The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-26
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 ilereunto 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 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 dornicile 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
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 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
($to,ooooo); divided into one hundred
(Ioo) shares of one hundred ($Ioo.oo)
dollars each, payable at the time of its
issuance, in cash, property, or for serv-
ices performed, as the board of direc-
tors may determine. No stakeholder
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
Ia1i 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
(S3ooo.oo) dollars shall have been sub
scribed and paid.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers Of the corpora
ton shall be vested in a 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 F
tDraiss, S. S. Hunter and Charles Stoer
who shall serve until their successors
lare chosen. Two members shall eonsti-
ltute quorum of the board Of directors
| for the transaction of business. The Of
fcers of this corporation shall be pres
ident, vice president, secretary ant
treasurer, and the first of said officer:
are declared to be P. Draiss. president
y. H. Jordan. vice president; and ?. w
McKittr;ck, secretary and treasurer, ant
they shall serve until their successor
are chosen, and said officers shall b
elected annually on the first Monday II
September. A majority of the stool
present shall elect the directors, and il
all elections or proceedings of stock
holders each share of stock present Q
represented by written proxy shall b
entitled to one vote. Notice of all meet
J ings OF stockholders shall be advertise
i ten (Io) days in a daily Shreveport pa