The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-07-21


same be deemed necessary nv q mo
Jorlty OF those present. A general
meeting of this corporation shall no
called by the president or actino
president at any time he NAV deem
necessary, or on the written rnouasf
L-o1 fifteen members. These meptinos
fshaIl take place after notice of tha
date and purpose Of such meeting
snail nave been conspicuously post
ed IN the library room thirty DAYS
previous to said meeting and nnh-
lshed 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
at any and allkmeetings, except for
purpose Of adjournment, and the
decision of a majority present shall
be valid as a corporate act except
as herein stated.
ARTICLE VI.
No debt shall be created in anv
one year to exceed the annual reve-
nues OF said library, unless by con-
sent OF majority Of members
present and voting at an annual
meeting or general meeting called
Tor that purpose. No member shall
De held liable or responsible for the
contracts or faults of this library in
any greater sum than the unpaid
balance due the library; nor shall
any. informality in organization
have the effect of annulling this
charter OF creating greater personal
responsibility.
ARTICLE VII.
All acts and obligations of this
corporation shall be authenticated
by the signatures of the president
or acting president and treasurer.
ARTICLE VIII.
All games in this library shall be
regulated and controlled by the
board of governors.
ARTICLE TX.
The officers of this library shall
be president, a vice president, a
secretary, a treasurer, elected by a
majority vote at annual meeting. All
voting shall be by closed ballot. The
secretary and treasurer shall give
bond in such sum as the board of
governors may determine, and shall
act IN their proper capacity when
ever required by the board at it's
meetings. The following shall be the
first officers of this library and shall
serve until the first Tuesday in Au-
gust 1912, or until their successors
shall be elected and qualified: Pres
ident, Geo. A. POLICEMAN; vice presi-
dent, E. S. Cayce; secretary and
treasurer, J. NJ. Bodenheimer. There
H shall be membership committee
OF three members, none Of whom
shall be members of the board, who
.sshall be elected at annual meetings.
}All other committees shall be named
by the president.
ARTICLE X.
This act of incorporation may be
amended, modified or altered except
for purposes of dissolution, by
vote of majority of the members
present at annual meeting or meet
ing called for that purpose. The cor
poration may be dissolved by vote
of tWo-thirds of the entire member
shall at a regular annual meeting,
or a special meeting called for such,
purpose after notice has been given
by publication for ten consecutive
! days in daily newspaper in tie
city of Shreveport, in which NOTICE
the object and purpose of this meet
ing shall be clearly stated. When
ever this corporation shall be dis
solved its affairs shall be liquidated
or settled by five commissioners de-
signated by majority of the mem
bers present at annual meeting or
meeting called for such purpose. In
case of death or inability to act of
any commissioner or commissioners
a surviving commissioner shall act
as acting president OIL the library,
convene meeting to fill the va
cancy.
This done and passed at Shreve-
port, Caddo Parish, La, this 18th day
of July 1912, in the presence of S.
Eiseman and J. O. Flores, good and
competent witnesses, residing in
this city, who have signed their
names with ineorporators and with
, me, notary, after reading of the
whole.
w. s. LAMBERT.
RIM. CHRISTIAN.
GEORGE T. MARTIN.
II. O. CLOUD.
N. M. HOUSTON.
r. C. BLACKMAN.
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