The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-13
CHARTER
OF SHREVEPORT MINING AND
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
Be it known that this day before me
the undersigned notary public in and fol
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, duly commits
stoned, qualified and sworn, came anc
appeared the several persons whose
names are hereunto subscribed, who de.
clared that, ayailing themselves of tht
provisions of the State of Louisiana, as
well as those of the general laws of said
State relative to the organization, they
have formed themselves, their associates
and successors into a corporation fol-
the objects and purposes and under the
agreements and stipulations hereinafter
set forth, which they hereby adopt as
their charter.
ARTICLE I.
The name of this corporation shall be
SHREVEPORT MINING AND DE,
VELOPMENT COMPANY, and by
that name it shall have the power and
authority to enjoy succession for ninety
nine years; to contract, sue and be sued
and use a corporate seal; to hold, pur-
chase, lease, sell and hypothecate prop
erty, real and personal; to name man
ayers, directors and agents as the inter
est of the corporation as may be neces-
sary.
ApTTCI TT
The dotnici1e of this corporation shall
be in the city of Shreveport, Louisiana,
and all citations and other legal process
shall be served on the president or in
his absence at the office of the company
according to law.
ARTICLE III.
The object for which this corporation
is organized and the nature of the bust
ness to be carried on by it is as follows
To develop minerals, oil, gas or coal on
any property owned, leased or controlled
by it or others, in the State of Louis
lana or elsewhere in the United States
and Mexico, and generally to do all
things in furtherance thereof.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock Of this corporation
is hereby authorized to be two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, divided into
two hundred and fifty thousand shares
at one dollar per share, par value, full
paid and worcestershire, each to be paid
for in cash or its equivalent where sub
scribed for, and said corporation is All.
thorized to commence business whef
twenty thousand shares of said stock is
subscribed and paid for.
ARTICLE v.
The corporate powers of this corpora
ton shall be vested in board of direc.
tors of eleven stockholders, who shall
be elected and serve the first two years
and be elected annually thereafter on tn,
second Tuesday in August. The frs
board of directors is declared to be A
R. Coomber. ]. @. Killer, R. v. Cook
]. W. Peyton, L E. Stokes, A. A. Camp
bell, ]. w. Langston, ]. B. Embrey, o
c. Cathey, G. T. Talbot and J. M. Wat
son, who shall serve until their success
ors are chosen. The officers of tl1i
company shall be president, vice presi
dent and general manager and secre
tary and treasurer, and the first of saic
officers are declared to be A. r. COON
Der, president; ]. @. Killer, vice presi
dent and general manager, and r. v
Cook, secretary and treasurer, and the
shall serve until their successors ar
chosen. And said officers shall be elect
ed annually after the first two years OF
said second Tuesday in August. A ma
jority of the stock shall elect the direc
tors, and in all elections or proceeding
of stockholders each share of stock pres
ent or represented by written proxy sfal
be entitled to one vote. Notice of a
elections or meetings of stakeholder
shall be advertised fen days in a dali
Shreveport paper; directors to be chose
at Office of company.
ARTICLE VI.
Failure to hold an election for direc
tors on the day named shall not dissoly