The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-07
CHARTER
OF THE CORNER CLUB"

Thigpen. notary public in and for Cad
do Parish. Louisiana, the following: c
A. Worsl,am, L. +. Maloney, |. Hol
land, A. G. Hodge, l.. L. Campbell
sgd. A Bodcnheimer, H. S Hart, A
Goctschel, John A. Keel, T. E. Bird
J. J. Buckley, Eli Blum. B. Sokoloski
B. A. Phelps. Simon Bahr. W. X
Hirsch. NJ. Bluestein, l.. Benjamin
Alex Marks, l. c. Bluestcin. A. f
Asher. J. H. S. Eteen. l.. Hirsch, E
P. Allen, J. kronenberg, who declared
that availing themselves of the laws O
Louisiana relative to the organization o
corporations for social and literary pur
poses, they hereby form and constitut,
themselves, their associates and success
sors into corporation and body polite
| for the objects and purposes hereinafter
stated and under the following article.
| Of incorporation.
ARTICLE I.
The name of this corporation shalt bs
THE CORNER CLUB and its dom
icilc is hereby declared to be and re-
main in the City of Shreveport, Louis
lana.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes Of this
corporation shall be: To foster social
intercourse, to provide for the recrea-
ton, amusement and entertainment Of
the members of this organization and
invited guests, and to encourage literary
tastes by the establishment and main
tenance of reading room, properly
supplied with periodicals, magazines and
newspapers, and to accomplish these
purposes this corporation shall have
and exercise all the rights, privileges
and powers authorized by law to body
corporate.
ARTICLE III.
This corporation shall continue for
the term of fifty years from the date Of
this charter, and shall have power to
make and use corporate seal and to
change same at pleasure; to contract, to
sue and be sued; to purchase, hold, n.y.
pothecate, lease. ALLEVIATE and convey
real, personal and mixed property; to
name and appoint all officers and agents
that the interests of the corporation
may require; to make ami establish all
necessary bylaws. rules and regulations
and to alter and change same at pleas
ure.
ARTICLE w.
The corporate powers of this club
shall be vested in and exercised by 4
board of governors to consist of tho
president, vice president and FIVE other
members to be elected annually; they
shall hold Office for one year, or until
their successors shall elected md quail
flied. They shall be elected on the first
Tuesday in December of each year.
The business of the club shall be man.
aged by this board All vacancies in Of
ice occurring during the term for which
elected shall be filled by the board. All
citations or other legal process shall be
served on the president. or in his ab-
sence on the vice president, or in the
absence. of both, on any member Of the
board acting as president pro TEN by
designation of president or vice presi-
dent.
ARTICLE v.
A general meeting Of the members of
this corporation shall take place on the
first Tuesday in December Of each year
for the election of officers and for the
transaction of all requisite business.
Said meetings may be continued by ad-
journment should same be deemed
necessary by majority present. A
general meeting of this corporation shall
be called by the president or acting
president at any time he may deem
necessary, or on the written request of
fifteen members. These meeting shall
take place after notice of the date ard
purpose of such meeting shall have
been conspicuously posted in the club
room thirty days previous to said meet
ing and published once during such
time in any daily paper.
At all meetings each member hall
have one vote; no proxies shall be per-
Seven members shall constitute
a quorum at any and oil meet;ngs, cx-
cept for purpose Of Adjournment, and
\ decision of a majority present shall
be valid as corporate act except -
herein stated.
ARTICLE vi.
No debt shall be created in any one
year to exceed the annual Re. cnmcs Of
said club, unless by consent Of major
ity Of members present and voting Il an
annual meeting. or general mees'ng
called for such purpose.
No member shall be held liable or
responsible for the contracts Q, faults
Of this club in any greater sum than the
unpaid balance due the club; mr. shall
anv informalitv in ORGANIZATION have the