The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-22
CHARTER
OF THE BRYAN GAS AND OIL
COMPANY.

| State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
| Be it known that on this the oath day
of October, in the year one thousand
nine hundred and ten (IoIo), before me,
| w. H. Scheen, a notary public in and
for the said State and Parish, duly COM
| rnissioned and sworn, personally came
| and appeared the several persons whose
{ names are hereunto subscribed, who de-
clared that they do hereby form them
| selves and such other persons as may
hereafter become associated with them
into body corporate under the laws Of
| the State of Louisiana relative to the
formation of corporations, and especial
| ly under Act III of the General AS
sembly of 1882 regarding the formation
of mining corporations, for the object
and purposes and under the conditions
as follows, which they hereby adopt as
their charter, to-Wit:
ARTICLE I.
| The name and style of this corpora
ton to be BRYAN GAS AND OIL
| COMPANY, and under said name and
| style it shall have and enjoy all the
rights granted to corporations under
the laws of the State of Louisiana, and
shall have and enjoy corporate existence
for a period of ninety-nine years, I'M
Hess sooner dissolved under the provis-
ions of the laws Of the State of Louis
| lana, together with the power to have
and to use corporate seal, and the
same to make, alter or break at its
| pleasure. 1t shall have the power to sue
and be sued; to name and appoint direc
tors and managers and agents; and to
| establish such rules, bylaws and regula-
tons for the management of its bust
ness and affairs as may be deemed
pleasure.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this corporation is
hereby fixed in the City of Shreveport,
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, where all
LEGAL process shall be served in the man
ner provided by law, upon the president,
or in his absence the vice president, or
in the absence of both, at the office of
the. corporation as provided by the laws
of the State Of Louisiana.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes of this cor
poration are hereby declared to be to
buy and sell lands, and to acquire by
lease or otherwise lands for mining and
producing oil, gas and other minerals,
and to suitcase or rent the same; to
sink, drill or develop oil or gas wells
and to pipe, market or store the same;
TO prospect for and produce oil, gas and
other minerals, and for that purpose to
make expenditures for material, tools,
implements, apparatus, make surveys
and to do all things necessary in and
about said business, and to supply and
furnish gas and oil and fixtures to con-
sumers in the State of Louisiana or
elsewhere as may be determined by its
board of directors, and to this end this
corporation shall have and enjoy the
right to own, acquire, purchase, lease,
suitcase, sell and otherwise acquire
and ALLEVIATE property, real and personal
and mixed to mortgage, assign, pledge,
pawn wor otherwise hypothecate said
property for the purpose of borrowing
money or for such other purposes as in
the discretion of the board of directors
may be deemed necessary, and to have
acquired pipe and pipe lines for the car
rying, transporting and furnishing of
the said oil or gas to consumers and
customers, and to have and acquire
franchises for piping and furnishing gas
and to do generally any and all things
necessary to and incideta1 to the pur-
pose and object herein set forth.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at fifty thousand dol
lars (S5o,ooooo), to be divided into two
thousand (2ooo) shares of the par value
of twenty five dollars ($25.oo) each, and
this stock shall be issued as paid for
either for cash or for property, labor or
services purchased by or advanced to
said company, and the judgment of the
board of directors as to the value of the
property, labor or services SO taken shall
be conclusive, provided, that no stock
shall be issued at less than par value,
and shall begin business and be a going
concern when all the stock is subscribed
and paid for. Each share Of stock shall
be entitled to one vote at all meetings,
to be cast in person or on written proxy
from the owner thereof, as shown by
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