The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-11

shall be the Shreveport Carnival A>5"-
ciut ion, and lis ,lDmjvir is hereby t,t>b-
Ii~hvl 1T Shreveport. CaIIn Parish.
ON lana; and under its SAID corporate
nrlnc II shall have power and authority
i. Contract. sue and be sued, to make
and Use 4 Corporate seal and the same to
break and alter at pleasure: to hold, re
rciNr, have, improve, convey. sell, Dor
row. pledge. mortgage and hypOthcCate
under it, >nil corporate name property,
real. personal and mixed; and to name
and appoint such officers, managers and
directors as the interest or convenience
of the corporation may require; to make
and establish such hy-alwS, rules and
regulations for the management of its
affairs as may be deemed necessary and
proper, and the same to change or alter
at pleasure. AMI to do all other acts and
things which shall be necessary and
proper to effect the objects and purposes
Of this corporation.
Under it's corporate name it shall have
power and authority to enjoy succession
for d period of ninety years from
and after the date hereof.
All citations and other legal process
shall be served on the president, and in
his absence upon the vice president, or
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law.
ARTICLE II.
The object and purposes for which
this corporation is organized, and the
nature of the business to be conducted
by it. is as follows: To encourage social
intercourse, to provide for the recrea
ton and entertainment Of it's members.
the citizens of Shreveport and visitors.
and for the purpose Of holding Carni
val and parades at least once a year, for
the amusement and the social benefit of
the public.
ARTICLE III.
Every male citizen, Of good rcpute,
shall be eligible to membership in this
Association, on subscribing the amount
of one dollar, as a membership fee, in
advance, and with the annual dues
fixed at one dollar, which shall be ap-
piled to the purposes for which the AS
ISOLATION is created, including the Incl
dental expenses thereof This AssOcia-
ton may begin operations as soon as
$4,000 shall have been subscribed.
ARTICLE ".
There shall be elected annually, by
ballot, sixty days after each annual Car
nval, at meeting called for that pur-
pose by ten days notice published in
one or more local newspapers, thirty-two
(32) directors, who shall be elected by a
majority of the members present and
voting, and from the Board of Direc-
tors, so chosen, there shall be elected a
president, three vice presidents, a sec
rotary a@l treasurer, who shall hold
their offices for period of one year, Or
until their successors are duly elected
AMI installed; and in the event of any
vacancy occurring in the Board of Direc-
tors or of any office being vacant by re-
signaton or otherwise, the same shall
be filled by the members of said Board
of Directors for the unexpired term of
said vacancy The duties of the officers
shall be such as shall be prescribed in
the bylaws to be adopted by the Asso-
clatiOn
ARTICLE V.
The first Board of Directors sail be
DR.. 7. E. Schumpert, who shall be presi-
dent; C. c. McCloud, Homer jordan
and John Ford, who shall be vice presi-
dents, respectively as named; A. R. Hol-
combe, who shall besecretary; and J. P,
Scott, who shall be treasurer; and A.
Queries, Sam Calm, w. E. Hamilton,
Sam Dreyfuss, L. Wolf, Harry Enrich,
Ernest Bernstein, F. Leonard Pooley,
J. w. Peyton, J. NJ. Foster, L. NJ
Levinson, H. J. Meyer F. G. Snyder,
H. H. C. Wedemeyer P. Roehn1, Frank
Serwicl1, Ben Phelps, Abe Kirsch L. w.
Huckins, R. H. Ward, H. R. Strube, w.
NJ Steele, V. Grosjean A. J. Frantz,
A. W. Cheesnan and L. c. Butler direc-
tors, who shall hold their respective Of
fees as provided
The said Board of Directors shall have
full control of the property of the CON-
pany, and shall so conduct, manage and
use the same as in their discretion they
may deem fit, and that is consistent with
the objects of this Association; they
shall have the power and authority to
appoint all agents, employees, servants
and clerks as they may deem necessary
for conducting the affairs of the COM
pany; fix their COMPENSATION, term of
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