The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-21
CHARTER
OF SHREVEPORT ICE CREAM
FACTORY.


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-
cially Act 70 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 l.
The name of this corporation shall be
THE SHREVEPORT ICE CREAM
FACTORY" with its domicile in the
City of Shreveport, in said Parish and
State, and under said corporate name
it shall have and enjoy succession for
a period of fifty years, unless sooner
dissolved as hereinafter specified. All
legal process shall be served on the pres
idcnt, 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, confection-
cries, and to buy and sell fruit, and such
other products as may be deemed profit
able, and further any and everything
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 to
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
($Io,ooooo), divided into one hundred
(Ioo) shares of one hundred ($Ioo.oo)
dollars each, payable at the time of its"
in cash, property, or for serv-
ices performed, as the board of direc-
tors may determine No stockholder
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
have the first option to purchase said
stock, and on their failure to do
SO within the ten days stated, it
may be sold to other persons; but
all transfers of stock must be made
on the books of the company at its
office. The corporation shall commence
business as soon as three thousand
(S3,ooo.oo) dollars shall have been sub
scribed and paid.
ARTICLE V.
The corporate powers of the corpora
ton shall be vested in board of direc
tors composed of three stockholders,
who shall be elected annually on the
first Monday in September. The first
board of directors is declared to be P.
Draiss, S. S. Hunter and Charles Stoer,
who shall serve until their successors
are chosen. Two members shall consti-
tute quorum of the board of directors
for the transaction of business. The of
fcers of this corporation shall be a pres
ident, vice president, secretary and
and the first of said officers
are declared to be P Draiss, president !;
]. H. Jordan, vice president; and P. w.
McKittrick, secretary and treasurer, and
they shall serve until their successors
are chosen, and said officers shall be
elected annually on the FIRST Monday in
September A majority Of the stock
present shall elect the directors, and in
all elections or proceedings of stock
holders each share of stock present or
represented by written proxy shall be
entitled to one vote. Notice of all meet
ings of stockholders shall be advertised
ten (Io) days in a daily Shreveport pa
per. Failure to hold an election for
directors on the day named, shall not
dissolve the corporation, but the incum-
bent directors shall hold over until their
successors are duly elected and qualf-
fed. Any vacancy in the board Of direc-
tors shall be filed by the remaining di-