The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-10
CHARTER
OF the Rraud- Bates Lumber Com
pany.

notary public duly commissioned
and sworn for and within the PARISH
of Caddo, State of Louisiana, per-
sonally came and appeared Henry
C. Braud and II. Clay Braud, resi-
dents of Ascension Parish, Louis
lana. and J. C. Bates. resident "f
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, who stated
and declared to me, notary. mat
ayailing themselves of the Constltu-
ton and laws Of the State OF Louis
lana, they have formed and consti-
tuted themselves, as well as SUCH
other persons as may hereafter be-
come associated with them. into a
body corporate, and have adopted
and do hereby adopt as their act OF
incorporation and charter the fol-
lowing:
ARTICLE I.
The name and title OF this cor
poration shall be the Braud-Bates
Lumber Company, with its domicile
in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LOUIS
lana, and under said corporate
name it shall have and enjoy sue
cession for a period Of twenty-five
years unless sooner dissolved as
herein specified.
ARTICLE II.
The purposes for which thls cor
poration IL formed and its object Is
hereby declared to be to own and
operate saw mills, planning mills and
other means for manufacturing
lumber in the State Of LOUISIANA
and also TO conduct q general
wholesale and retail lumber busi-
ness, and to own and acquire timber
and timber lands, either by pur-
chase, lease or otherwise, and to
conduct in connection with their
saw mills and lumber business,
commissaries, stores. and to own
and operate as incidental thereto
tram roads, railroads. OF other
means of transporting lumber OF
logs or other property necessary In
the conduct and operation OF the
said business of conducting general
saw mills and planning mills, with
the right to acquire such real es-
tate or personal property as may be
necessary therefor, and the same t
dispose Of. mortgage, hypotheca'e OF
pledge as may be necessary In TN
successful operation OF said bust
lness.
| ARTICLE III
| m The capital stock OF this corpora
ton is hereby hxed at the sum 0
twenty-five thousand dollars dlyid
ed into two hundred and fifty share
| Of one hundred dollars each, and
shall become a going concern whe1
fifty shares Of its capital stock !
subscribed and actually paid FOL
, which payment may be made !
cash, or the transfer of propert
or the rendition Of services TO tn
! said corporation, the value Of whic
2 shall be passed on and approved d
D 1.-The board of directors.
ARTICLE w.
The affairs 2 of this corporate
shall be managed and directed by
q board of directors consisting I
three stockholders, who shall !
!. elected at q general stockhoidel
u meeting held at the office OF u
I company in the City of Shrevepo1
Caddo Parish, Louisiana. on u
Q flrst Tuesday In March Of each yea
e and who shall hold their Offices III
: til the next succeeding election
until their successors are elect
and qualified. Until the election
: the first Tuesday In the month q
March 1914, the following shall co
+. stitute the board Of directors al
officers Of the company. viz: Hen
"a C. Braud, president; H. Clay Bral
vice president; J. C. Bates. secreta
no and treasurer. The said board OF
10 rectors shall have authority
4 adopt all regulations and by-ia'
n that may seem TO them necessa1
od and to name and appoint 81
= agents, managers, clerks and OIL
~ employees as may be necessary
no the welfare Of the corporation. q
a to discharge the same at pleasu
on All legal process shall be served
tho president, or in his absence
ofl the vice president. at the Office
he the company In said Parish
al State.
III ARTICLE v.
an This charter may be amended
:. altered or abolished at q vote
,o three-fourths of the stock at
ain stockholders meeting held for I
md purpose after thirty days public
I tice, as provided by law. and W
aool.,oA oSahor IN, vOto nf