The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-04
CHARTER
OF ENRICH BROTHERS AND
COLEMAN COMPANY.


duly commissioned, qualified. and sworn,
came and appeared the several persons
whose names are hereun.o subscribed,
who severally declared that availing
themselves of the general laws of the
State of Louisiana relative to The for
nation of corporations, they have form
ed themselves, their associates and Sic
cessors, into a corporation for the OBJ
Jects and purposes and under agree
ments and stipulations hereinafter set
forth, which they hereby adopt as their
charter
ARTICLE /.
The name of this corporation shall be
ENRICH BROTHERS AND COLE
MAN COMPANY, and by that name it
shall have the power and authority to
enjoy succession for ninety nine foo)
years. to contract, sue and be sued and
use a corporate seal; to hold. purchase,
lease, sell and hypothecate property, real
and personal, and to name and appoint
such managers, agents, directors and
officers as the business of the corpora
ton may require, and to make and es-
tablish, as well as alter and amend, from
time to time, such bylaws, rules and
regulations for the proper government
of the affairs of the corporation as may
be necessary and proper.
ARTICLE II.
| The domicile of this corporation shall
be i'll the City of Shreveport, Louisiana,
and all citations or other legal process
shall be served upon the president of
said corporation, or. in the event of his
absence, upon the vice president there
of. and, in the absence of both of said
officers. upon the secretary of said cor
poration.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is established and the
nature of the business to be car
ried on by it are hereby de-
clared to be the purchasing, build
ing, leasing and conducting theaters
and music halls, and for furnishing the
properties and equipment of dramas,
operas, etc, and generally to carry on
the business of theater proprietors and
managers, and in particular to provide
for the production, representation and
performance of opera, stage plays, op-
erettas, burlesques, vaudeville, ballets,
pantomimes, spectacular pieces, prone
| made and other concerts, and other
musical and dramatic performances and
entertainments, to produce plays, book
| and route theatrical companies and supply
companies for theaters, and also to do
general bill posting business: and to
hold and exercise all such incidental
powers and privileges as relate to the
objects hereinbefore set forth.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at twenty-five thousand
| ($25, ooooo) dollars, divided into two
hundred-and fifty (25o) shares of one
hundred ($Ioo.oo) dollars each, payable
in CASH The corporation shall become
a going concern and be authorized to do
business as soon as FIVE thousand dol
lars ($5ooooo) of its capital stock shall
have been subscribed and paid for.
ARTICLE V.
The corporate powers of this corpora
| ton shall be vested in board of direc-
tors, composed of three stockholders,
who shall be elected annually on the
second Monday in January The first
board of directors is declared to be
Harry Enrich, Simon Ehrlich and J. J.
Coleman, who shall serve until their
successors are chosen Two members
shall constitute a quorum of the board
of directors for the transaction of bus
mess.
The officers Of this corporation shall
be president, vice president, secretary
and treasurer, and the first of said Of
hcers are declared to be Harry Enrich,
president; J. ]. Coleman, vice president,
and Simon Enrich, secretary and treas
urer, and they shall serve until their
successors are chosen, and said officers
shall be elected annually on the second
Monday in January. A majority of the
stock present shall elect the directors,
and in all elections or proceedings of
stockholders each share of stock present
or represented by written proxy, shall
be entitled to one vote. Notice of all
meetings of stockholders shall be adj
vertised ten (Io) days in daily Shreve-
port newspaper: directors to be chosen
at the Office of the company under SUI
peryision of three commissioners ap-
pointed by the directors from the stock
holders.
ARTICLE VI.
Failure to hold an election for direc-1
tors on the day named shall not dissolve |
the corporation, but the incumbent di- |
rectors shall hold over until their sue
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