The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-30
CHARTER


90: Be 1t remembered ,ha, m ~.
lhe 10th day Of January 1913, before
me- Leon r. Smith, a notary public
~ ana LOT Caddo Parish, State Of
louisiana, duly commissioned anc
quaiihed, and In the presence of the
witnesses hereinafter PANIED and
Undersigned, personally came ana
appeared the persons whose names
are hereunto subscribed, who sew
orally declared that, availing them
serves OF the Constitution and laws
u the State Of Louisiana relative
10 the formation of corporations
and especially of Act 70 of tive Gen
erai Assembly of the State of Louis
lana for the year 1904, they have
formed themselves, their asst GATES
ana successors into a corpol alton
Tor the objects and purposes, and
uhder agreements and stipulations
hereinafter set fortfp which thew
ADOPT as their charter. -to-wit:
ARTICLE
The name of this corporation shall
De The Purity Ice Cream COMPANY.
with its domicile in the City of
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La, and
under said corporate name it shall
have and enjoy succession for a De-
ROD OF fifty years, unless sooner
dissolved, as hereinafter specified.
All legal process shall be served on
the president, or in his absence &C
cording to law.
ARTICLE II.
The object and purpose of this
corporation is declared to be to
manufacture and sell at wholesale
and retail, ice cream, ices of all
kinds, CONNECTIONS, and to buy and
to sell fruit and such other products
as may be deemed profitable, and,
further, any and everything con-
nected with or appertaining to such
business.
ARTICLE III.
This corporation shall have power
to contract, sue and to be sued, to
make and use a corporate seal and
the same to alter at pleasure; to
hold, receive, purchase, improve,
ALLEVIATE, convey, sell, borrow, mort
gage, pledge, and hypotheeate under
the corporate name, all kinds Of
property, and to make and establish
such rules and regulations for the
proper management of the affairs as
it may deem necessary, and the
same to alter or change at pleasure;
and to enjoy all other privileges and
jmmunities given by the laws of the
State of Louisiana to corporations
organized for similar purposes.
ARTICLE w.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at fifty thousand
($5O,OOO) dollars, divided into five
hundred $500 shares Of one hun
dred $500 dollars each, payable at
the time of its issuance in cash,
property, or for services performed,
at the board of directors may deter
mine. This corporation shall be au-
thorized to commence business as
soon as three thousand $4,000 dol
lars of its capital stock shall have
been subscribed for and paid as
heretofore provided. No stakeholder
shall sell or transfer his stock until
after ten days notice of such inten-
ton to sell has been given to the
president or vice president OF the
company, during which time the re-
naming stockholders shall have the
first option to purchase stock, and
on their failure to do so within ten
DAYS stated, it may be sold to other
persons; but all transfers of stock
must be made on the books OF the
company at its Office.
ARTICLE V.
The corporate powers Of the cor
yporation shall be vested in a Doard
Of directors composed OF three
stockholders, who shall be elected
annually on the first Monday IN
January. The first board OF dlrec-
tors is declared to me P. Draiss' .
s Horney and P. M. Lawrence, VINO
shall serve until their successors
are chosen. Two members shall con-
stitute a quorum Of the board OF d.
rectors for the transaction OF bust
ness. The officers OF this corpora
ton shall be a president. vice presi-
dent and treasurer and secretary
and the first OF said officers are de-
cIared to be P. Drais, president; J
8 Horney. vice president and treas
urer. and P. M. Lawrence. secre,
tary, and they shall serve until thell
successors are chosen, and said Of
fcers shall be elected annually OF
the first Monday in January. A ma.
;ority of the stock present shai
| elect the directors, and in all eiec'
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