The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-26
CHARTER
OF the Oil City Drillers and Helpers
Club,

State of Louisiana, Parish of Cad
do: Be it known that on this day be-
fore me, R. d. Webb, a notary pub
lie, duly commissioned and sworn
in and for the above State and Par
ish. personally came and appeared
H. s. Talmadge, John Porath, ID. o.
Barr, y. f. Hugus, J. NJ. McNulty
Dan Thomas, ID. NJ. Mcmillan, Geo
Irby, \. F. Finch, Hugh West, H. l..
Shepard, Leonard Rice. W. q. Mar
tin. Shell Goodman, T. B. FARRELL, 5.
+. Godfrey. C.. J. Stevens, John
Brown, Ed Strosnider, J. w. Tilley
d. C.. Lester. Charlie Rice, C.. l.. Lit
tie, ]. B. Brown, Jake Moretield.
Charlie Allen, \. r. koSteika, all OF
full age, and residents Of CaddO Par
ish. Louisiana, who declared that
availing themselves Of the laws OF
the State OF Louisiana relative to
the organization of corporations for
social and literary purposes, they
hereby form and constitute them
selves, their associates and success
sors into a corporation and body
polite for the objects and purposes
hereinafter stated and under the
following articles of incorporation.
ARTICLE |.
The name of this corporation and
association shall be the coil City
Drillers and Helpers Club" and its
domiciIe is hereby declared to be al
Oil City, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
ARTICLE IL.
The objects and purposes OF this
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 literary
tastes by the establishment and
maintenance Of reading rooms, and
to provide same with such perlodi-
Gals and newspapers as may be ne
cessary to accomplish these pur-
poses. This corporation and asso-
citation shall have and exercise all
the rights, privileges and powers
authorized by law to corporate
bodies.
ARTICLE III.
This corporation shall continue
for the term of ninety-nine years
from the date of this charter, and
shall have power to make and use
a corporate seal and to change the
same at pleasure; to contract, sue
and be sued; to purchase, hold, by
pothecate, lease, ALLEVIATE and con-
vey personal and mixed property ::
to name and appoint such officers,
agents and employees as the interest
Of the corporation may require, and
to make and establish bylaws,
rules and regulations for the proper
and conducting its af-
fairs, and to alter and change the
same at pleasure.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers Of this club
shall be vested in and exercised by
4 board Of directosr, to consist of a
president, vice president, secretary
and treasurer, and two other mem
}ers to be elected annually; they
shall hold their offices for one year,
il until such time as their success
sors are elected and qualified. They
shall be elected on the first Monday
n January of each year, and shall
elect from their number their re-
'pective officers above named. ALI
occurring during the term
If office shall be filled by the board.
All citations or other legal process
hall be served on the president, Or
n his absence on the vice president,
md in the absence of both on any
of the board acting as pres
dent protein, by the designation of
he president or vice president.
ARTICLE V.
A general meeting of the members
if this corporation shall be held on
he first Monday in January of each
7ear for the election of officers and
or the transaction of all business
the assent of the men,
,ers. These meetings shall take
,lace at the dOmicile of the cor
and at such meetings each
member shall be entitled to one
'ote. The president or acting presi-
ent shall have the power to call a
eneral meeting of the members at
ny time, or upon the written re-
|uest Of fifteen members, and no.
ice shall be given of all general
Meetings of the memhprs nv notice