The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-29
CHARTER
vi The United States Marine Motor
and Propeller Company.


do, City of Shreveport: Be it known
That on this day before me, Hugh T..
FISHER, a notary public in and for
The above named Parish and State,
duly commissioned and qualified,
personally came and appeared the
parties whose names are hereto sub
scribed. all of full age. who declared
That availing themselves of the pro-
visions of the laws of this State rel
alive to corporations, they have
themselves, as well as such other
persons as may hereafter become
associated with them, to form and
constitute corporation and body
polite in law, for the purposes and
objects, and under the stipulations,
articles and conditions following, to-
wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name and title Of the said
corporation and body polite shall be
The United States Marine Motor
and Propeller Company" and its
domicilo is hereby established in the
CITY of Shreveport, Parish Of Caddo,
State Of Louisiana; and by its said
corporate name shall have and en-
joy succession, exist and continue.
unless sooner dissolved in accord
ance with its charter, as hereinafter
set forth, for the period OF ninety
nine (99) years from and after the
date hereof, and in its said corpoF-
ate name shall have power and au-
thority to contract, sue and be sued:
to make and use a corporate sea,
and the same to break and alter al
pleasure; to hold, receive, have,
purchase, improve, ALLEVIATE, convey,
sell, borrow, pledge, mortgage and
hyDothecate under and in its SAID
corporate name, property, real, per-,
sonal and mixed, immOvable ana
movable, corporeal and incOrporeal,
tangible and intangible; to name and
appoint such managers, directors,
officers and agents and employees as
The interest and convenience OF said
CORPORATION and BODY polite may re-
duire; to make and establish such
bylaws, rules and regulations Tor
the proper management and reguia-
lion of the affairs OF said corpora
ton and body polite as may De
deemed necessary and proper, anu
the same to change and alter al
Measure; and to do all other acts
and things permitted by law, or as
shall or may be necessary ano
prOner to carry out the objects and
purposes OF said corporation and
BODY polite.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes OF saio
elaboration are herebv declared tc
be: To manufacture marine motof
wheels, for the development OF wa
ter powers in the various ways ID
which it's motor wheels may be USED
and applied; to construct power
plants. obtain franchises therefor,
and erect and operate light and
bower plants, to light cities, supply
noWer and all other uses to which
| lis power wheels may be applied; TO
mliid own. use and onerate propei--
lers. boats. ships and all manner OF
water craft that NAV use its pro-
nellers: to purchase and own patents
and improvements thereon. relating
in any manner TO its business; to
own, operate, buy or sell lactorles
light and Dower plants; 10 purchaSe
own, lease and sell real estate, aho
| in general the doing OF any ana ev-
erything necessary, incident or con-
| sistent with the purposes ana oDI
jects of said corporation. All legal
| process shall be served on the presl-
| dent, and in his absence ACCORDING
10 law.
The capital stock of said corpora
ton and body polite shall be tWe
| hundred and fifty thousand anC
no-f(]O dollars $3.50, 10000, divided
into and represented by two thous-
| and five hundred (2,5OO) shares y
the sum of one hundred l$iOOOOl
dollars each, the par value thereOI
| which said stock shall be paid FOL
/ in cash at the time OF issuance, OF
The same may be issued at not Jess
Than par in payment or exchange
for nroperty or rights actually re-
ceiyed or purchased by said corpof.
alton and body polite. or the same
no issued. fully paid, for money ad-
vanced. and for such other valuable
| considerations or services as III
| board Of directors OF SAD eorp4ra
| ton and body polite may de,ermn Is
4 provided that no stock snail De Is
! sued until a consideration tnefeIo
has been received by SAID corpora
ltion and body polite. Any STOCK
holder may sell, assign or transle
/ his stock in this corporation an an
body polite, provided thirty (5O
DAYS previous notice OF such lnten
Ifion to sell, assign or transfer IN
same be given the company, IN VIII
| ing. and the other stakeholder
thereof shall have the first priviieg
TO purchase the same, after Whic
thirty 800 days notice, the date 9
service and the date OF expiratio
not counted, the said stock may Q
sold in the open market. The afore
said clause, provision and limitatlo
imnosed upon the stakeholder IN Tn
disposition of his stock shall 2
. printed on the face Of each certlfl
cate of stock issued by the said cor
noration and body polite, and sna
be binding upon purchaser as we
as the stockholder. The stock Z
said corporation and body poiltl
: NAV be transferred under the aDov
conditions. provided such transfe!
thereof be made on the books OF sal
comnopv nj lie office in the City [