The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-06
CHARTER
OF THE IDEAL LAUNDRY.

The State of Louisiana, Parish of
Caddo: Before me, the undersigned au-
thority, on this day came and appeared
the several persons whose names are
hereto subscribed, who declared that,
availing themselves of the provisions of
law relative to the organization of cor
porations, they do by these presents bind
obligate themselves and constitute a
corporation and body polite in law, for
the objects and purposes and under the
agreements and stipulations following,
to-wit
ARTICLE |.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is organized are hereby
declared to be the carrying on in the
City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, or elsewhere in the discre-
ton of the board of directors, of a
steam laundry business and cleaning
business generally; and to this end the
corporation is hereby given the power
and authority to purchase, lease or 9th
erwise acquire and to sell real estate and
personal property of any description
whatever, with full power and authority
70 issue notes or other evidence of
credit and secure the said notes by
mortgage or pledge on any property OF
the corporation.
ARTICLE H. =
The name and style of this corpora
ton shall be IDEAL LAUNDRY, and
under its corporate name it shall have
power and authority to have and enjoy
succession for full period of ninety
nine years; to contract, sue and be
sued to make, and use a corporate seal /;
to name and appoint such managers,
directors, officers and agents as the in
terests and convenience of said corpor-
alton may require
ARTICLE III.
The dornicile of this corporation shall
be in the City of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, and all citation or
other legal process shall be served on
the president of the corporation, or in
his absence on the vice president; the
officers of the corporation shall be pres
ident vice president and secretary
treasurer. The first officers of said cor
poration are hereby declared to be Au-
gust Gordstein, president; S. L. Herold,
vice president, and Albert Aubrey, sec
rotary treasurer, all of whom shall serve
until their successors are elected and
qualified; the first election of officers
shall take place on the first Monday in
January 1912, and annually thereafter
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers of this corpora
ton shall be vested in and exercised by
board Of directors, composed of not
less than three nor more than FIVE stock,
holders said board Of directors shall be
elected every year on the first Monday
in January, beginning with the year
1912. The first board of directors shall
consist Of A. Goldstein, S. L. Herold,
and A. Aubrey The directors shall be
elected by the stockholders. each share
of stock being entitled to one vote, to
be cast by the owner thereof or by
proxy, and the majority of the votes
cast shall elect. Any vacancy in the
board of directors shall be filled by the
remaining directors. Two directors shall
constitute a quorum.
ARTICLE V.
The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at seventy-five thousand
dollars, to. be divided into seven hun
dred and fifty shares of one hundred
dollars each The corporation is author
lied to begin business when seventy
FIVE shares of the capital stock shall
have been subscribed and paid for in
full to the treakurer
ARTICLE VI.
This charter may be amended or
changed as required, by law at any meet
ing Of the stockholders, convened for
that purpose, after ten days notice to
the stockholders # the corporation
should be dissolved its affairs shall be
ltquidated by two commissioners select
ed by the stockholders az meeting
called for that purpose
This done and/sfgned at nay Office in
the Parish pr Caddo, in the presence of
the undersigned competent witnesses,
on his the 10Th day of February 1910,
A. AUTRE'I
A. GOLDSTEIN.
S, L. HEROLD.
Attest:
F. FONVILLE.
SARA w. PEARCE.