The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-16
CHARTER
OF the Mansfield Gas Compan,

18th day Of October 1911, before me
S. c. FullIlove, a notary public, per
sOnally came and appeared w. b
Mccormick, J. H. Thatcher. II. J.
Heilperin, Wheeler Shropshire, S
E L. Herold and J. A. Thigpen, resi-
dents Of said parish and State, who
, stated and declared to me, notary.
that availing themselves of the Con-
; StitutiOn and laws of the State of
i Louisiana relating to the formation
IOf 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 corporation and body corpor-
ate, and have adopted as their char
ter the following. IO-Wil:
ARTICLE [.
The name of this corporation shall
be the Mansfield Gas Company, with
ITS dOmlcile at the city of ShreNe-
port in the parish of Caddo, Louis
lana. and, under its corporate name
lit shall have and enjoy succession
for period of fifty years, unless
|s0oner dissolved as hereinafter pro
vided. All legal process shall be
served on the president, or in his |
absence on the vice president, 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-
duItS 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 to that
end to acquire. lease or own such
real estate or other property or
right of way as may be necessary to
carry out its purposes
And, further. to engage in 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
in the country: and to
that end to acquire such franchises
and 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 inciden-
tai thereto.
ARTICLE TT.
The capital stock of this corpora
llen 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
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 OF for
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
at general stockholders
called for that purpose on
the first Monday in February of
each year, and the said stockholders
so elected shall elect their own Of
ficers and shall hold their office I'M
til their successors are duly elected /
and installed. Until the election on
the first Monday in February 1913
the following shall compose the
board of directors of this corpora
ticn, lowit: II. l.. Heilperin, whoi
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 unexpired term
ARTICLE Y.
Whenever this corporation is dis
solved, by limitation or otherwise,
its affairs shall be liquidated by two
persons selected for that purpose at
a 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 be
and the capital stock in
creased or diminished, or this cor
poration may be dissolved by vote
of threp-follrt hS Of itS stock holdprS !