The Caucasian., 1913-08-03
CHARTER
Of the Hippodrome Theater Com
pany.

K1rAneS>tlty Of Shreveport, La, came 1
olsd appeared C. A. Demeris, |. L. !
Helpman and H. H. Gee, all of Caddo
Parish, La, who declared to me in|
the presence Of the attesting wit
nesses, that they desired to form al
corporation under the laws of
Louisiana, and they do hereby formI
and constitute themselves and their|
successors into a corporation, sub
ject to the said laws and under the
provisions hereinafter set forth.
ARTICLE I.
The name of this corporation
shall be The Hippodrome Theater
Company; by this name it SHALL
have and enjoy succession for pc
riod Of ninety-nine years; to con
tract, sue and be sued; to make, use
at pleasuge, break, alter and amend
a corporate seal; to hold, purchase,
receive and otherwise acquire prop
erty, real, personal and mixed, and
the same to sell or otherwise dis
pose Of, or to lease, mortgage, pledge
or otherwise hypothecate.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile Of this corporation
shall be the City Of Shreveport, La.
49, ARTICLE III.
The nature of the business to be
carried on and the purposes for
which this corporation is organized
are the following: In Louisiana and
other States to own, lease and ope-
rate moving picture theaters and
machinery, and to deal in films, ma
ehinery and other appliances con-
nected with the moving picture bus.
mess and generally to do any and all
things connected with and inciden-
5 tai to such business or the further
ance Of the object and purposes of
the said corporations,
ARTICLE ~.
The corporate powersspf this cor
poration shall be vested IN a board
of directors composed If three
stockholders. The directors shall
elect a president, vice president and
secretary-treasurer. and shall pre-
scribe the duties Of each. Elections
of directors shall take place the first
Monday Of July in each year. The
first board Of directors shall be G. =.
Demeris, /. +. Helpman and II. II.
Gee, with G. A. Demefis, presidents;
T.. Helpman, vice president, ana
Fl. H. Gee, secrctary-treasurer. All
officers and directors shall serve
until their successors are elected.
erNhee Of all legal process shall be
made on the president, Or IN his
absence on the vice president, and
in his absence On the secretary
trea1surer, at the office Of the COM
paIN. The board of directors shall
appoint such managers, agents OF
sub-officers as the interests Of the
corporation may require, and to
make and establish such bylaws as
may be. necessary and proper to the
management and regulation Of the
affairs Of the corporation. II any
vacancies occur among the officers
or directors, the remaining directors
NAV select stockholders to fill the
same. The board Of directors shall
have power to borrow and lenc
money, issue bills Of exchange
notes. bonds, drafts and other nego-
table paper; execute mortgages and
generally to do all things incident
to the objects and purposes OF TINS
corporation.
ARTICLE Y.
The capital stock Of this corpora
ton shall be twenty-five thousanId
.lollars. divided into two hundred
and fifty shares of the par value o.
one hundred dollars each. Ihls
4 stock shall be subscribed in the
amount of seven thousand and flVt
hundred dollars before this corpo-
"a shall commence business. stocb
shall be paid for IN cash or lts
equivalent. No. stockholder shall bt
liable for more ythan the UNPAID pdi-
ance Of the stock subscribed by nm
nor shall any mere informality Il
organization have the effect Ct fell-
dering this charter null or OF expos
ing the stockholders to any naplflss
beyond the amount Of his stock.
ARTICLE ".
Directors shall be elected at ths
regular annual meeting or an.
meeting adjourned from same. Efee,
tions shall be by ballot. At all stock
holders meetings each share 2 2
stock shall be entitled to one vote
4 ockholder may vote by proxy. :
majority of the stock shall eons1l.
tute a quorum. 4 majority OF ina
present shall elect directors. spec1a
meetings may be called at the. pleas
q 1lre Of the president, or on deh1aa'
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