The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-05
CHARTER
OF THE MASONIC BUILDING
COMPANY, SHREVEPORT, LA.

Be it remembered, that on this the IS
day Of March A. D. 1910, before me
Sidney l. Herold, notary public in and
for the Parish of Caddo, State of Louis.
lana, and in the presence of the under.
signed witnesses, personally came ant
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 677 of the Revised Stat
utes 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 I.
The name and title of this corporation
shall be MASONIC BUILDING
COMPANY" and under said corporate
same it may sue and be sued, and shall
enjoy succession fer period of ninety
nine years from the date hereof, and its
domicile shall be Shreveport, Cadde
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 morris 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 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 alb
sence. on the vice president, or in the
absence of both, upon the secretary
treasurer of said company
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corporation
is 6xed at the sum of fifty thousand dol
lars ($5oooooo) divided into Ave thous-
and shares of $1,000 each. Said shares
of stock shall be represented by GER
tihcates 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,
and 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, 1919,
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 1911, as follows, te-wit: I.
L. Thomas, Al W. Chsesman, H. M.
We'll, ]. ]. Lyon D. P. Eubank, w. A.
Kerley, T. B. Chase, M. L. Seovell and
F. G. Snyder. The said board of trus-
tees shall select from their namber q
president, yics president, and secre-
tary-treasurer, who shall have the Off
cial management of the affairs Of the
corporation.
ARTICLE VI.
The board of trustees of this corpora
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