The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-16
CHARTER
VI the on City Drillsrs and Helpers
Club.

Nl06.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Cad
do: Be it knowa that on this day be-
fore me, R. d. Webb, notary pub
lie, duly commissioned and sworn
IN and for the above State and Par
lsh, personally came and appeared
d. 5. Talmadge, John porath, D. O
Barr, N. F. Hugus, J. NJ. McNulty
Dan Thomas, d. M. Mcmillan, Geo
lrby, A. F. Finch, Hugh West, H. l.
Shepard, Leonard Rice. w. o. Mar
tin, Shell Goodman, T. B. FARRELL, S
+. Godfrey, C. j. Stevens, John
Brown, Ed StrOsnider, J. w. Tilley
ID. Z. Lester, Charlie Rice, C. L. Lit
tie, J. B. Brown, Jake Merefield
Charlie Allen, A. R. Kostelka, all OF
full age, and residents of Caddo Par
ish, Louisiana, who declared thai
availing themselves of the laws OF
the State of Louisiana relative tC
the organization of corporations for
social and literary purposes, they
hereby form and constitute ahem-
selves, theiY associates and success
sors into corporation and body
polite for the objects and purposes
hereinafter stated and under tn,
following articles of incorporation
ARTICLE |.
The name of this corporation anC
association shall be the "Oil City
Drillers and Helpers Club" and it.
domicile is herebSdeclared to be a
Oil City, Caddo ParisA Louisiana.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes of thi:
corporation shall be, TO foster So
cial intercourse to provide for the
recreation, amusement and enter.
tainment of its members and invited
guests, and to encourage literar!
tastes by the establishment ant
maintenance of reading rooms, AM
to provide same with such period.
Gals and newspapers as may be ne
cessary to accomplish these pur-
poses. This corporation and assO.
citation shall have and exercise al
the rights, privileges land powers
authorized by law TO corporab
bodies.
ARTICLE III.
This corporation shall continue
| for the term of ninety-nine year
from the date of this charter, ant
shall have power to make and us'
corporate seal and to change tn
same at pleasure; to contract, SUI
and be sued; to purchase, hold, by
pothecate, lease, ALLEVIATE and con
vey personal and mixed praperty
lg.o name and appoint such differs
agents and employees as the lnter@
of the corporation may require. ant
TO make and establish bylaws
rules and regulations for the prope
| management and conducting its al
fairs. and to alter and change tn
same at pleasure.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers of this clu
shall be vested in and exercised D,
a board of directosr, to consist OF
president, vice president, secretar
and treasurer, and two other mem
bers to be elected annually; the.
shall hold their offices for one yea1
OF until such time as their success
sors are elected and qualified. The
shall be elected on the first Monda
in January of each year, and sha
elect from their number their re
snectiye officers above named. A
vacancies occurring during the teri
| of office shall be filled by the boart
| All citations or other legal process
| shall be served on the president, Q
| in his absence on the vice preslden
| and in the absence of both on an
member of the board acting as pres
4 ident protein, by the designation
II the president or vice president. a
ARTICLE v.
II A general meeting of the member
Of this corporation shall be held
the first Monday in January OF eac
wear for the election of officers al
for the transaction OF all pushes
recurring the assent OF the men
hers. These meetings shall tai
Mace at the domicile OF the co
poration, and at such meetings eat
member shall be entitled to&
vote. The president or acting pres
dent shall have the power TO can
general meeting of the members
any time, or upon the written I
n,est of fifteen members, and n
| tice shall be given OF all genei
meetings of the members by no''
of such meeting being previous
nosted in the club rooms LOT ?
Rod of ten days and by puDiica,i
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