The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-12
CHARTER
OF THE CORNER CLUB"

do Parish, Louisiana, the following: c
A. Worsham, E. E. Maloney, I. Hol
land, A. G. Hodge, L. l.. Campbell
Sgd. A. Bodenheimer. H. S. Hart, A
Goetschel, John A. Keel, T. E. Bird
J. J. Buckley, Eli Blum, B. Sokoloski
B. A. Phelps, Simon Bahr. w. R.
Hirsch, NJ. Bluestein, L. Benjamin
Alex Marks, 1. c. Bluestein. A. E.
Asher, J. H. S. Eteen. L. Hirsch, E.
P. Allen, J. Kronenberg, who declared
that availing themselves of the laws Of
Louisiana relative to the organization Of
corporations for social and literary pur.
poses, they hereby form and constitute
themselves, their associates and success
sors into a corporation and body polite
for the objects and purposes hereinafter
stated and under the following articles
of incorporation.
ARTICLE l.
The name of this corporation shall be
1.-THE CORNER CLUB" and its dom
icile 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 Ill.
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 ~.
The corporate powers of this club
shall be vested in and exercised by a|
board of governors to consist of the
president, vice president and FIVE other
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 6rst
Tuesday in December of each year.
The business of the club shall be man
aged by this board. All vacancies in Of
fee occurring during the term for which
elected shall be filed by the board. All
or other legal process shall be
served on the president, or in his alb
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 ".
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
of all requisite business.
Said meetings may be continued BY ad-I
journment should same be deemed
by q majority present. A
general meeting of this corporation shall
be called by the president or acting |
president At any time he may deem
or on the written request Of
Fifteen members. These meeting shall
'ske 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
ng and published once during sueh |
lime IN any daily paper.
At all meetings each member shall
nve one vote; no proxies shall be per-
nitted. Seven members shall constitute |
i quorum At any and MI meetings, ex-l
,ept for purpose of adjournment. end
! decision of majority present shall
be valid ~ = corporate act except ss
herein stated.
ARTICLE VI.
No debt shall be created IN any one
rear to exceed the ANIMAL res en,,es Of
Daid club, unless By consent o. . major
b Of members present and voting 1t an
annual meeting, OF general meeting
allied for such purpose.
No member shall be held liable o.
for the contracts Or faults
u this club IN any greater sum than the
unpaid balance due the club; nor shall