The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-15
CHARTER
OF Belcher Telephone and Telegraph
Company.

Be it known that on this 30th day
OF May 1913, personally came an(
appeared before me, J. H. Stephen:
Jr., notary public, duly commits
stoned and sworn, j. H. Nattin Jr.
L. +. C. Pearce, D. p. Hollis, Julius
Ganenl, Dr.. A. S. Bugg and Sam Viii
Ter, Vii Of age and residents Of Cad
do Parish, State Of Louisiana, who
declared that awaiting 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
ISOLATED with them, to form and
constitute 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
poration 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 hypoihecate 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; u
make such bylaws, rules and regu-
lations for the control of its affairs
as may be deemed necessary and
proper, and the same to change and
alter at 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 char
tier.
ARTICLE II.
The8bject and purposes 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 it's adjacent and surround
ing territory, and throughout the
State of Louisiana.
ARTICLE III. "
The domicile Of this corporation
is hereby declared to be Belcher
Caddo Parish, La, and citation anc
other legal process shall be served
on the president, and in his absence
on the vice president. and in his alb
1sence at the domicile of the COM
pany according to law.
| ARTICLE ~.
The corporate powers of this cor
poration are declared to be vested
in board of directors consisting O
three members; said board to Dt
elected annually on the first Mon
day in June of each year, beginning
| in the year 1914. Each sha6e of stock
shall be entitled to one vote, to bt
cast in person or by proxy, and a
all elections and at all meetings 0
stockholders majority of vote
cast shall elect. Ten days prior no
1 tice shall be given in writing to al
stockholders Of all special election
or special meetings.; said notice tt
be mailed to the usual postof1ice adj
dress of such stockholders. Tn
j board of directors shall elect an
nually at its regular meeting the OF
| f1cers of the corporation, to-wit:
president, vice president, secretary
treasurer, who shall hold Office unit
| their successors are elected an
Iduly qualified. The first board OF dl
rectors of this corporation, VIII
shall hold office until their success
tsors shall have been elected in 1911
and duly qualified, is hereby de
:. clared to be: J. H. Nattin Jr., L. F.
Pearce and D. P. Hollis. The officer
!, of this corporation, who shall hol
I office until their successors ar
i elected in 1914 and duly qualified
are hereby declared to be: ]. H. Nat
tin Jr., president; L. F. c. Pearc'
Twice president; D. P Hollis, secrt
tary-treasurer.
ARTICLE v.
The capital stock of this corpor;
Y | ton is hereby fixed at the sum
ten thousand Bto,oo0oO dollars, d
Ivided into and represented by tN
: hundred shares Of fifty (s50.O0) do
{ lars each; and this corporation stoC