The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-21


carry ut the objects and purposes of
said corporation This corporation, I'M
less sooner dissolved as hereinafter pro-
vided for, shall exist and continue for a
period of twenty-five years from and
after the date hereof. All citations and
other legal process shall be served upon
the president, or in his absence upon
the vice president, or in the absence of
both, upon the secretary treasurer at the
domicle of the company, which shall be
and is hereby declared to be in the city
of Shreveport parish of Caddo, Souls
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ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is organized and the
nature of the business to be carried on
by it are declared to be: To conduct,
operate and carry on theatre or thea
tres, picture shows or vaudeville enter
tainments in the city of Shreveport, or
elsewhere in the State of Louisiana.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be three thousand ($3OoooO) dol
lars, divided into and represented by
thirty (3o) shares of one hundred dol
lars ($Goooo) each, which stock shall be
paid for in cash or in property: provid
ed that no stock shall be issued until the
consideration therefor has been received
| by said corporation.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers of said corpora
| ton shall be vested in and exercised by
board of directors composed of three
stockholders. The following persons
| shall constitute the first board of direc-'
tors, viz. Forest Baker, Charles An
derson and J. S. Welsh, with Forest Ba-
ker as president, Charles Anderson as
vice president, and J. S. Welsh as sec
rotary -treasurer. The said officers and
directors shall hold their offices until the
| first Tuesday i'll August A. D. 1911, or
until their successors are duly elected
and qualified, on the said day in August
1911, and annually thereafter, board of
directors shall be elected, unless said
date shall be a legal holiday, when the
said election shall be held on the first
secular day following the said holiday
| Notice of the said election shall be given
| by ten days notice published in one of
| the D,4h1frIoI -, ,oiI 1,,;c1,
| The board of directors shall appoint one
or more stockholders to preside at such
election; any failure, from any cause
whatever, to hold such meeting or to
elect said board of directors on the day
named for that purpose shall not dis
solve said corporation, but the directors
and officers then in office shall hold over
until their successors are chaser and
qualified. At every election and stock
holders meeting each stakeholder shalt
be entitled to one vote for each share
of stock registered on the books of the
corporation in his name. Votes may be
cast in person or by proxy, authorized
in writing. After each election the board
of directors shall elect from their NUM-
Der the above named officers.
ARTICLE V.
| This charter may be changed, altered
or amended Except to increase or de
crease its capital stock) Or the corpora
ton may be dissolved at a general meet
ing convened for that purpose, with the
assent of three-fourths go of the
capital stock of the corporation repre-
scented at such meeting. Ten days prior
notice of such meeting shall be given by
publication, as herein provided for; in
case of the dissolution of the corpora
| ton by limitation or otherwise, its af-
fairs shall be lquidated by two commits
sioners selected by and from among the
stockholders at a meeting called, after
due notice, for this purpose. No stock
holder shall ever be liable or responsible
for the faults or contracts of the cor
poration in any further sum than the
unpaid balance due the coporation on
the shares of stock subscribed for or
owned by him, nor shall any informally
in organization have the effect of rem
dering this charter null or exposing
stakeholder to any liability beyond the
amount of his stock
Done and passed at my office i'll said
parish in presence of w. P. Eakin and
D. Rosenthal, competent witnesses, who
signed these presents, together with ap-
bearers and me, notary, after due read
| ing of the whole.
FOREST BAKER.
c. B. ANDERSON.
JOHN S. WELSH.
Attest: (Signed)
w. P. EAKIN.
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