson, who shall be presl-
| dent: G. s. Dickson, who shall be
vice president; Mildred D. Levy
who shall be treasurer; C. B. Dick
son, who shall be secretary; S. A
Dickson Jr., Claudius M. Dickson
and Susie Dickson. The said boar
of directors shall have authority &c
fill any vacancy occurring therein
from any cause by the election o.
another stakeholder thereto for th'
unexpired term, and shall have tn
lower to elect, name and appoint
any and all agents, employees OF
managers that may be necessary II
the operation of its business, ans
may make such bylaws and rules