The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-11-12
CHARTER
OF ACME THEATRE, INCORPORATED
United States of America, State of Louisiana
Parish of Orleans, City of New Orleans

United States of America, State of Louisiana.
Parish of Orleans, City of New Orleans
BE it Known, that on this sixth day of the
month OF November, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and fourteen before me
Arthur Il: Leopold, notary public, duly com
mhsslOned and qualified in and for the CITY
ana parish and state aforesaid, therein re-
sizing, and III the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned person.
ally came and appeared the several persons
whose names are hereunto subscribed and
who severaIly declared that, ayailinR them
selves OF the provisions of the laws of the
state OF LOUISIANA, relative TO the forma, ION
OF corporations, and more particularly to act
Two sixty seven of nineteen hundred and
J fourteen, they have covenanted and agreed
and do hereby these presents covenant and
agree and bind themselves as well as such
oiher persons as may hereafter become asso-
Grated with them, to constitute and form a
corporation and body polite in law for the
OBJECTS and purposes and under the terms,
articles and stipulations, following to-wit:
Article The name and title of this cor
poratalon shall be the Acme Theatre, In
corp0rated, and by that corporate name il
shall have and enjoy succession for the period
OF ninety nine 800 years, and shall have all
tne authorities generally vested in corpora
uons under the law, and more particularly
authorized to contract, sue and be sued; to
make and use corporate seal; to make and
issue bonds and notes; to borrow and lend
money; to sell, mortgage, transfer and lease
employ managers, superintendents clerks and
other employees as the interest of the cor
porailon may require; to make bylaws rules
regulations Tor the management of its affairs :
and, to possess all of the powers granted and
intended to be granted to corporations in GEN
erai; and, IN order to carry out the objects
ana purposes Of its organization.
Article 1.-The domicile of this corDora.
tion shall be In the city of New Orleans, par
ISM OF orleans, state OF Louisiana, and all
citations or other legal process shall be served
upon the president, or in his absence upon the
VlCe-president or upon ATTY director of the
Article III.-The objects and purposes for
winch this corporation Is organized and the
nature OF the business to be carried on nv -
are hereby declared to be: To construct. 1ur-
chase, lease or otherwise acquire theatres.
concert halls, dancing halls and academies
and amusement places of all kinds and de.
business OF theatrical proprietors; TO manage
concert halls; stock, dramatic and vaudeville
companies OF all kinds and classes: to engage
ana employ actors, singers, dancers dra-
matical and musical artists; to buy own.
hold tease, manage, operate and sell motion
picture theatres; to buy, sell, rent, lease and
otherwise acquire, to run and operate films
tor moving picture theatres and all apparatus.
paraphernaiIa and supplies in connection
tnereWlth; TO manufacture same; and TO pro.
woe all kinds OF amusements and entertain
ments, and generally to do and carry on any
and all business incidental and connected
with the above objects and purposes in any
especially IN the city of New Orleans, and
state of Louisiana.
Article lV.-The capital stock of this COR
poratlon is hereby fixed at the sum of seven
thousand dollars 100000, represented by
seven hundred GOO shares of ten dollars