The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
CHARTER
Of Brlchcr Telephone and Telegraph
company.

Jr notary public, duly commis-
stoned and sworn, J. H. Nattin Jr.
l.. +. e.. pcarcc. -. p. Hollis, julius
Gamm, Dr. \. :. Bugg and Sam vii
Ter. all 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
presents do covenant and agree, and
bind themselves. as we'll as such
others as may hereafter become as
sOciatcd 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-Wii:
ARTICLE l.
The name and title of this cor
pOration shall be "Bclchcr Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company and
under its corporate name said cor
poration shall0havc power TO con
tract, sue and be sued: to acquire
and purchase, hold, receive, alien
ate, convey and sell, pledge, mort
gage and hypolhccate under its cor
pOrate name, property, real, mixed
and PERSONAL and borrow money
and issue notes and security there
nf i
nent domain. to name and appoint
such officers, directors and employees
as the interests and convenience OF
the corporation may require, ID
make such bylaws, rules and rcgu-
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 period Of
twenty-five years unless sooner dis
solved in accordance with its char
ter.
ARTICLE II.
The object and purposes of this
corporation are hereby declared t.
be to build, equip, purchase and
maintain a telephone and telegraph
exchange and toll lines of telephone
and telegraph, and to furnish tele-
phone and telegraph service to Tho
citizens of Belcher, Caddo Parish
La, and its 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
sence at the domicile of the com
pany according to law. z
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers Of This cor
poration are declared to be vestet
in a board of directors consisting o
three members; said board to n'
elected annually on the first Mon.
day in June of each year, beginning
| i'm the year 1914. Each share of StOcl
shall be entitled to one vote, to b.
cast in person or by proxy, and a
all elections and at all meetings o
stockholders majority of vote
cast shall elect. Ten days prior no
tice shall be given in writing to al
stockholders of all special election
or special meetings; said notice t.
be mailed to the usual pOstoffice adj
dress of such stockholders. Tn
board of directors shall elect an
nually at its regular meeting the OF
ficers Of the corporation, to-wit:
president, vice president, secretary
treasurer, who shall hold office unit
their Successors are elected an
lduly qualified. The first board OF Oh
rectOrs of this corporation, VIII
shall hold Office until their success
sOrs shall have been elected in 1874
and duly qualified, is hereby dc
! cIared to be: J. II. Maths Jr, l.. +. {
! pearce and d. p. Hollis. The officer
/, Of this corporation, who shall hoI
0 Office until their successors al
Z elected in 1914 and duly quallfie
are hereby declared to be: J. H. Nal
tin Jr., president; l.. +. G. Pearc
vice president; ID. p. Hollis. sccr'
V tary-treasurer.
ARTICLE Y.
Y The capital stock Of this corpori
ton is hereby fixed at the sum
ten thousand fsi0,0000O) dollars, d
g vided into and represented by tV
# hundred shares Of fifty $4,000 dc
g lars each; and this corporation sto'
n1may be paid for in cash or rs equl'
d alent in the discretion Of the boal
vi Of directors, and the corporate
may commence business when thr