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

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State. A. J. Hammer, a resident OF
| Bloomburg. State of Texas; Z. L. Ed
wards. a resident of Cad1o Parish
Louisiana; and w. H. Blackburn. also
of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, who each
stated and declared to me, notary. tina,
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 AMI do by these presents form
md 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
IF incorporation, under the terms and
conditions hereinafter named, to-wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name of this corporation shall be
the "A. J. Hammer Oil Company, AMI
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
it's domicie 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
" 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 consideration
paid at the time of it's issuance, and said
stock shall be transferable only on the
books of the corporation at its domicle.
ARTICLE w.
The affairs of said corporation shall
be managed by board of directors con-
sisting of three stockholders, who shall
be elected annually at stockholders
meeting called for that purpose on the
first Monday in April of each year, and
said board of directors shall hold office
until their successors are duly elected
and installed. The first board of direct
ors shall be A. J. Hammer, who shall
be president and general manager; E. L.
Edwards, vice president and assistant
general manager, and w. H. Blackburn,
who shall be secretary and treasurer,
and they shall hold their offices until the
first Monlay in April, 1905, or until their
successors are duly elected and installed.
ARTICLE V.
All legal process shall be served on
vice president, or in the absence of both,
vice president, or in the absence of both,
On the secretary and treasurer, at the
donicile of the company.
ARTICLE vi.
Said corporation shall have power to
sue and be suel, to plead and be i'm
pleaded, to contract and be contracted |
with, to buy, sell, mortgage or lease
.eal and personal property, to make and |
Use corporate seal and the same to
liter at pleasure, and to make and
adopt such rules and bylaws as the in
erests of the said corporation may
from time to time require.
ARTICLE VII.
At all meetings of stockholders each |
hare of stock shall be entitled to one
,ote, either in person or by written
roxy, and all meetings of stockhol lers
hall be preceded by thirty days notice,
published in one of the papers of the
City Of Shreveport, and by written no.
ice mailed to each stakeholder through +
he mails to his postoffice address, pro-
ided that by unanimous consent all of
he stockholders such notice may be dis-s
ensed with and such meetings held
ooner.
ARTICLE VIII.
Whenever this corporation is dis
olvei by limitation or otherwise, its af-
HRS shall be liquidated by two commits
oners elected for that purpose at a
enerai meeting of the stockholders
alled for that purpose, and they shall
i've such bond and security for the
deity of their administration as the
ockholdeds may require. Whenever BY
vote Of two-thirds of the stock, the
ssolution of this corporation is de-
red, same shall be dissolved before the
rnination of the time herein stipulated, /
,ch vote shall be taken at a general
Getting of the stockholders after due !,
otice as herein provided. &