The Caucasian., 1913-12-02
CHARTER
% sAe 9hreseport Hotsl eopmanD.

State oY 3.ouisiana, Parish Os CAFE
60: Before ne, sohn g. Wilkinson,
. notsrs public an and Sor esid Par
isb and State, duly commissioned
anG swSrn, personslls came and ape
pearp9 n. q. MADISON, Q resident of
gackeonsille, s'ls., a. q. Milles enc
gamee g'urlons, Gesidente 0S said
Searislo ana state %he stated ana
dee lArsd 20 me, aosars, shAs asailing
eh@mselsee of Che Constitution and
love % the state of Gouisisn0 tbes
haze Sorme6 and constituted then-
seloee ana olo 0s shese presents
feruo and constitute abeDselSes, os
W9l4 ~ sucle othes 0ersons 40 nAay
hereafter become associated with
them, snso . eorposatioD and body
corporate, ana 6ase adopted and or
dainee snG oio by obese presents
adopt anA 0rslain ~ shsiS charter
and oct of incorporation she SoS-
4 loWing, 4o-Wit:
article Q.
Che came and title of tAie corpor-
alton shall be the Shreveport Hotel
Company, with tte domiciIe at
Shreveport, Louisians, and under
said corporate name 10 shall hase
and enjoy succession Sor o Aerlod
of fifty years, unless sooner dis
solved as hereinafter provided. All
legal process shall be served on the
president, or in his absence o0 the
vice president, or in the absence OF
both on the secretaIv OF che com
| pany at its domicile.
ARTICLE ".
; The purpose for which ehis 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 q hotel, ces-
| laurant Or Sooming house, together
with cafe attached thereto, on0 20
engage in Che purchase and sals OF
personal 4ropertp iD the stass oil
| Louisiana or elsewhere, and gene
ally % .io any and evsrs thing
necessary or usual in conducting a
| hotel. restaurant or roOming Mouse,
and in purchasing and selling such
property as may be necessars or in
cident to the operation of the same.
ARTICLE Ill.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at the sum OF
| fifty thousand dollars, divided into
| five hundred shares of the pal
/ value Of one hundred dollars each
i and it shall commence business ano
become going concern whenever
| five thousand dollars of its capita
| stock is subscribed for and paid fol
| in full. All stock may be paid fol
| in cash, property or labor, at tht
i discretion of the board of directors
4 and when issued shall be fully palG
Il and worcestershire.
ARTICLE ~.
The affairs of this corporation
shall be managed and controlled b,
a board of directors consisting O.
fhree stockholders, two OF whom
shall constitute quorum, to b'
Ielected at a general stockholder
Injecting on the first Monday in No
Ivember of each year, and to hol'
, office for one year, or until thel
successors are elected and installed
Until the election in November 19l
the following shall constitute tn
Hoard of directors of this corpora
> Ition, to-wit: H. B. MADISON, VIII
shall be president; James Furion:
lwho shall be vice president, and {
tC. Miller, who shall be secretar!
and they shall hold their offices un
Ill the first Monday in Novembe
1914, or until their successors al
elected and installed. They sha
have power and authority to max
such bylaws or rules and regula
Itions as they may deem necessar
for their government; to fill ar
vacancy occurring in said body I
lelecting a stakeholder for the III
expired term, and in fact to do ar
lperform any and all things that sa
q Incorporation may do under the Law
- of the State of Louisiana, except
Therein otherwise provided. III
president of said board OF directo
shall have power and authority
employ and discharge any and
employees, clerks or managers, to
sue any check, note or other oblig
ton of the company that he nj
deem necessary in transacting
business.
ARTICLE V.
This charter may be altered
amended, or this corporation m
~ l..colx,nI nn Nntp nj tnTC