The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-01
CHARTER
or The Dickson Land Compan,

| State of Louisiana, Parish of Cad
| do: Be it remembered that on thl
| day before mo John D. Wilkinson
IA notary public in and for said par
| ish, duly commissioned and sworn
personally came and appeared S. A
dickson, G. S. Dickson, Mildred D
Levy, wife Of Mahlen Levy; C. F
Dickson Jr., Claudius M. Dickson
and Susie Dickson, residents Of sail
Parish and State, who stated AM
declared to me, notary, that awaiting
themselves Of the Constitution ant
laws of the State Of Louisiana re-
lating to the formation Of corpora
lions in general, they have formed
and constituted themselves and d.
by these presents form and consti-
tute themselves, as we'll as such
other persons as may hereafter be-
come associated with them, into {
corporation and body corporate, and
! have adopted and ordained as then
charter and act of incorporation tn.
following, to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name and title Of this cor
poration shall be the Dickson Land
Company, with its domicile at tn
City Of Shreveport, La, and under
its corporate name it shall have and
enjoy succession for period Of fifty
years, unless sooner dissolved as
hereinafter provided. All legal pro-
cess shall be served on its presi-
dent, OF in his absence on the vice
president of the company.
ARTICLE III.
The objects of this corporation
and the purposes for which it is
formed are hereby declared to be
to acquire, purchase, receive and
own both real and personal prop
erty and the same to sell, mortgage
and dispose Of at will, and more
particularly to conduct and operate
farms, plantations and plantation
stores and gins and other operations
necessary in conducting such farms
and plantations, and in general to
conduct agricultural operations il
the State Of Louisiana and else
where.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at sixty thous-
and dollars, divided into six thous-
and shares Of the par value Of one
hundred dollars each, and it shall
commence business whenever thirty
thousand dollars of its capital stock
is actually subscribed and paid for.
No stock shall issue except when
fully paid, and may be issued for
money, property, services OF other
thing of value to the satisfaction OF
the board of directors, and when is
sued shall be nom assessable. No
stakeholder shall sell OF otherwise
dispose Of his or her stock in this
corporation without first offering
the same to the other stockholders
in writing and waiting thirty days
thereafter, Whereupon if none of
the stockholders will buy the same
at the price offered, he or she may
sell or dispose Of the same to other
parties at the same price: and on
the same terms and conditions.
ARTICLE ~.
The affairs Of this corporation
shall be managed and controlled BY
q board of directors consisting OF
seven stockholders to be elected At
general meeting of the stockhoid-
ers to be held at the Office of the
company On the first Monday Of
January of each year, and until thu
election of hoard Of directors on
the first Monday in January 1914,
the following shall constitute the
board of directors of this company
s. A. Dickson, who shall be presi-
dent; G.. s. Dickson, who shall be
vice president; Mildred D. Levy,
who shall be treasurer; G. 3. Dick
son, who shall be secretary; S. A.
Dickson Jr., Claudius NJ. Dickson
and Susie Dickson. The said boar ]
Of directors shall have authority TO
fill any vacancy occurring therein
from any cause by The election OF
another stakeholder thereto for the
unexpired term, and shall have tl't
power to elect, name and appoint
any and all agents, employees Or
managers that may be necessary 70
the operation Of its business, and
may make such bylaws and rules
for the government Of said corpor-
alton as in their judgment seems
best and the, same to change and
talter at pleasure. s
ARTICLE Y.
This charter may be amended or
altered, or this corporation may, be
diccnlvnd hy . vnfn nf fhrnn-fnl1rtf1s