The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-23
CHARTER
OF the Purity Ice Cream Company.

State of Louisiana, Parish Of Cad
do: Be it remembered that on this
the 10th day of January 1913, before
me. Leon r. Smith, notary pubic
in and for Caddo Parish, State OF
Louisiana, duly commissioned and
qualified, and in the presence OF the
witnesses hereinafter named and
undersigned, personally came and
appeared the persons whose names
are hereunto subscribed, who sew
orally declared that, availing them
selves of the Constitution and laws
of the State of Louisiana relative
to the formation of corporations,
and especially of Act IS of Tive Cen
eral Assembly of the State of Louis
lana for the year 1904, they have
formed themselves, their assC ciates
and successors into cOrpol alton
for the objects and purposes, and
under agreements and stipulations
hereinafter set forth, which they
adopt as their charter. tO-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name of this corporation shall
be The Purity Ice Cream Company,
with its domicile in the City 'ot
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La, and
under said corporate name it shall
have and enjoy succession for pc
riod 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 corporate seal and
the same to alter at pleasure; to
hold, receive, purchase, improve,
ALLEVIATE, convey, sell, borrow, mort
gage, pledge, and .hypothecate 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
immunities given by the laws of the
State of Louisiana to corporations
organized for similar purposes.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at fifty thousand
(s5O,OOO) dollars, divided into five
hundred 900 shares of one hun
dred ($t00) 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 Tho
company, during which time the re-
manning stockholders shall have tn:
first option.to purchase stock, ant
on their failure to do so within ter
days stated, it may be sold to othel
persons; but all transfers of stool
must be made on the books of The
company at its office.
I ARTICLE V.
The corporate powers OF the cor
poration shall be vested in boar'
of directors composed OF thre
stockholders, who shall be electe
annually on the first Monday il
January. The first board of direc
tors is declared to me p Draiss,
is. Horney and P. M. Lawrence, VIII
shall serve until their successor
lare chosen. Two members shall con
lstitute quorum of the board OF dl
Erectors for the transaction of bust
ness. The officers of this corpora
ltion shall be a president, vice presi
dent and treasurer and secretar
and the first of said officers are dc
lclared to be P. Drais, president;
S. Horney, vice president and treas
urer, and P. M. Lawrence, secr'
ltary, and they shall serve until the
i successors are chosen, and said o.
!. ficers shall be elected annually {
| the first Monday in January. A m;