The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-05
CHARTER
or the Mansfield Gas Company


State of Louisiana, Parish OF oao-
do. Re if remembered that on the
thtb day of October 1911, before iiie'
8 G. Fullilove. a notary public, per
sonalIv came and appeared W. D.
MeCortnick. J. II. Thatcher, H. L.
Ieilnerin. Wheeler Shropshire o.
IT.. Herold and J. A. Thigpen' resi-
dents of said parish and STATE WIZ
stated and declared to me, notarS'
that availing themselves OF Inc 'o'l-
stitution and laws of The stat" u
Louisiana relating TO The fornatioil
of corporations, they have lorifieu
and do by these presents form ana
CONSTITUTE themselves, as wen as
such other persons as may hereai
| ter become associated with tneih'
into corporation and body corpor-
ate. and have adopted rs their char-
ter the following, to-wlt:
ARTICLE |.
The name of this corporation silall
be- the Mansfield Gas Company, Win
lis donicile at the city OF ShreNe-
Ipcrt in the parish Of Caddo, LOUIS
llama. and under its corporate name
lii shall have aud enjoy Succession
for period of fifty years, unless
sooner dissolved as hereinafter pro-
vidcd. All legal process shall be
served on the president, or III MS
absence on the vice president. or ID
Itch absence of both on the secretary
land treasurer
ARTICLE H.
! The objects Of this corporation
aud the purposes for which 1t is
formed are hereby declared 10 be TO
| own. acquire. drill. lease or obtain
tnii or gas lands or oil or gas wells
lin The State of Louisiana or else
where. and 10 construct, maintain,
Town and operate pipe lines or con-
Iduls for the purpose OF piping or
! transmitting natural gas to points Ill
| the State Of Louisiana or TO such
Iolher points as may be selected by
| the board of directors. aud to that
end to acquire. lease or own such
| al estate ar other property or
fright Of way as may b. necessary to
letfectually carry out its purposes
| And. further. To engage in the bust
ness or public service of supplying
natural gas 10 consumers in any
| towns. villages OF cities That the
board OF directors may desire. or to
CONSUMERS IN the country. aud to
that end 10 acquire such franchises
aud rights Of way and other prop
erty AS may be- proper for such pur-
poses aud to build pipe lines and
maintain necessary distributing sta
lions, lines and machinery ineiden-
i al thereto.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of This corpora
| lion is fixed at the sum Of one hum
dred thousand dollars, divided into
lone Thousand shares OF the par
value Of one hundred dollars each,
and it shall become fully subscribed
for and one-third thereof is paid in
full. But no stock shall issue until
the same is fully paid, and may be
Issued for cash, for labor or for
property received at valuation to
be fixed by the board of directors.
ARTICLE ".
Tile affairs OF this corporation
IshaIl be manager and directed by
board OF directors consisting of five
stockholders. who shall be elected
annually at general stockholders
meeting called for that purpose on
the first Monday in February of
each year. and tho said stockholders
50 elected shall elect their own Of
tlcers and shall hold their Office un-
Itil their successors are duly elected
and Installed. Until tho election on
the first Monday in February 1913
the following shall compose the
board of directors of this corpora
ticn. io-wit: H. l.. Heilperin, Who
shall be president: $. l.. Herold who
shall be vice president; w. y. Nc
|Cormick. who shall be treasurer.
and Wheeler Shropshire and j. Il.
Thatcher. Any vacancy in said
board of directors shall be filled BY
the remaining directors eIeeting a
stakeholder for the uuexpired term.
ARTICLE Y.
Whenever this corporation il dis
solved, by limitation or otherwise,
It's affairs shall be liquidated by two
persons selected for that purpose at
a stockholders meeting duly held
and said liquidators shall perform
sue hservlces ana give such security
as said stockholders meeting NAV
determine.
ARTICLE VI.
This act Of incorporation may be
amended and the eapita1 stock in