The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-20
CHARTER
VI The Universal Library

49, vi the 18th day of July 1874:
t p,n ana appeared before me, F. A
nn aa1 notary public in and fo7
Sdqoo Parish, La, the following: w
.: Lambert, R, N. Christian Geore,
- "ar'ln, Il. 0, Cloud, N. M. Hous
Io on' n I. blackman, 1sadore Hol
C l"'o' H. Sellers, Abe popenheimer
IT, a. A. hudson, |. Larkin, w. S. Hodge
W. U''' g McLarren, J. M. Blackman
"i w. lrIchel, E. A. Cayce, sidne,
1onoolhers' John J. Young, w. F
Lenosen' }. M. Wikot, A. H. Cronen
nerg, M. Davis, Herman Abrams anc
w. NJ. flushing and Geo. A. POLICEMAN
VINO declared that availine them.
sei'es OF the laws of Louisiana rel.
1--WE W tile organization of CORPORA.
l'oilS 1or social and literary Dur.
poses' they hereby form and consti.
TUE themselves, their associates anc
successors into a corporation anc
Dody polite for the objects and Dur.
poses hereinafter stated and under
'i'e lolioWlng articles of incorpora.
ton. "
ARTICLE I.
The name of this corporation
snail be the Universal Library, and
It's domlcile 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
tdlnment of the members of this or
ganlzation 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-
lations, and to alter and change the
same at pleasure.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers of this Ii
brary shall be vested in and exer-
cised by a 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
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-
o1isite business. Said meetings may
be continued by adjournment should
same be deemed necessary by a ma
iority 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 fifteea 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 time in any
daily newspaper. At all meetings
each member shall have one vote
no proxies shall be permitted. Sever
members shall constitute quorum
at any and all meetings, except fol
purpose of adjournment, and thu
decision of majority present shall
be valid as a corporate act excep
as herein stated.
ARTICLE VI.
No debt shall be created in an.
one year to exceed the annual reve
nues of said library, unless by con