The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-09
CHARTER
OF TIE CORNER SOCIAL CLUB.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
Before me-, john D. Wilkinson, a no.
tary puhlia duly commissioned and
sworn, for and within the Parish and
State aforesaid, personally came and
appeared the persons whose names are
hereunto subscribed, residents OF said
Parish and State, who stated and de-
clared to me, notary, that availing then-
selves Of the laws and Constitution of
said State, they have formed and COZ
stituted themselves, as we'll as all others
who may hereafter become associated
with them, into corporation and body
corporate, and have adopted as their
charter and act of Incorporation the
following, towit:
ARTICLE |.
The name and title of this corpenatioa
shall be the CORNER SOCIAL CLUB,
and under said name it shall have and
enjoy succession for period of twenty
FIVE years, unless sooner dissolved al
hereinafter provided. All legal process
shall be served on the president, or in
his abseAce on the vice president at the
Office of the company. Its domicil shall
be Shreveport, Louisiana.
ARTICLE II. s
The purposes for which this corpora
ton is formed and its purposes are
hereby declared to be to furnish arnuse-
ments, and to provide a place for the
amusement and recreation of its mem
bers, and to that end to rent acquire
and hold a club hall for the purpose of
the meetings of its members, and to
provide such forms of social amuse-
ments for them as to its board ffay
seem best, and to sell and dispense suck
refreshments and other needed articles
as may be permitted by the laws of said
State.
ARTICLE III.
The affairs of this corporation shall
be controlled and managed by a board
of control, consisting of three mem
bers, who shall hold their offices for
one year or until their successors are
elected. Until the first election in De-
cernber 1910, the following shall COM
pose said board of control: E. w. Bar
bour, who shall be president; M. c.
Glavin, who shall be vice president; and
John Haynes, who shall be secretary.
Said board shall have power and au-
thority to FIJI any vacancy that may oc-
cur in it by the election of another
member of the club for the unexpired
term. Said board shall have power and
to make and establish such
rules and regulations and bylaws and
the same to change at pleasure as to
them may seem best for the conduct of
the club.
ARTICLE w.
All member of this club shall be en-
titled to one vote at any and all cleo
tons that may be held hereunder, and
except the general elections to be held
for the election of a board of
control, shall have at least ten days
posted notice of such meeting, such no.
tice to be posted in conspicuous place
in the Office of the club, and this char
ter may be amended or this charter
abolished at a general meeting called
for that purpose in accordance with the
laws of the State, at a vote of three
fourths of the members thereof. All
and any member may be expelled by
he board of control for non-payment
IF dues or other Indebtedness to the
club under such rules as said board may
adopt, and when expelled shall have no
right to membership therein until voted
On and received by said board of CON
.rol, and the payment of such admis-
sion fee as they may establish
In testimony whereof said parties
have hereunto affixed their names in
presence of me notary and the attesting
witnesses on this the Ist day of De-
cember 1909.
E w. BARBOUR,
Attest: and "a others.
A. H. VANHOOK.
ALBERT l. ALEXANDER.
JOHN D. WILKINSON,
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