The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-06
CHARTER
Of the Universal Library.

State of louisiana Parish Of Cad
do: On the 18th day Of July 1915
came and appeared before me, +. A
Blanchard, notary public in and fol
CaddO Parish. La, the following: w
5. Lambert, r. NJ. Christian, George
I. Martin, H. 0. Cloud, y. NJ. HOus
ton, R. C.. BIacknan, lsadore Hol-
land, C.. Sellers, Abe POppnheimer
C. A. Hudson. |. Larkin, W. S. Hodge
James McCarrcn. J. VI. Blackman
W. t.. TrichrI. F.. 4. CayCe, Sidney
SChOolhers, John J. Young, W. f
LpROsen, j. VI. Wikot, A. H. Cronen
berg, N. Davis, Herman Abrams and
W. VI. Rushing and Geo. A. POLICEMAN,
who declared that availing them
selves Of the laws of Louisiana rel
ative to the organization of corpora
tons for social and literary pur-
poses, they hereby form and cOnsti-
tute themselves, their associates and
successors into a corporation and
body polite for 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 dOmicie 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
talnmcnt of the members of this Or
ganization and invited guests, and to
encourage literary tastes by the es-
adjustment and maintenance of a
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 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 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
Iations, 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 board of governors to
consist of the president, vice presl-
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
dent, 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
ID in the library room thirty days
previous to said meeting and pub
lished once during such time in any
daily newspaper. At all meetings
each member shall have one vote:
no proxies shall be permitted. Seven
members shall constitute a quorum
It any and all meetings, except for
purpose of adjournment, and the
decision of a majority present shall
be valid as a corporate act except
as herein stated.
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