The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-12-30
CHARTER
OF The Louisiana Handle Factory

qualified in and for the Paris aOf
Caddo, State Of louisiana, came and
appeared yohn B. Atkins 9. q. Guy,
w. a. Wilkinson ". &. payne and
>. n. Messick, all 80 me well known,
who declared to me Ito the Dresencs
OF the attestine Nitneeses. that Ahey
desire to- forne and constitute q cor
poration ander tho laws OF Aouis-
lana, and that shey do hereby form
themselves and their successors
into q corporation and constitute
same 30 compliance with she pro
visions of she laws oS the State of
Gouisiana governing corporations,
ana aSndeS Che 0IosisioHs of che or
,ticoes Of Incorporation heSe6DafteS
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ARTICLE 2.
gSe name 0Q 8hie corporation
shall Sse Che 1eAlisiano Handle Face
tory Sn0 by ehis name 1T shall hase
power and author6ty 60 AaSe and
|enjoy succession 9or 3bp period of
'ninetS-0ine gears; 90 contract, sue
land be eue4; to- make an0 use o cor
pOrase seal and the same to break,
alter or amend at pleasure; and I'M
der this name to AolN, seceive, our
chase and otherwise acquire, to
own, convey, sell or otherwise dis
pose of, 90 lease, pledge, mortgage
or otherwise hypothecate pro0eSty,
real, personal and mixed.
ARTICLE 10.
The 3omicile of this corporation
is declared to be The City Of shreoe-
port, Louisiana.
ARTICLE lIQ.
The nature of the business 60 be
carried on and the purpose for
which this corporation is estab-
lished are as follows: 70 msnufac-
ture all kinds of wooden handles
and hardwood products, and to sell
same; to buy timber and land for
the purpose of manufacturing all
kinds of hardwood products and
disposing of the same, and general
ly to do ana perform all acts Neces-
sary 20 be done is she 9urtharAnce
% such objects and 0ur0osaso
ARTICLE W.
The powers Of this corporation
shall De 0ested ia o board % dgiree-
tore composed OF five stockholders.
The directore shall elect president,
vice president and sssretsrsetreas-
urer and shall prescribe One duties
OF each. election % officers shall
take place the second @ondaS of
November OF each searo Che Gret
board Of directors shall be as Col!
lows: D. B. Atkins, 9. q. dous. W. 4.
Wilkinson, ". y. Paene and 0. NJ.
Messick, with o. H. Atkins as preei-
dent; 9. q. aius vice president, end
w. U. Payne eeeretaryetreesu1ur.
All officers and directors shal serseI
until their successors are elected.
Service OF all legal process shall be
made on the president, or in mis- alb
sence on the gice president, or in
his absence on the eecretaIg-tIua
urer at the office of the company.
The board of directors shall appoint$
such managers, agents or sub-of-1
ffcers as the interest of the corpora
ton may require, and make end
establish such by-laws - may be
necessary and proper for the mane
agement and regulation of Che af-
fairs of the corporation. Of any 80
|cahcy occur among the Officers or
| directors, the remaining directors
may select stockholders to Ali Che
same. The board of directors shall
have power to borrow and lend
money; to issue bills of exchange, I
notes, bonds, drafts and other nego-
table papers; execute mortgages
and generally to do all things Incl
Ident to the objects and purposes Of |
this corporation.
/ ARTICLE y. !
The capital stock of this corpora
ton shall be fifteen thousand dol
lars divided into one hundred and
fifty shares of the par value of one
hundred dollars each. This stock
shall lbe subscribed for the amount
of ten thousand dollars and paid for
in property or cash before this cor
poration shall commence business
No stakeholder shall be liable for
more than the unpaid balance on
the stock subscribed for by him,
nor shall any informally in organi-
| cation have the effect of rendering
this charter null or exposing a
stockholder to any liability beyond
the amount due by him for his
stock.
ARTICLE vi.
The directors shall be elected by
ballot at heregular annual meeting
called for that purpose; at all stock
holders meetings each share of stock
shall be entitled to one vote;
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