The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-24
CHARTER
OF SHREVEPORT ICE CREAM
FACTORY.

Be it remembered, that on this the
10th day of September 1909, before me,
Leon R. Smith, notary public in and
for Caddo Parish, State of Louisiana,
duly commissioned and qualified, and, in
the presence of the witnesses herein
after named and undersigned, person
ally came and appeared the persons
whose names are hereunto subscribed,
who severally declared that, availing
themselves of the Constitution and laws
|of the State OF Louisiana relative to the
formation of corporations, and espe-
cialIy Act Is of the General Assembly
of the State of Louisiana for the year
1904, they have formed themselves, their
associates and successors, into a cor
poration for the objects and purposes,
and under agreements and stipulations
hereinafter set forth, which they adopt
as their charter.
ARTICLE |.
The name of this corporation shall be
The SHREVEPORT ICE CREAM
| FACTORY" with its domiciIe in the
City of Shreveport, in said Parish and
State, and under said corporate name
it shall have and enjoy succession for
period of fifty years, unless sooner
dissolved as hereinafter specified. All
legal process shall be served on the pres
ident, or in his absence, at the Office of
the company, according to law.
ARTICLE II.
The object and purposes of this cor
poration is declared to be to manufac-
ture and sell at wholesale and retail
ice cream, ices of all kinds, CONNECTION
cries, and to buy and sell fruit, and such
other products as may be deemed profit
able, and further any and everything
connected with or appertaining to such
business.
ARTICLE III.
| This corporation shall have power to
contract, ~sue and to be sued; to make
and use a corporate seal and the same
to alter at pleasure; to hold, receive,
purchase, improve, ALLEVIATE, convey, sell
borrow, pledge, mortgage and hypothe-
cate, under the corporate name, all
| kinds of property, and to make and es-
tablish such rules and regulations for
the proper management of the affairs
as it may deem necessary, and the same
| to alter or change at pleasure; and tc
enjoy all other privileges and immuni-
ties given by the laws of the State OF
| Louisiana to corporations organized for
similar purposes.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corporation
! is hereby fixed at ten thousand dollars
i ($1o,ooo.oo), divided into one hundred
/ (Ioo) shares of one hundred ($Ioooo)
dollars each, payable at the time of it:
issuance, in cash, property, or for serv-
ices performed, as the board Of direc,
tors may determine. No stockholdeI
shall sell or transfer his stock until after
ten days notice of such intention to sell
has been given to the president or vice
president of the company, during which
time the remaining stockholders shall
lhave the first option to purchase saiJ
Istock, and on their failure to dc
SO within the ten days stated, i
may be sold to other persons; bu
Iall transfers Of stock must be made
on the books of the company at it:
office. The corporation shall commenct
business as soon as three thousand
| S3,ooooo) dollars shall have been sub
Iscribed and paid.
ARTICLE V.
The corporate powers of the corpora
ltion shall be vested in board of direc
Itors composed of three stockholders
who shall be elected annually on tht
first Monday in September. The frs
hoard of directors is declared to be P
IDraiss, S. S. Hunter and Charles Stoer
who shall serve until their successor
are chosen. Two members shall consti
tute quorum of the board of directors
for the transaction of business. The Of
Ulcers of this corporation shall be pres
ident, vice president, secretary AM
treasurer, and the first of said officer!
are declared to be P. Draiss, president
4 ]. H. Jordan, vice president; and P. w
| McKittrick, secretary and treasurer, AM
lthey shall serve until their successor
| are chosen, and said officers shall b,
elected annually on the first Monday il
| September. A majority of the stool
lpresent shall elect the directors, and il
all elections or proceedings of stock
holders each share of stock present o
represented by written proxy shall b.
entitled to one vote. Notice of all meet
lings Of stockholders shall be advertised
ten (Io) days in daily Shreveport pa
lper. Failure to hold an election TO
directors on the day named, shall no
dissolve the corporation, but the incum
Ibent directors shall hold over until thei