The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-07-30
CHARTER
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do: On the 18th Gay a July t91;
cams sna appeared before ne. =. A
Blanchard, notary public in ana fol
cadde Parish, L., the following: y
Is. Lambert, n. N. Christian, Geeege
II. Msrtia, y. Q. Cloud, N. N. Hous
toA 4. G. Blackmsn, lsadoEs Hot
land, 6 Sellers, Abe Popenheimer
&c. 4. Hudson, I. Larkin, ". 8. Hodge
! James McCaccen, ]. n. 8lackman
Nv. c. Triches, Q. A. Cayes. sidne.
! Schoolhers, John ]. Seune. ". +
leRosen, J. M. Wkoa 4. u. CroIsen
berg, N. Davis, heCmap Abrams and
Nv. u. Aushins end Gee. 4. coleman
who declared chat svsiiine them
selves u The lave % Louisiana rel
atise 10 tle organization Of corpora
aons sor socisl end literary pur-
poses. ehey hereby form end consti-
tuee ehemselveA ehe4 associates and
successors into . corporation and
body polite Sbr the objects and pur-
poses hereinafter stated and under
the following articles OF incorpora.
ton.
ARTICLE
The name Of this corporation
shall be the Universal Library, and
its domicile is hereby declared to be
and remain in the City OF Shreve-
port, Louisiana.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes of this
corporation shall be to foster social
intercourse. to provide for the re-
creation and amusement and enter
tainment of the members of this or
ganizaton and invited guests, and to
encourage literary tastes by the es-
tablishment and maintenance OF
reading room properly supplied
with periodicals, magazines, news
papers and books, and to accomplish
these purposes this corporation
shall have and exercise all the rights
and privileges and powers author.
lied by law to a body corporate.
ARTICLE III.
This corporation shall continue
for the term of twenty-five years
from and after 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 pur-
chase, hold. hypothecate, lease.
ALLEVIATE and convey real, personal
and mixed property; to name and
appoint all officers and agents that
the interests of the corporation may
require; to make and establish all
necessary bylaws, rules and regu-
lations, and to alter and change the
same at pleasure.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers Of this IL
brary shall be vested in and exer-
cised by a board of governors to
consist Of the president, vice presi
dent and five other members to be
elected annually; they shall hold
Office for one year or until their
successors shall be elected on the
first Tuesday in July of each year,
The business Of the library shall be
managed by the board. All vacancies
in Office occurring during the term
for which elected shall be filled by
the board. All citation or other legal
process shall be served on the pres
ident, or in his absence on the vice
president.
ARTICLE v.
A general meeting Of the members
of this corporation shall take place
on the first Tuesday in August OF
each year for the election OF officers
and for the transaction Of all re-
quisite business. Said meetings may
be continued by adjournment should
same be deemed necessary by a ma
jority Of those present. a general
meeting Of this corporation shall be
called by the president or acting
president at any time he may deem
necessary, or on the written request
of fifteen members. These meetings
shall take place after notice Of the
date and purpose Of such meeting
shall have been conspicuously post
ed in the library room thirty days
previous to said meeting and pub
lished once during such tine in any
daily newspaper. At all meetings
each member shall have one vote;
no proxies shall be permitted Seven
members shall constitute a quorum
at any and all meetings, except for
purpose Of adjournment, and the
decision of a majority present shall
be valid as corporate act except
as herein stated.
ARTICLE vi.
No debt shall be created in any
one year TO exceed the annual reve-