The Caucasian., 1919-03-07
CHARTER
OF The A. L. Weiss Company. Inc


Parish of Gaddo:
Before me, the undereiSne6 au-
thority. duly qualifie4 came and
appeared the parties whose names
that availing themselves of the
laws offthc State Of louisiana they
have formed and constituted them
SELVES as well as all other persons
who may hereafter become assO
ciated with them into private cor
poration under the following ati-
cies Of Incorporation to-Nsit:
ARTICLE y.
The Hame of this corporation
shall be D. b.. WEISS COMPANY
INC, and under said corporate name
shall have and enjoy succession for
period % twenty-five years.
ARTICLE III.
The domicile of this corporation
shall be .n the City Of Shreveport,
ARTICLE III.
The purpose and objects for
which this corporation is organized
is for the purpose Of carrying on a
general retail dry goods business, to
buy and sell dry goods. boots, shoes,
hats, notions. and all things gener-
ally handled by dry goods enter
prises; to buy and sell real estate
necessary to the conduct OF said
business and to open branch stores
in all cities, towns, and villages IN
the State Of Louisiana; to sue and
be sued in its corporate name; to
make bylaws for its government
and to have ana use - corpSralon
seal.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock Of this solpor-
alton sha9 be xhirty Thousand
O.OOOOOj Dollars divided ante
three hundred shares Of a par value
Of One Hundred $4,000 Dollars
per share, and the said capital stock
NAV be increased according to law
to One Hundred thousand (siOU,-
G0O0O) Dollars. All stock may ot
paid for in cash promptly, or ser
vice rs allowes by saw, provided
that no stock shall be issued untl
fully paid br sf which time 1t shall
become fully paid up and non-as-
sessable. lsna this corporation shal
eomence 10 engage in business Whel
Twenty Thousand s20,000OU Dol,
lars of this stock at least has beer
sabscribsa ebr and paid in.
ARTICLE
The affairs Of this corporation
shall be managed and fpntroiled b.
a Board of directors consisting 0
four directors. who shall hold OF
flee for one yefg, or until their sue
cessors are elected by a stockhold
ers' meeting, and stockholders
meeting shall be held on the fns
Tuesday in April of each year, pc
ginning wita Tuesday, April l
1919. and the first Board OF ID
raetors shall be A. l.. Weiss, Arthu
Weiss. Mrs. Rosa Weiss and MI:
Thelma Weiss.
ARTICLE w
The executive officers OF tn
corporation shall be President, WI
shall also be Secretary and a wee
President who shall also be Treas
urer and the officers for the fir
wear shall be A. L. Weiss, Pres
dent and Secretary, and Artht
Weiss. Vice-President and Trea:
urer.
ARTICLE VII.
No stakeholder shall ever be he
liable or responsible for the con
tracts or faults Of this corporate
in any further sum than an amou
equal to the unpaid balance due
his stock. nor shall any mere Il
formality in organization have U
effect of rendering this charter nj
or exposing any stakeholder to al
liability other than as above pr
vided.
Done and passed at my office
the city of Shreveport, Eaddo pa
ish La. in the presence OF attes
ing witnesses on this, the i4th q
of February, 1919.
A. L. WEISS, Shreveport, La,
-. shares.
ARTHUR WEISS, Shreveport, /
1 share.
ROSA WEISS, Shreveport, La,
share.
MRS. THELMA WEISS. shreN
port, La, share.
ATTEST:
a. C. GAYLE,
J. L. GAYLE.
GEORGE THURBER,
Notary ub
Endorsed filed and recorded, +
IS, 1919. ~.
w. NJ. LEVY.
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