The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-26

have one vote; NO proxies shall be per
n1itted. Seven members shall constitute
a quorum at any and all meetings, ex-
cept for purpose of adjournment and
decision of a ma jority present shall
be valid as corporate act except as
herein stated.
ARTICLE VI.
No debt shall be created in any one
year to exceed the annual revenues OF
said club, unless by consent of a ma
jority Of members present and voting at
an annual meeting, or general meeting
called for such purpose
No member shall be held liable or
responsible for the contracts Or faults
of this club in any greater sum than the
unpaid balance due the club; nor shall
any informally in organization have the
effect of annulling thi. charter or Gre
ating greater personal responsibility.
ARTICLE VII.
All acts and obligations of this cor
poration shall be authenticated by the
signatures of the president and treas
urer.
ARTICLE VIII.
All games in this club shall be regu-
lated and controlled by the board of
governors.
ARTICLE TX.
The officers of this club shall be a
president, vice president, a secretary,
a treasurer, elected by a majority vote
at annual meeting All voting shall be
by closed ballot. The secretary and
treasurer shall give bond i'll such sum
as the board of governors may deter
mine, and shall act in their proper ca
pacity whenever required by the board
at its meetings.
The following shall be the first Of
hcers OF this club, and shall serve until
the second Tuesday in January 1910, or
until their successors shall be elected
and qualified: President, c. T. Smith;
vice president, Murray Quigles; secre-
tary and treasurer, J. R. Roberts There
shall be a membership committee of
three members (none of which shall be
members Of the board) who shall be
elected at annual meetings. All other
committees shall be named by the presi-
dent
ARTICEkX
This act of incorporation may be
amended, modified or altered except for
purposes of dissolution by a vote of
majority of the members present at an
nual meetingoor meeting called for such
purpose. This corporation may be dis
solved by vote of two-thirds of the en-
tire membership at regular annual
meeting or special meeting called for
such purpose after notice has been given
by publication for ten consecutive days
in daily newspaper in the city of
Shreveport in which notice the object
and purpose of the meeting shall be
clearly stated. Whenever this corpor-
alton is dissolved its affairs shall be
liquidated or settled by FIVE commits
sioners designated by a majority of the
members present at annual meeting or
meeting called for such purpose In case
of death or inability to act of any COM
missioner or commissioners a surviving
commissioner shall act as acting presi-
dent Of the club, convene a meeting to
fill the vacancy
This done and passed at Shreveport,
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, this the end
day of January 1909, in the presence of
c. w. Cory and w. A. Adams, good
and competent witnesses, residing in
this city, who have signed their names
with incorporators and with me, notary.
after reading OF the whole (Signed)
c. T. SMITH.
WALTER GILLILAND,
w. F. BELL.
A. ]. HAYES.
B. P. HAMMETT.
w. ]. THOMAN.
H. c. WRIGHT.
A. c. SIMMS.
F. S. BAKER.
T. ]. GREEN.
S. NJ. CICUTAT.
J. H. JONES.
NJ. T. QUIGLES.
]. A. KELLY.
c. C. FORD.
SAM ADAMS.
MALCOLM SPROULL.
H. SEMANSKY.
A. E. Buckley.
CHAS. EHRHARDT.
w. f. ADAMS.
T. P. IRVINE.
]. A. SORRELL.
w. F. BRITT.
J. ROBERTS.
Attest:
w A ADAMS.
c. w. CORY.
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