The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-20
CHARTER
OF THE "A. J. HAMMER OIL COM
PANY.'

State, A. J. Hammer, resident of
Bloomburg State of Texas; E. L. Ed
wards, resident Of Cad1o Parish,
Louisiana; and w. H. Blackburn, also
of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, who each
stated and declared to me- notary, that
availing themselves of the laws Of the
State Of Louisiana for the formation Of
corporations, and especially under and
by virtue of Act III Of 1882, they have
formed and do by these presents form
and organize themselves, as we'll as all
others that may hereafter become asso-
ciated with them, into body corporate,
and have made and do by these presents
declare this to be their charter and act
of incorporation, under the terms and
conditions hereinafter named, to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name of this corporation shall be
the "A. J. Hammer Oil Company" and
under said corporate name it shall have
and enjoy succession for a period OF
twenty-five years unless sooner dissolved
in the manner hereafter stipulated, with
its domicile at the City of Shreveport.
Parish of Caddo, State of Louisiana.
ARTICLE II.
The object Of this corporation and its
purposes are hereby declared to be to
own, lease, acquire and operate oil
wells, oil lands, and to bore for oil, gas
or other minerals in the State of Louis
lana or in the State of Texas, and to
own, lease an doperate pipe lines, tank
cars, or other means of transmitting oil
or other minerals, and generally to do
and perform any and all acts that may
be necessary in carrying out the pur-
poses of this charter.
| ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be FIVE hundred thousand dollars,
divided into twenty thousand shares OF
twenty five dollars each, and it shall
commence business whenever two hun
bred and fifty thousand dollars of its
capital stock shall have been subscribed
and paid for in full No stock shall be
issued except for property, services
labor or other valuable considerable
paid at the time of its issuance, and said
stock shall be transferable only on the
books of the corporation at its domicile
ARTICLE ".
The affairs of said corporation shall
be managed by board of directors con
sisting of three stockholders, who shall
be elected annually at a stockholders
meeting called for that purpose on thu
first Monday in April of each year, anc
said board of directors shall hold Office
until their successors are duly elected
and installed. The first board of direct
ors shall be A. ]. Hammer, who shall
be president and general manager; E. L
Edwards, vice president and assistan
general manager, and w. H. Blackburn
who shall be secretary and treasurer
and they shall hold their Offices until tn
first Monlay in April, 1905, or until thei
successors are duly elected and installed
| ARTICLE V.
All legal process shall be served OF
vice president, or in the absence Of both
Twice president, or in the absence of both
lon the secretary and treasurer, at tn
domicile of the company.
ARTICLE VI.
y, Said corporation shall have power t
sue and be suel, to plead and be i'm
pleaded, to contract ana be contracted
with, to buy, sell, mortgage or leas
real and personal property, to make an
: use a corporate seal and the same t
alter at pleasure, and to make an
adopt such rules and bylaws as the in
, terests of the said corporation ina
from time to time require.
ARTICLE VII.
. At all meetings of stockholders eac
share of stock shall be entitled to on
vote, either in person or by write
proxy, and all meetings of stockhol 1er
i. shall be preceded by thirty days notice
published in one of the papers Of tn
City of Shreveport, and BY written ne
o Itice mailed to each stakeholder throug
q 1.-The mails to his postofice address, pre-
! ivided that by unanimous consent all {
), the stockholders such notice may be di:
t pensed with and such meetings hel
sooner
ARTICLE VIII.
;. Whenever this corporation is di
e solved by Limitation Or otherwise, its a
! fairs shalt be liquidated by two comm
n sioners elected for that purpose at
= general meeting of the stockholde
: called for that purpose, and they sha
give such bond and security for Il
fidelity of their administration as Il
STOCKHOLDERS may require. Whenever
It a vote Of two-thirds of the stock, Il
dissolution Of this corporation is ]
n sired, same shall be dissolved before t
@ termination of the time herein stipulate
Il such vote shall be taken at gener
= meeting Of the stockholders after d