The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-10
CHARTER
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St0e of louisiana, Parish of Cad
d.: Before me, the undersigned no
tary public, duly commissioned and
sworn. appeared Norris Abraham
Julu. a;alnr anal n. Goldman, all
RESIDENTS of CatIo PARRISH who de-
c!areA to me MAT they hers6y form
thtrN-.lSe. into corporation under
10" laws of the state of Louisiana,
unaer tie .tipulatioss h.reiGfaftor
~ out, tO-Wit:
ARTICLE I.
Ihc name AMI style % ois cor
Voraton j. hereby declared to be
WilI~rs. u shall tave Inc riSht to
tniOS succession fOr Nln"tN-nl0e
years, with the ri GIT 20 contract,
.u. and R sued ~ to hold. Pur-
ci&ase, lease, cell and hypothecato
property, real and personal. ITS
6oMiciie shall B. in toe City OF
skr.v.I.ort, Louisiana, and all eta
twns and other legal process shall
be mae' - it. president, or in bis
absence, at tee office of the Com
panv according 20 law.
ARTICLE II.
tn. object for which ths cOSpOr-
alton is organized and the nature OF
o. business 20 be carried on by il
is hereby declared 20 b. the conduct
in the City OF Shreveport, and else
Directors, OF setaiI merchandise
business; and to that emf the COZ
poratiOn shall have authority to do
. any and every act incendentai to
such business.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this coepor-
alton is hereby fixed in the sum of
Twenty Thousand {s2O,00000) Dol
lars, divided into two hundred
shares of One Hundred 100000
Dollars each, and said corporation is
authorized to commence business
Whenever fifty shares of its capital
stock is subscribed and paid for in
full; the capital stock of said cor
, poration shall be paid for in cash
or in its equivalent.
ARTICLE ".
, The corporate power of this cor
poratiOn shall be vested in a Board
of Directors, consisting of five
, stockholders, who shall be elected
+ on the second Tuesday in January
The first Board of Directors is de-
clared to be NJ. Abraham, Julius
, Gamm. and H. Goldman, who shall
, serve until their successors are
, elected.
The officers of this Company shall
be a President, Vice President, Sec
: rotary and Treasurer, and the first
, of the Officersc are declared to be
Morris Abraham, President: and Ju-
Illus Gamm, Secretary and Treasu-
rer. Said officers shall be elected
annually on the second Tuesday in
January. A majority of the stock
shall elect the directors and in all
elections or proceedings of stock
holders each share of stock pres
, ent or presented by written proxy
! shall be entitled TO one vote. No
, tice of all elections or meetings
of STOCKHOLDERS shall be advertised
ten days in daily paper: directors
shall bechosen at the office of the
. Company.
i ARTICLE V.
q No stakeholder shall be liable on
: account of any obligation to this
!. corporation in any other sum than
the amount Of unpaid balance due
, by him on stock subscribed for.
No irregularity or any informally
, in organization shall have the effect
f of rendering this charter null or OF
7 exposing any stakeholder t" any
/ liability beyond such unpaid bal
,ance.
ARTICLE VI.
T@is charter may be amended
] Except as to increasing or decreas-
Y ing ito capital stpchJ by a tSo-thirds
$ vote of stock represented at q Iaeet-
f ing q the stockholders convened
r for such purpose after ten days
| previous notice by publication in
any ore Of the newspapers of the
g c i!yor Shreveport, Louisiana.
Whenever this cooperation is dis
!, solved by limitation or otherwise
] Its affairs shall be Iiquidated by
three commissioners, elected al Z
$ stockholders meeting, VINO shall
: have full power to wind up ito af-
t fairs and settle its indebtedness.
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