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Object Name |
Charter |
Title |
Original Charter of Texas Electric Railway, File C579 [Pg 3] |
Event |
Organization of Texas Electric Railway |
Date |
1916, July 5 |
Scope & Content |
Page three of File C579, an eight-page certified original court document detailing the charter of Texas Electric Railway. The document was filed 5 Jul 1916 and signed and sealed at the state level on January 31, 1917. [Page 3 transcribed] [cont'd from CP.2005.CL.2-402-2] III. The place where the business of the corporation is to be transacted is at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas with such offices along the lines of said railway as may be determined by its Board of Directors. IV. The term for which the corporation shall exist is fifty (50) years. V. The number of directors shall be twenty-one (21), and their names and postoffice addresses are as follows: J. F. Strickland Dallas, Texas Osce GoodwinDallas, Texas Geo. W. Bowman Plano, Texas W. R. Brents Sherman, Texas J. L. Lovejoy McKinney, Texas S. D. Moore Van Alstyne, Texas W. B. MunsonDenison, Texas R. B. Stitcher Dallas, Texas R. L. Waddill McKinney Texas A. A. JacksonDallas, Texas C. B. Dorchester Sherman, Texas W. W. Batchler Ferris, Texas F. N. Drane Corsicana, Texas W. D. Lacy Waco, Texas W. J. Neale Waco. Texas W. W. Seley Waco, Texas J. L. Penn Waxahachie, Texas J. H. Miller Waxahachie, Texas A. L. Smith Hillsboro, Texas S. H. Powell New York City M. B. Templeton Dallas, Texas VI. The amount of the authorized capital stock of the corporation is Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10,500,000.00), divided into one hundred and five thousand (105,000) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) each, One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) whereof shall be paid in in cash, as provided by Article 1130 of the Revised Statues of the State of Texas. Of such total authorized capital stock fifteen thousand (15,000) shares, amounting to One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00), shall be first preferred stock; [cont'd in CP.2005.CL.2-402-4] |
Associated People |
Goodwin, Osce Stichter, R. B. Strickland, John Frank Templeton, M. B. |
Search Terms |
Charter Board of Directors File C579 Organization Texas Electric Railway Stock Shares Texas Electric Railway Charter |
Collection |
D. W. Milam Collection |
Catalog Number |
CP.2005.CL.2-402-3 |