The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-04
CHARTER
OF THE BRYAN GAS AND OIL
COMPANY.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo;
Be it known that on this the 24th day
of October, in the year one thousand
nine hundred and ten (IoIo), before me,
w. H. Scheen, notary public i'll and
for the said State and Parish, duly com
missioned 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 a body corporate under the laws Of
the State of Louisiana relative to the
formation of corporations, and especial
~ 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 |.
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 period Of ninety-nine years, I'M
less sooner dissolved under the provis-
| ions of the laws of the State of Louis
lana, together with the power to have
and to use a 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 10
establish such rules. bylaws and regula-
| tons for the management Of its bust
ness and affairs as may be deemed
necessary, and the same to alter at
pleasure.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this corporation is
hereby fixed in the City of Shreveport
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, where al
LEGAL process shall be served in the man
ncr provided by law, upon the president
or in his absence the vice president, OF
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 tc
bly, and sell lands, and to acquire by
| lease or otherwise lands for mining anc
producing oil, gas and other minerals
and to suitcase or rent the same; t
sink, drill or de yelop OIL or gas well:
and to pipe, market or store the same
to prospect for and produce OIL gas ane
other minerals, and for that purpose to
make expenditures for material, tools
implements, apparatus, make survey!
and to do all things necessary in anc
about said business, and to supply ahC
I furnish gas and oil and fixtures to con
/ st1mers in the State of Louisiana OF
elsewhere as may be determined by it!
board of directors, and to this end this
corporation shall have and enjoy tht
right to own, acquire, purchase, lease
suitcase, sell and otherwise acquire
and ALLEVIATE property, real and persona
and mixed; to mortgage, assign, pledge
pawn wor otherwise hypothecate sale
property for the purpose of borrowing
money or for such other purposes as il
the discretion of the board of director:
may be deemed necessary, and to have
acquired pipe and pipe lines for the car
rying. transporting and furnishing o
the said oil or gas to consumers anC
customers, and to have and acquire
franchises for piping and furnishing ga:
and TO do generally any and all things
necessary to and incidetal 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,ooo.oo), to be divided into two
thousand 10000 shares of the par value
of twenty-five dollars ($25.oo) each, ant
this stock shall be issued as paid fol-
either for cash or for property, labor OF
services purchased by or advanced tc
said company, and the judgment of the
board of directors as to the value of the
property, labor or services so taken shal1
be conclusive, provided, that no stock
shall be issued at less than par value
and shall begin business and be 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 hy