The Caucasian., 1913-12-04
CHARTER
q che shreveport Hotsg Copnoap1.

" che UhrevepOrt HOteS COpnapX,
State Of louisiana, Parish O9 Cade
do: Before me, JohD b. Wilkinson,
= notary public 10 ana for eai6 Ssr-
isb enc State, duls commissioned
and sworn, personalls came ane ape
peared u. B. MADISON, 7esident OF
Jacksonville, glae q. a. M6les end
Jamee gurlong, seeidente OF eaid
Parise anG State ~ho otated end
declared to me, notary, chat aoeiling
themselveo of che Constitution and
laws of the State of aouisianc, they
haze sorme6 and constituted them
selses ana DO w ehese presents
forne and constitute themselves Is
welt as such other 9ersone 10 may
hereafter Become associated with
them, into . corporation END body
corporate, and have adopted ana or
daine6 anA dc by ehess presents
adopt and ordain as their charter
and act a incorporation shs Sol
lowing, tO-Wit:
ARTICLE 7.
The name and title of this corpOr-
alton shall be the Shreveport Hotel
Company, with its domicile at
Shreveport, Louisiana, and under
said corporate name it shall have
and enjoy succession for a period
of fifty years, unless sooner dis
solved as hereinafter provided. All
legal process shall be served on the
president, or in his absence on the
vice president, or in the absence of
both on the secretary of the COM
pany at its domicile.
ARTICLE II.
The purpose for which this cor
poration is formed and its objects
are hereby declared to be to own,
lease or acquire hotels, restaurants
or rooming houses, and to conduct,
operate and maintain a hotel, res
taurant or rooming house, together
with cafe attached thereto, and to
engage in the purchase and sale of
personal property in the State OF
Louisiana or elsewhere, and gener-
ally to do any and every thing
necessary or usual in conducting a
hotel, restaurant or rooming house,
and in purchasing and selling such
property as may be necessary or in
cident to the operation of the same.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at the sum OF
fifty thousand dollars, divided into
five hundred shares of the par
value of one hundred dollars each,
and it shall commence business and
become going concern whenever
five thousand dollars of it's capital
stock is subscribed for and paid for
in full. All stock may be paid for
in cash, property or labor, at the
discretion of the board of directors,
and when issued shall be fully paid
and on-assessable.
ARTICLE ".
The affairs of this, corporation
shall be managed and controlled by
board of directors consisting OF
three stockholders, two of whom
shall constitute a quorum, to be
elected at general stockholders
meeting on the first Monday in No
vember of each year, and to hold
office for one year, or until their
successors are elected and installed.
Until the election in November 1914
the following shall constitute the
board of directors of this corpora
ton, to-wit: H. B. MADISON, who
shall be president; James Furlong
who shall be vice president, and c
G.. Miller, who shall be secretary
and they shall hold their offices un-
ill the first Monday in November
1914, or until their successors are
elected and installed. They shall
have power and authority to make
such bylaws or rules and regula-
tions as they may deem necessary
for their government; to fill an.
vacancy occurring in said body b.
electing a stockholder for the un
expired term, and in fact to do AM
perform any and all things that sal
corporation may do under the law
Iof the State of Louisiana, except a
herein otherwise provided. Tn
president of said board of director
shall have power and authority t
employ and discharge any and a
employees, clerks or managers, to is
sue any check, note or other obllga
ton of the company that he ma
deem necessary in transacting il
business.
ARTICLE v.
This charter may be altered G
amended, or this corporation ma