The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-09
CHARTER
IOF THE ~. J. HAMMER OIL CON-
PANN.'

Be it remembered that on this the 2Ist
day Of March. zoos, personally came and
appeared before me, at my office IN the
City of Shreveport, said Parish and
State, \. !. Hammer, resident OF
Bloomburg, State Of Texas; f. L. Ed
wards, resident of Cadio 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 IF Louisiana for the formation of
corporations. and especially under and
by virtue Of Act III Of 1882. they have
formed AMI 10 by these presents form
and organize themselves, as we'll as all
others that may hereafter become asso-
catcd with them, into a 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.
he name Of this corporation shall be
the "A. J. Hammer Oil Company ana
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 donicile at the City of Shreveport,
Parish OF CaCdo. State of louisiana
ARTICLE II.
The obje OF this corporation and its
are hereby declared to be to
own, lease, acqui Ie and operate oil
wells, oil lands and to bore for oil, ga,
or other minerals in tho State of Louis
lana or in the State OF Texas. and to
own, lease all dopera4 pipe lines. tank
cars, or other means OF transmitting oil
or other minerals, and generally to 10
and perform any and all acts that may
be necessary in carrying ON the pur
poses of this chartep
ARTICLE I1a.
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be FIVE hundred thousand dollars,
divided into twenty thousand SHARES of
twenty-five dollars each, and + shall
commence business whenever Two hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars of its
capital stock shall have been subscribed
and paid for in full No stock ::hall 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 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 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
irst 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,
Iice president, or in the absence of both,
III the secretary and treasurer, at the
1omicile 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
ldopt such rules and bylaws as the in
erests of the said corporation may
rom 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 1ers
hall be preceded by thirty days notice,
in one of the papers of the
lily 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
ensed with and such meetings held
ooner.
ARTICLE VIII.
Whenever this corporation is dis
olvei by limitation or otherwise, its af-
airs shall be liquidated by two commits
toner's elected for that purpose at a
eneral meeting of the stockholders
allied for that purpose, and they shall
i've such bond and security for the
deity of their administration as the
tockholdeds may require Whenever by
vote of two-thirds of the stock, the