The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-10
CHARTER
or The Dickson Land Company

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ish, duly commissioned and sworn
personally came and appeared =. A.
Dickson. u. s. Dickson, Mildred -.
Levy, wife of Mahlcn Levy; &. u
Dickson Jr CIaudius M. Dickson
and Susie Dickson, residents oil SAID
Parish and State, who stated ana
declared to me, notary, that awaiting
themselves of the Constitution anu
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 const'-
tute themselves. as we'll as such
other persons as may hereafter be
come associated with them, into
corporation aud body corporate, and
have adopted and ordained as thcIl
charter and act of incorporation the
following, to-wil:
ARTICLE |.
The name and title of this cor
poration shall be the Dickson Land
Company, with its domiciIe at thu
City of Shreveport, La, and under
its corporate name it shall have and
enjoy succession for period of fit!
years, unless sooner dissolved a.
hereinafter provided. All legal pro
cess shall be served on its presi-
dent, or i'm his absence on the VICE
president of the company.
ARTICLE II.
The objects of this corporations
and the purposes for which it Is
formed are hereby declared to be
to acquire, purchase, receive ane
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 tt
conduct agricultural operations il
The State of Louisiana and else
where.
| ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corpora
lion is hereby fixed at sixty thous-
and dollars, divided into six thous-
and shares of the par value Of one
hundred dollars each, and il shall
commence business whenever thirt.
thousand dollars of its capital stocl
is actually subscribed and paid for
No stock shall issue except whel
fully paid, and may be issued FOL
money, property, services or othel
thing OF value TO the satisfaction o.
the board of directors, and when is
sued shall be worcestershire. M
stakeholder shall sell or otherwise
dispose OF his or her stock in this
corporation without first offcrins
the same to the other stakeholder
in writing and waiting thirty day
thereafter, whercupon If none o
| the stockholders will buy the SAM
at the price offered, he or she ma,
sell or dispose of the same to othe
parties at the same price and OF
the same terms and conditions.
u ARTICLE ".
u The affairs of this corporation
] shall be managed and controlled b.
a board of directors consisting g
!, seven stockholders TO be elected a
, a general meeting of the stockhod
ers to be held at the Office of tn
company on the first Monday o
. January Of each year, and until tn
election of board of directors o
the first Monday in January 1871
the following shall constitute tn
board of directors of this company
s. A. Dickson, who shall be presi
dent; G. s. Dickson, who shall b
vice president; Mildred d. Lev,
who shall be treasurer; C. b. Dick
= son, who shall be secretary; S.
e Dickson Jr., Claudius NJ. Dickso
. and Susie Dickson. The said boar
: of directors shall have authority I
I'll any vacancy occurring thcrei
from any cause by the election {
/, another stakeholder thereto for tn
unexpired term, and shall have til
lpOwer to elect, name and appein
any and all agents, employees @
I managers that may be necessary
3 the operation Of its business, an
s may make such bylaws and rule
: for the government of said corpor
alton as in their judgment seen
best and the same to change an
! alter at pleasure.
t ARTICLE V.
This charter may be amended c
Q altered, or this corporation may b
(; dissolved by a vote of three-fourth
Of the stockholders at meetin
d called for that purpose in accord
!; ance with the laws of the State