St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-02
CHARTER OF
oPELousAs MOTION PICTURE
CO., ING.


CHARTER OF
oPELoUSAS MOTION PICTURE
CO., ING.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
BE 1T KNOWN, That en- this
fourteenth day of the month OF NOV
enber, in the year OF U Lord one
Thousand Nine Hundlcd and sixteen
1916. before me, w. R. Lacombe' a
Notary Public, duly commissioned
qualified and sworn, in n Tor the
na risb and state aboye-written, ana
n fba nresence Of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned
personally came and appeared: :.
I niatlein. DR.. T.. A.. Shaw, Herpefl
n callahan. M. Winsberg, Adoiphe
1aoohs and john w. Lewis, all resi-
dents of the city Of O~pelousAs' pa
;sh Of st. Landry, State OF LOUISIANA
tha several persons Whole names aie
hore,,nto subscribed, and VINO ue'
aIarad that availing themselves OF Tue
,.rra If the State Of Louisiana reia.
live n the formation, conduct ahu
aneration OF corporations a espe
oiarv ~ Act No. 267 Of 1914, thsy
bava agreed and hereby agree a
hind themselves, as well as slcn o.n
ar nersons as may be ome assoei@
With them. and whose names O.
hora,,nto subscribed. and their sue
aassora tn form and constitute q
hodv nolitic in law, for the op1ecss
80 nnrnoses and IL der tle conal-
tiona and stipulatione contained anu
sat Forth in the following artlcies'
to-wit:
ARTICLE /.
Tbe name, style and title OF thus
-aornoration shall b "Opeiousas MY
lion Picture Company, Inc. ara -
shall exist I r a full term anu
riod of n~iaety-nine years from az
haraof unless SCORER dissolved ana
Inundated as hereinafter proV'ueu =
for. e2sA
ARTICLE II. !,
a,na aomicile of his Company small
he in the city OF opelousas, parish %
al. Landry, State OF Loulsiana' an
All citations or other legal process
abalI Ia served upon the President
of tho said corporation, or IN case u
Nh absence or inability to act upon
tha v~ice-President, and in case OF the
absence or inability OF both the Tres
ideut and yice-President, taen upon
fbe Secretary-Treasurer or nag
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes ior
which this corporation is formeu,
and tho business it is to engage ID,
ara hereby declared 20 be: TO pur-
chase own and operate a moving PIC
lure nlant. together with such ma
chinerw, apparatus, buildings anu
a~nnurtanances as may be necessary
or incidental to the sssine OF tnis
corporation; to purchase, or ease lol
4 term of years, grounds n puliu-
ings and to establish and operate q
the CITY of Opelousas or in IN 9TH
q CITY IN this sale, or any other state
a. territory of the United States,
ing picture shows, theatrical anu
vaudeville shows or plays as well -
refreshment stands and places OF
general amusement or recreation lot
the public.
ARTICLE Nv.
THIS corporation ma u and be
sued in its corporation name. ana Dy
and through It's President or IN ms
absence through its Vice-President
who NAV appear and act in court
proceedings for and on behalf OF TINS
corporation without the necessity Oh
any further authority from the stock
holders or directors thereof; n
through its Board of Directors THIS
corporaion may sell, mortgage, nypo-
thecate, pledge, lease n suitcase
real estate and personal property; 70
harrow money in f~urtherance of h
objects and purposes OF this corpofa
ton and to make use Of q corporate
zeal and the same to break and alter
III pleasure; to name n appoint
sneh directors, officers,
gents and clerks as the interest OF
convenience of said corporation may
require.
ARTICLE v.
The capital stock of this corpora
tion liz hereby xed at Five Thousand
Dollars, lS5, 0eo. 00), represented by
one thousand shares, (1000) OF a
mar value of Five Dollars each.
This corporation shall commence
business as soon as six hundrea
shares. or Three Thousand
Dollars OF stock has been subscriber
and paid for either in money, prop
erty or other legal and valid consie-
GRAFTON.
ARTICLE vi.
The business affairs of this corpora
tion shall be transacted by anu
through a obard Of i've directors who
shall be stockholders, and to be eject
ed at a meeting to be Eeld for that
ON the second Monady of
the months of January OF each year
The Directors thus selected shall
serve for one year or until their sue
cessors shall have been duly elected
and qualified. The Board Of Direct
ors shall elect from their number a
a Vice-President and q
Secretary-Treasurer and Manager,
and d majority of the Board shall
have the power to fill any vacancy
occurring in that body or among the
officers, and to make such bylaws,
and regulations as they may
deem proper for the transaction OF
the business and affairs of said cor
poration, to change, alter or amend
the same ait pleasure. to appoint and
tx the salaries of all officers, clerks
ind employees, and the same TO
and dismiss at pleasure.