The Caucasian., 1913-07-22
CHARTER
OF Belcher Telephone and Telegraph
Company.

Be it known that on this 30th day
Of May 1913, personally came and
appeared before me, j. H. Stephens
Jr., notary public, duly commits
stoned and sworn, J. H. Nattin JE.,
L. f. G.. pearce, d. p Hollis, Julius
Gamm, Dr. A. S. Bugg and Sam Will
Ter. all of age and residents OF Cad
Go Parish, State Of Louisiana, who
declared that availing themselves Of
the laws of the State of Louisiana
relative to corporations, they have
covenanted and agreed, and by these
presents do covenant and agree, and
bind themselves, as we'll as such
others as may hereafter become as
sociated with them, to form and
constitute a corporation and body
polite in law for the purposes here
matter set forth, in the following
articles, to-Wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of this cor
pOralion shall be "Belcher Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company" and
under its corporate name said cor
poration shall have power to con-
tract, sue and be sued; to acquire
and purchase, hold, receive, alien
ate, convey and sell, pledge, mort
gage and hypo5hecate under its cor
porate name, property, real, mixed
and personal; and borrow money
and issue notes and security there
for, and exercise the power of emf
nent domain; to name and appoint
such officers, directors and employees
as the interests and convenience OF
the corporation may require; TO
make such bylaws, rules and regu-
Iations for the control of its affairs
as may be deemed necessary and
proper, and the same to change and
alter al will, and to do all other acts
permitted by law to carry out the
purposes for which this corporation
is organized. This corporation shall
continue in existence for a period Of
Twenty-Five years unless sOoner> dis
solved in accordance with its\Yhar-
ter. ~
ARTICLE II.
The object anGpurposes of this
corporation are hereby declared TO
be TO build. equip, purchase and
maintain telephone and telegraph
exchange and toll lines of telephone
and telegraph, and to furnish tele-
phone and telegraph service to the
citizens of Belcher, Caddo Parish,
La, and its adjacent and surround
ing territory, and throughout The
State of Louisiana.
ARTICLE Ill.
The domicile of this corporation
is hereby declared to be Belcher,
Caddo Parish, La, and citation and
other. legal process shall be served
on the president, and in his absence
on the vice president, and in his abb
sence at the domicile of the com
pany according to law.
ARTICLE ~.
The corporate powers of this cor
poratioOare declared to be vested
in. a board of directors consisting Of
three members; said board to be
elected annually on the first Mon
day in June of each year, beginning
in the year 1914 Each share Of stock
shall be entitled to one vote, to be
cast in person or by proxy, and at
all elections and at all meetings OF
stockholders majority Of votes
cast shall elect. Ten days prior no.
tice shall be given in writing to al,
stockholders of all special elections
Or special meetings.; said notice to
| be mailed to the usual postoffice adj
dress of such stockholders. The
board Of directors shall elect an
nually at lis regular meeting the of
ficers of the corporation, to-wit:: A
president, vice president, secretary
treasurer, who shall he'd office until
their successors are elected ane
duly qualified. The first board Of dl-
rectors ofgtlR corporation, who
shalt hold Office until their success
tsors shall have been elected IN t9ffi
and duly qualified, is hereby de-
1clared to be: J. Il. Nattin Jr,I. F. G
Ipearce and D. P. Hollis. The officer:
of this corporation, ,&ho shall hole
office until their successors are
Ielected in 1914 and duly qualified
Iare hereby declared to be: :. Il. Nat
tin Jr., president; L. F. G. Pearce
vice president; D. P. Hollis, secre.
tary-treasurer. %
4 ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corpora.
Ition is hereby fixed at the sum o
| ten thousand (S1OOO0.00) dollars, dl
i yided into and represented by tWt
i hundred shares Of fifty (s50.oO) dol
( lars each; and this corporation stocl