The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-27
CHARTER
OF The Gicscn Realty Company

Before me, the undersigned no
tary public, personally came and
appeared, and assembled them
selves. the several parties whose
names are subscribed to this IN
strument, who declared that, avail
ing themselves of the laws of the
State of Louisiana, in regard to the
formation of corporations, they do
hereby organize and form them
selves into a corporation and body
polite in law, for the purposes and
objects, and under the stipulations,
articles and conditions as herein
after set out.
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of this cor
poration shall be The GieSen Realty
Company, and its domicile is here
by established in the City OF
Shreveport, Louisiana, and under
Its said corporate seal and name 1t
shall have The power to sue and
be sued. to make and use a cOrpor-
ate seal; to make all necessary con-
tracts in the scope of its objects
and purposes: to buy, hold, mort
gage, hypOthecate, lease and sell
property, real, personal and mixed:
to borrow money; to name and ap
point such directors, officers, man
ayers and agents as the convenience
of the corporation may require; to
make and alter such rules, regula
lions and bylaws as may become
necessary for the management OF
said corporation. This corporation,
unless sooner dissolved, shall con-
tinue in existence for the period OF
twenty-five years.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes FOL
which this corporation is formed
and the business to be carried on
by it, are hereby declared to be: to
buy, sell and hold real estate, i'm
proved and unimproved; to act as
agent for the sale of all kind of
real estate, and in general to do all
things necessary and proper in the
carrying on of said business.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corpor-
alton is hereby fixed at Twenty
five Thousand Dollars, divided into
two hundred fifty shares OF the
par value of one hundred dollars
each. Said company shall COM
mence business when three thous-
and dollars of said capital stock has
been subscribed, and said capltaI
| stock may be paid for in cash
property or services rendered, III
the discretion of the Board of Dl-
reetOrs.
| ARTICLE ".
| The corporate power of this cor
pOratiOn shall be vested in Board
of Directors composed OF three
stockholders, three of whom shall
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constitute a quorum, who shall be-
elected on the first Monday in June
of each year beginning with the
year 1913, and annually thereafter
the first Board of Directors shall
be C. A. Giesen, E. C. Giesen and
M. H. Simmons, wife of o. f. Sim
mons, who shall serge until theiI
successors are chosen and quail
fled. The officers of the company
shall be president, vlce-presldent
and secretary and treasurer, witt
lC. A. Giesen as president NJ. H
ISimmons as vice-president and +
lC. Giesen as OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
| as the first of said officers. Sale
officers are elected and qualified
according to law. The majority o.
the Stockholders shall elect the dl-
rectOrs, and in all elections O
meetings of the stockholders, eacf
j share of stock shall be entitled t.
one vote and said share of stOcl
, shall or may be voted by its owner
or by written power of attorney il
the form Of proxy. Notice of al
: stockholders meetings shall b.
mailed by the secretary to eacl
stakeholder at his postofice address
as shown by the books Of the cor.
| pOration, at least fen days prior Il