The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-10
CHARTER
OF THE MASONIC BUILDING
COMPANY, SHREVEPORT, LA.

S1dney l.. Herold, notary public III a1lC
for the Parish of Caddo, State of Louis
lana, and in the presence of the under.
signed witnesses, personally came anC
appeared the several persons whose
names are hereunto subscribed, who de,
clared that availing themselves, as vel
as all other persons who may hereafter
become associated with them, to form
a corporation for charitable purposes
under Section OF of the~Revised Stat
hptes of the State of Louisiana, and the
laws amendatory thereof, with the pow
ers and for the purposes hereinafter
stated and under the following articles,
to-wit
ARTICLE /.
The name and title of this corporation
shall be MASONIC BUILDING
| COMPANY" and under said corporate
name it may sue and be sued, and shall
enjoy succession for period of ninety
nine years from the date hereof, and its
domicile shall be Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana.
ARTICLE II.
The object and purpose of this cor
poration shall be to buy and sell real
estate, borrow money, execute and re-
ceive mortgages, promissory notes,
drafts and bonds; erect buildings, and
execute leases, dispense charity, accept
donations, inter vivos Or mortis causa,
and do any and everything that may be
necessary to carry out the purposes as
above outlined, the principal object be-
ing the erection of a Masonic Temple
in the City of Shreveport, State of
Louisiana.
ARTICLE III
All citations or other legal processes
shall be served upon the president of
said corporation, and in event of his abb
sence, on the vice president, or in the
absence of both, upon the secretary
treasurer of said company.
ARTICLE w.
The capital stock of this corporation
is fixed at the sum of fifty thousand dol
lars ($5oyooo.oo) divided into FIVE thous-
and shares of $1,000 each. Said shares
of stock shall be represented by GER
tifcates only signed by the president and
secretary treasurer, and sealed with the
seal of the corporation, and no transfer
of stock shall be valid unless the same
is made upon the books of the company,
aud also is approved by the board of
trustees. This corporation is author
lied TO commence business when fifteen
hundred shares of its stock shall have
been subscribed, and paid for, as may
be required by law, the said stock being
payable in cash, in three, six, nine, and
twelve months from January I, 1910,
and after January l, 1911, all subscrip-
tons for stock shall be payable in cash.
ARTICLE V.
The affairs of this corporation shall
be managed by board of trustees, COM
posed of nine stockholders, and the fol-
lowing persons are hereby nominated as
the first board of trustees, all of whom
shall hold office until the first Tuesday
in January 1917, as follows, towit: L.
E. Thomas, A. W. Cheesman, Fl. M.
Well, J. J. Lyon, D. p Eubank, W. A..
Ker1ey, T. B. Chase, NJ [. Scovell and
F. G. Snyder. The said board of trus-
tees shall select from their number a
president, vice president, and secre-
tary treasurer, who shall have the Off
ciaf management of the affairs of the
corporation
ARTICLE VI.
The board of trustees of this corpora
ton shall be selected as follows ::
Shreveport Lodge No. us and Caddo
Lodge No. I7o, Free and Accepted Ma
sons, and Shreveport Chapter No. 10,
Royal Arch Masons, and Ascension
Commandery No. 6, Knights Templar,
all of the City of Shreveport, Louis
lana, shall each elect, in such manner as
they may respectively determine, two
trustees, and these eight when selected,
shall on the first Tuesday in January
of each year elect one member who
shall be member in good standing OF
one of the above mentioned bodies,
making nine trustees, who shall have
| full charge of the business and affairs
of this corporation. In case of any va
cancy in the board of trustees, which
may be caused by death, resignation or
otherwise, the remaining trustees shall
fill said vacancy for the unexpired tern
of such trustee.
ARTICLE VII.
No person holding any stock in this
corporation shall be permitted to self OF
transfer the same to any person, except
it be approved by the board of trustees
and the various Masonic bodies of tht
City of Shreveport shall be offered tht
first privilege of purchasing said stock
and each year at its annual meeting, thu
board of trustees shall offer as much