The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-11-22
CHARTER OF THE
OPERA HOUSE co. LTD.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, /
Parish Of ST Mary

Be it known. that on this fifth day o
November. the year of Our Lord. On,
Thousand Nine Hundred and Two, th,
undersigned persons sevcrally declared
that. availing themselves of the provi
sions Of the law of this State, relative tt
the organization of corporations they
have contracted and agreed and obligated
themselves as well as such other persons
as may hereafter become associated with
them, to form and constitute corpora
ton and body polite in law. for the oh
| ject and purposes and under the agree
| ments and stipulations following, to>wit
Article /.
The name and title of said corporation
| shall be the Opera House Co., Ltd, P"
and by that name said corporation shall
have power and authority to have and to
enjoy succession for the full term and
period Of ninetyanine years from and
after said date hereof; to contract, sue
and be sued, to make corporate seal
and the same to break and alter at pleas
ure; to hold, receive and purchase and
convey. as we'll as mortgage and hypo>
thecate property, real, personal and
mixed; to name and elect such officers as
may be necessary and proper to manage
the affairs of said corporation.
Article 2.
The domicile of said corporation shall
be the town of Patterson, Parish of St.
Mary, State of Louisiana.
Article 3.
The purposes OF said corporation are
to own and operate an opera house and
to carry On any business permitted by
law, that would promote the interests
and objects of said corporation.
Article 4.
The capital stock of this corporation
has been and is hereby fixed at $1,000
Give thousand Dollars divided into or
represented by one hundred shares Of the
sum of $50 Fifty dollars) each to be
paid for in full upon the signing Of this
Charter.
Article ).
The management of the affairs of said
corporation shall be vested in a Manager
and Secretary-Treasurer who shall be
elected annually by majority Of the
stock on the first day of November All
citations or other legal process shall he
served npon the Manager Or in his alb
sence upon the SccretaryTreasurer.
Article 6.
The act of Incorporation may be
changed, modified or altered or said corr
poration may he dissolved with the as
sent of three-fourths, of the capital stock
Of said corporation at a meeting called |
for that purpose. ten days prior notice
being given to each stakeholder.
Article Z.
No stakeholder shall ever be held liza
BILE for the contracts or faults of said |
corporation in any further sum than the |
unpaid balance due the company on
shares owned by him.
Article 8.
The first officers Of said corporation I
shall be Theo. w. Schmidt, Manager, |
K. Lee Riggs, Secretary-Treasurer who
shall serve for one year or until their
successors are elected.
r. LEE RIGGS. % shares.
A. H. THOMPSON, 25 shares,
4. W. SCHMIDT. 25 shares,
GA. ROUSSEL, 25 shares.
Witnesses:
A. s. Kleinpeter.
Julius A. Lund
Having examined the above charter l |
ind that the purposes and objects of the
corporation as specified in said act are
egal and that none of the provision
herein contained are contrary to law.
w. X. WILSON, District Attorney.