The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-03-13
CHARTER
OF THE
oPELOUSAS AMUSEMENT CON-
PANY, INCORPORATED
STATE OF LOUISIANA,

g
nesses hereinafter named and under
signed, personally came and appeared
the several persons whose names are
/ hereunto subscribed, all of the full
age of majority, who declared that,
availing themselves of the provisions
of the laws of this state relative to
the formation and organization of
corporations, and more especially of
Act 267 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana
for the year 1914, they have and do
hereby form themselves into cor
poration and body polite for the pur-
poses and under the articles and stip-
ulations following, to-wit:
ARTICLE
The name and title of this cOrpor-
alton shall be THE OPELOUSAS
/ AMUSEMENT COMPANY, MOOR
PORATED, and its domicile is hereby
established at the City of Opelousas,
in the Parish of St. Landry, State of
! Louisiana, and under its said corpor-
ate name it shall have all the power
and authority which the laws of this
state now or hereafter may vest in
| corporations.
ARTICLE ii
The objects and purposes for which
| this corporation is formed are:
| To establish and operate theatres,
motion picture houses and other
/ places of public amusement; to pre-
sent plays, vaudeville entertainments,
motion picture exhibitions and other
public entertainments; and generally
| to engage in all things incidental to,
/
ton with any of the purposes herein
set forth.
ARTICLE III
The capital stock of this corpora
/ ton shall be the sum of Sixty Thou
sand ($60,000.0O) Dollars, divided
| into and represented by Six Hundred
Shares Of the par value of One Hun
bred ($100.00) Dollars each, which
shall not be issued until the cOnsid-
Grafton therefor has been paid.
/ Any stakeholder may sell, assign,
or transfer his stock in this corpora
ton provided thirty days prior no
tice of his intention to sell or trans
fer the same be given the company,
and the other stockholders thereof
shall have the first privilege of puF-
chasing same, after which thirty
days notice the said stock may be
sold in open market.
Stock may be transferred under the
above conditions, provided such trans
fer shall be made on the books of the
Company and on surrender of the
certificate therefor.
The capital stock may be increased
to One Hundred Thousand $780,
900. COZ Dollars at meeting of the
stockholders, called for the purpose,
by the vote of two-thirds of all the
stock.
ARTICLE Nv
This corporation shall enjoy exis-
tence for the period of ninety-nine
years from the date hereof, unless
sooner dissolved in accordance with
existing laws.
ARTICLE v
The corporate powers of this cor
/ pOration shall be vested in and eXer-
cised by a board of three Directors
chosen from among the stockholders.
The first Board of Directors shall
consist of Adolphe Jacobs, 0pelOusas,
La, v. A. Sachse, st. Louis, Mo-,
Alex. Bloomenstiel, Donaldsonville,
La.
Said Board shall continue in office
until the second Monday in January,
January, 1921, at which time, and an
nually thereafter, new Board Of
Directors shall be elected at stock
holders meeting.
Notice of such election shall be
given by two weekly publications in
newspaper published at the domicile
of the corporation on the two Satur-
days next preceding the said election.
All directors and officers shall re-
main in office until their successors
are elected and qualify.
At all meetings of the stockholders
each stakeholder shall be entitled to
one vote for each share of stock reg
istered in his name and may vote by
proxy.
The Board of Directors shall elect
from their number president, vice
president and secretary-treasurer.
Until the Board of Directors to be
selected in 1921 shall elect other Of
ficers, the officers of this corporation
shall be as follows: Adolphe Jacobs,
President; v. A. Saehse, Vice Presi-
dent; and Alex Bloomenstiel, Secre-
tary- Treasurer.
The directors shall have power to
fill all vacancies occurring on the
Board, even though no quorum re-
main at the time such vacancies are
4 to be filled. A majority of the d.
rectors shall constitute a quorum.
At any meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors any absent director may be
represented by any other director,
who may cast the vote of the absent
director according to written instruc-
tions of said absent director.
4 ARTICLE vi
The names and postoffice address
es of the subscribers of these articles
or incorporation and statement of
the number Of shares of stock in the
corporation for which each has sub
scribed are shown opposite the sig
natures of the said subscribers hereto
appended.
ARTICLE VII
No stakeholder of this corporation
shall ever be held liable or response
bic for the contracts or faults thereof
in any further sum than the unpaid
balance due the company on the
shares of stock subscribed for OF
owned by him. Nor shall any infor-
maIity in organization have the ct.
feet of rendering this Charter nui
or of exposing a stakeholder to any
liability beyond the unpaid balance
of his stock.