The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-02-14
c II A r T E r
THE COMMUNITY COMPANY, INC.

United States of America-State of Louisl-
ana-Parish of Ascension.
YeE 1T KNOWN that on this 26th day OF
I'd January, in the year of our lord, nine
teen hundred and twenty, before me,
Richard Melancon, notary public IN and Tor
the parish of Ascension, state OF Louisiana,
duly commissioned and sworn, and IN the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned personally came and ap-
peared the persons whose names are mere
unto subscribed, all of the age of majority,
who declare and say: That availing them
selves of the laws of the state of Louisiana
relative to the organization of corporations,
and especially of Act No. 276 of the general
assembly of Louisiana, sessions OF 1914
they have contracted and agreed and 90 by
these presents contract and agree and bind
themselves as well as the persons who may
rereafter become associated witr them, to
constitute and form 6orporatlon Tor e. the o.
iects and purposes under the articles, les:
forth which they hereby adopt as their
charter, to-wit:
ARTICLE ONE.
The name and style of this corporation
shall be THE COMMUNITY COMPANY, IN
CORPORATED, and under this name it shall
have and enjoy existence and succession for
la period of ninety-nine years from and after
the date hereof.
ARTICLE TWO.
The objects and purposes of this corpora
ton and the nature of the business to be
carried on and conducted by it are hereby
declared to be to lease, purchase, acquire
build, own and operate theatres and moving
picture shows in the town of Donaldsonvilie,
La, and in such other towns and cities in
may select.
ARTICLE THREE.
The authorized capital stock of this cor
poration is hereby fixed at thirty thousand
dollars ($30,oA0), divided into three thou
sand $4,000 shares of the par value of ten
dollars t$10) per share, and shall be paid Tor
in cash, or may be issued at par in payment
for property OF rights actually transferred to
the corporation or for services actually rem
dered the corporation; said payments to be
made at such time and in such manner and
in such installments as the board of direc-
tors may direct.
The capital stock of the corporation may
be increased to nifty thousand dollars (S50,-
OOO), divided into five thousand (5000)
shares of the par value of ten dollars islo)
per share.
ARTICLE FOUR.
The domicile of the corporation shall be
in the town Of Donaldsonville, parish of AS
cension. state Sf Louisiana. and all citation
and other legal process shall be served on
| the president, or in his absence or inability
to act, on the first vice president, and in his
absence or inability to act on the secretary
| of the corporation. "
ARTICLE FIVE.
The corporation shall be authorized tc
commence business and b5 a going concern
as soon as fifty per cent of its authorized
capital stock shall have been subscribed and
! fifty per cent of all stock subscribed fol
shall have been paid.
! ARTICLE SIX.
The corporation shall have the right, pow.
er and authority to contract, sue and be
ifs In ms q and
a corporate seal and the same to change anc
alter at pleasure; to own, hold, receive, pur.
chase, acquire, lease, pledge. mortgage, hy'
pothecate, ALLEVIATE, sell, dispose of and con.
Ivey and otherwise cucumber. both real ant
personal property of ell kinds and descrip
tions for the uses and kpurposes of the cor
poration; to incur deb to borrow money, K
issue bonds, notes and other evidences o1
debt to appoint such officers agents, mana
gers and employees as the business of thu
Icorporation may require and to fix theil
compensation; to employ, engage, hire o.
contract with moving picture and film pro
ducing concerns for the production of NOV
ing picture shows, or for the use and ser
|yice of moving picture films and apparatus
to engage and employ or contract with opert
troupes and theatrical companies of al
kinds, either amateur professional, tt
give performances and render and produce
operas, plays, theatricals, receptions, amuse
|ments and entertainments of any and al
kinds; to charge and collect admission fee!
for any and all such moving picture shows
performances, operas. theatricals plays, re
lceptions, amusements, entertainments, etc.
to contract, hire, let out, lease and rent it:
said operas theatres or moving picture
show buildings for theatrical performances
/ operas, plays, moving picture shows, re
ceptions, entertainments, amusements ant
meetings of any and all kinds and to charge
rental therefor; AND to hire let out rem
and lease. for office, store residence xpur
Iposes any part portion of any of it
thea1e and moving picture show building
not Used in carrying on the business of thu
corpoShtion; to adopt such rules, bylaw
and regulations as may be deemed necessar!
and proper and to amend and altar same a
pleasure and generally to do and to per
form any and all acts and things whici
might be necessary and proper to carry OIL
the objects and purposes of the corporation
k ARTICLE SEVEN.
Enn1f the corporate powers of the cor
poraton shall be vested in and exercised b.
a board of five directors, to be elected an
of each year, beginning in the year 1921
Three members of the board shall con
stitute a quorum for the transaction of an!
and all business of the corporation. Al
such elections shall be held at the office o
the corporation and shall be by ballot, unde
the supervision of commissioner to b
elected by the stockholders. Notice o
such e.e4 kns shall be delivered to eac1
stockholdeT0 in person, or by deposltlng Il
the postoffice written notice thereof, prop
erly addressed to the stockholders at thei
last known addresses. at least fifteen day
before the date of the holding of the sal
election.
Other stockholders meetings may be he'll
when ordered by the board of directors, o
when ordered by the holders of twenty-fv
per cent of the outstanding stock of tn
corporation.
At all elections and at all meetings of tn
stockholders, each stockholder shall be en-
titled to one vote for each share Of tn
capital stock standing in his name on tn
books of the corporation, to be cast in per
son or by proxy held by another stockholde
Iof the corporation, and majority of tn
votes cast shall elect,
Any vacancy occurring among the direc
tors shall be filled for the remainder of tn
term by appointment by the other directors
n failure to elect the directors on the dat
Eerecified above shall not dissolve the cor
/ poration nor impair it's corporate manage
ment or existence. but the officers and di
rectors then in office shall continue and re
main in office until their successors ar
elected and have qualified.
! The board of directors shall, at their frs
injecting after election, elect from their mum
Der, a president, a first vice president, sec
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