The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-31
CHARTER
OF THE JEFFERSONIAN DEMO,
CRATIC CLUB.

Before me, F. A. Blanchard, notary
public in and for Caddo Parish, Stat
of Louisiana, duly commissioned ant
sworn, on this the nth day of Marci
1910, personally came and appeared the
persons whose names are here1nattei
signed, all residents of Caddo Parish
State of Louisiana, who declared thai
availing themselves Of the laws OF the
State of Louisiana relative to the or
ganization of corporations for socla
and literary purposes, they hereby form
and constitute themselves, their asso-
ciates and successors, into corporation
and body polite for the object and pur-
pose hereinafter stated, and under the
following articles of incorporation.
ARTICLE l.
The name of this corporation shall
be THE JEFFERSONIAN DEMO
CRATIC CLUB and domiciled as
hereby declared to be and to remain in
the City of Shreveport, La.
ARTICLE II.
The object and purpose of this cor
poration shall be: To foster social inter
couse, to provide for the recreation,
amusement and entertainment of the
members of this organization and in
vited guests, and to encourage literary
taste by the establishing and malnten-
ance of a reading room, properly sup
piled with magazines, newspapers and
library, and to accomplish these pur-
poses this corporation shall have the
rights and privileges and powers allowed
by law to a body corporate.
ARTICLE III.
This corporation shall continue for
the term of twenty-five years from the
date of this charter, and shall have
power to make and use a corporate seal
and to change same at pleasure; to con-
tract, to sue and be sued; to purchase,
hold, hypothecate, lease, ALLEVIATE and
convey real, personal and mixed prop
erty; to name and appoint all officers
and agents that the interests of the cor
poration may require; to make and es-
tablish all necessary bylaws, rules and
regulations and to alter and change the
same at pleasure.
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
members to be elected annually; they
shall hold office for one year, or unit
their successors shall be elected and
qualified. They shall be elected on the
second Tuesday in January of each
year. The business of the club shall be
managed by this board. All vacancies
in office occurring during the term shall
be filled by the board. All citations OF
other legal process shall be served or
the president, or in his absence on the
vice president, or in the absence of boil
on any member of the board acting a:
president pro tenn by designation of the
president or vice president.
ARTICLE V.
A general meeting of the members o
this corporation shall take place on tbs
second Tuesday of January of each yea
| for the election of officers and for tn
transaction of all requisite business
Said meetings may be continued by ad
| journment should same be deeme'
necessary by a majority present. A gen
eral meeting of this corporation shal
be called by the president or acting pres
ident at any time he may deem neces
1 sary, or on the written request of III
teen members. These meetings shall
take place after notice of the date an
purpose of such meeting shall hav
been conspicuouslyi posted in the clu
room thirty days previous to the sal
meeting and published once during sue
time in any daily paper. At all meet
ings each member shall have one vote
no proxies shall be permitted. SIEVE
members shall constitute quorum {
any and all meetings, except for tn
purpose of adjournment, and decisio
of majority present shall be valid Z
a corporate act except as herein state'
| ARTICLE VI.
No debt shall be created in any or
year to exceed the annual revenues {
said club, unless by consent of a majo
4 ity of members present and voting at Z
annual meeting, or general meetir
called for such purpose. No memb
shall be held liable or responsible f
the contracts or faults of this club
any greater sum than the unpaid balan
, due the club; nor shall any inforn1ali
in organization have the effect of a
nulling this charter or creating great
y personal responsibility.
i ARTICLE VII.
d All acts and Obligations of this &C
poration shall be authenticated by I