The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-14
CHARTER
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OF Tie Mansfield Gas Company

| do: Be ii remembered that on tho
Hath day Of October 1911, before me
S. c. FullLloVe, a notary public, per
sonally came and appeared w. Is
! McCormick. J. II. Thatcher H. l.
Hcilperin, Wheeler Shropshire. $
IL. HerOld and j. \. Thigprn. resi-
dents Of said parish and State who
tstated and declared 10 me. notary
that availing themselves Of the Con
stitution and laws Of the State OF
| Louisiana relating to the formation
of corporations. they have formed
and do by these presents form and
constitute themselves. as we'll as
such other persons as may hereaf-
ter become associated With them
into a corporation and body cOrp0r-
ate, and have adopted as their char
ter the following, to-Wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name Of this corporation shall
be the Mansfield Gas Company. with
its dOmicile at the city of Shrrye-
port in the parish of CaddO, Louis
lana, and under its corporate name
it shall have aud enjoy succession
for period of fifty years, unless
sooner dissolved as hereinafter pro-
vided. All legal process shall be
served ON the president, or in his
absence on The vice pres dent, or in
teh absence of both on the secretary
and treasurer.
ARTICLE II.
The objects of this corporation
and The purposes for which it is
formed are hereby declared to be to
own. acquire, drill. lease or obtain
oil or gas lands or oil or gas wells
in the State of Louisiana Or else
where, and to construct maintain
own and operate pipe lines or con-
Quits for the purpose of piping or
transmitting natural gas to points in
the State of Louisiana or to such
other points as may be selected by
the board of directors. and 10 that
end to acquire, lease or own such
real estate or other property or
right OF way as may be necessary 10
carry out its purposes.
And, further. to engage i'll the bust
ness or public service of, supplying
natural gas to consumers in any
towns, villages or cities that the
board of directors may desire, or to
consumers i'll the country: and tOI
that end to acquire such franchises
aid rights OF way and other prop
erty as may be proper for such pur-
poses: and to build pipe lines and
maintain necessary distributing sta
lions. lines and machinery ineiden-
tai thereto.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of This corpora
lion is fixed at the sum of one hun
bred thousand dollars, divided into
one thousand shares of the par
value Of one hundred dollars each,
and it shall become fully subscribed
foI 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 ".
The affairs of this corporation
shall be managed and directed by
board of directors consisting of five
stockholders, who shall be elected
annually at a general stockholders
meeting called for that purpose OIL
the first Monday in February of
each year, and the said stockholders
so elected shall elect their own Of
ticers and shall hold their office I'M
and installed. Until the election on
the first Monday in February 1913
the following shall compose the
board of directors of this corpora
ten, to-wit: II. L. Heilperin, who
shall be president: S. l.. Herold, who
shall be vice president; w. B. Nc
|Cormick, who shall be treasurer,
and Wheeler Shropshire and j H..
Thatcher. Any vacancy in said
board of directors shall be filled by
The remaining. directors electing a
stakeholder for the meXpired term.
ARTICLE V.
Whenever this corporation is dis
solved, by limitation or otherwise,
its affairs shall be liquidated by two
lpcrsons selected for that purpose al
Ia stockholders meeting duly held.
and said liquidators shall perform
sue hservices and give such security
as said stockholders meeting may
determine.
ARTICLE VI.
This act of incorporation may ht
amended and The capital stock in
creased or diminished. or this cor
operation may be dissolved by il vote