The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-05-07
Charter.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Town of T1.ibodaux.-rariSli OF Laicurche.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.

! ell ami Quaillcd personally c:tiltr aiiti ap'
| peared, Siias I. Grisamorc, Cypricn Azeuna,
Hudson w. Tabor cr. X. L Mcbride. Dzo-
NE Nauuin, Henry Hivicrt. J. Louis .Aucoln,
Richmond A. Frost. Joseph l.. Thihnlcaux
! Leandre Boudreaux, JIG. Ocshwa,d, Joseph
L.. Webre.-wi,o declared that il L. tl.ti,
design to form themselves, amt they tt
hereby form themselves. their associates
;nu successors INTO ii body corporate under
! the general law relating to works Of utility
and public improvement and Tor other pur
poses, and to tilatend bind tllemselvt>,theil
associates and Successors to observe anu
abide by the following articles and regul;t
tons, to wit
ARTICLE l..
The name OF the Corporation shall he the
"Fireinen'S Hall Association Of ThibalauA.'
The doniicile is hereby liked i'll the Town OF
Ihlboda az. State OF Louisiana. and it shall
exist and continue for the full term and
space of fifty years, unless sooner dissolved
III tue manne hereafter provided for.
1t shall have power and authority to con
tract. sue and be sued to make and use a
corporate seal, to name and appoint such
managers, directors and officers, as its in.
terest aid convenience may require !: tc
make and establish such bylaws, rules and
regulations as may be necessary and prop
er tor the management of its affairs; to
holi; 1CSCtNt, PURCHASE, OE. OtucIN iSS dt-
quire, to sell and convey, hypothecate, Oh
otherwise dispose of property. both real
and personal and to erect all buildings
aud machinery necessary to carry out the
objects and purposes of this company.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes of said corpora
ton shall be to locate, purchase acquire or
erect Il building or structure oyether with
suitable grounds or parks, in the Town OF
lmoodanX. the same to be used and EN-
ployed for purposes OF public or private
spectacle, entertainment or assemblies.
ARTICLE LII.
The business OF the company shall be
conducted by IL Board Of Directors, consist
in. of nine persons, stockholders, who shall
be authorized to elect Il president, vice
president, treasurer, secretary and such
other officers and employees as they may
deem proper, the first two of whom shall
be OF their own number. The said Board OF
directors shall prescribe and regulate the
compensation and duties of the several EN-
ployees. and said directors may make and
use Il corporate seal, and enact such by
laws as they may deem necessary and prop
er, provided no salary be given to amy Of
the officers OF the corporation.
ARTICLE ".
The president OF the corporation or in his
absence the vice president, or i'll the alb
selee of both, either the secretary or the
treasurer, shall be the proper officer upon
whom all legal process shall be served.
ARTICLE V.
The first board of Directors shall hold
office for the term and period Of twenty
mouths, say to the first Monday in Decenl-
Der lso2 and thereafter until their success
sors are elected and qualified; and said
first board shall consist OF Hudson w, Ia
coin, Joseph l.. Webre, Ozcme Naquin, Cy-
prien Arena. Robert K. Mcbride, Silas r.
3risam,re, Joseph L. Thibodaux of whom
Silas 7. Grisamure shall be President, Rob
ert K. Mcbride, Vice President, J. Louis Au-
coin, Secretary and Cyprien Arena, Treas
urer.
Any five directors shall constitute a quo
rum If any director shall cease to ba q
stakeholder during his term of office the
board Shall declare his position vacant, or
III the event of the death, permanent alb
sence or resignationof any director or officer
the board shall have auth ori to ii II the
vacancy,
ARTICLE VI.
At the regular session to be held in No
vemher 1882 and annually thereafter in
the same month. the stockholders shall bv
ballot, elect lime Of their members. who
shall constitute Il board of Directors, who
shall take their positions oE tho first Mou
day of December, and hold their offices for
Que yea until their successors are elected
and .ual fed.
ARTICLE VII.
The amount Of the capital stock shall be
Ten ~thous"nd dollars f$i0.090) divided into
one Thousand LlNoo] shares OF ten dollars
$4,000 each. Twenty five per cent Of each
subscription shall be payable Immediately
upon bein. subscribed for: and for the bal
ance, subscribers shall issue their notes
each for Twenty-Five per cent OF their sub
scription payable in two, four and six
months respectively after the date of the
subscription.
The corporation shall begin operations as
soon as two hundred and fifty shares of the
capital stock shall be subscribed for.
No stakeholder shall ever be liable for
the contracts Or faults of this corporation
i'll any further sun han the amount of
shares OF the stock thai he may own there
in; nor shall any mere iniormality in or
ganization have the effect of rendering this
act IF incorporation null or exposing any
stakeholder to any liability beyond the
amount OF unpaid balance due upon his
stock.
ARTICLE VIII.
The privilege is reserved of increasing
the capital stock of the corporation to such
amount as the stockholders NAV determine
proper, by u two thirds vote Of the entire
stock, after thirty days notice, either by
advertisement in some newspaper published
in the town Of Thitodaux or by notices ad-
dressed to the stockholders and mailed
thirty days prior to the meeting for that
purpose.
ARTICLE TX.
Should any subscriber refuse or neglect
to pay his or their installments as the
same falls due interest at the rate Of eight