The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-19
CHARTER
or the Shreveport Oil Company

vi Int shreveport VII &ohAF""S'
State of Louisiana. Parish OF Cad
do; Before me, Roland Williamson,
a notary public i'll and for the Par
lsh Of Caddo and State OF Louisiana,
duly commissioned and sworn. on
This 2nd day Of October A. ID. 1914,
came and appeared the parties
whose names are hereunto signed,
and declared to me, notary, and to
the undersigned competent wit
nesses. that they do hereby form
themselves into a corporation under
the laws of the State of Louisiana
and under the following articles to-
| wit:
ARTICLE |.
The name, and style of this cor
Doralion is hereby declared to be
Shreveport Oil Company. Under
such name and style it shall have
corporate existence for the period
of fifty years from this date. 1t shall
have the right to contract, sue and
be sued: to hold, purchase, lease,
mortgage, sell and hyp0thecate
property, personal and real, and
such other rights incident to con-
ducting the business of an Oil COM
pany in developing lands for OIL, gas
and all such minerals as may be dis
covered, together with the right to
buy and sell oil, gas and minerals,
and the rights of drilling and ex-
ploring for oil, gas or other minerals
and all other necessary and inciden-
tai rights connected with such bust
ness and company.
ARTICLE III.
The domicile of this corporation
shall be in the City of Shreveport,
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, where all
legal processes shall be served ac-
Icording to law upon the president,
or. in his absence, upon the secre-
tary of the corporation.
ARTICLE III.
The object and purpose for which
This corporation is organized is 10
Icarry on general oil business, in
cIuding the buying and selling OF
lands, oil, gas and other minerals;
the drilling, mining and exploring
said lands in1the State of Louisiana
and elsewhere. as the board OF di-
Irecl0rs may direct, for oil, gas and
lolhcr minerals. including the right
Ito produce water and to utilize the
iSame as The directors may deem
lproper:: to lay pipe lines, establish
stations. loading racks, cOmmlssar-
lies. and such other incidental pur-
moses as may be necessary for the
Iconduct of The corporate business.
ARTICLE ~.
The capital stock Of this corpora
lion is fixed at twenty-five thousand
$25 10000 dollars, divided into two
: hundred and fifty $3.50 shares OF
enc hundred 100000 dollars each
and the corporation is to begin bus
mess when fifty shares are sub
scribed for and paid into the treas
| urer. either in cash or property
!, equivalent thereto. All stock ISSUED
shall be fully paid and non-assess-
able.
ARTICLE Y.
The powers of this corporation
are vested in the board of directors
l1omposed of three stockholders o.
I the company who shall hold office
: until their successors shall be dull.
: elected and qualified. The stock
: holders shall hold an annual meet
] ing on the first Monday in Octobe
, 1872. at which annual meeting o
4 The stockholders directors shall b.
q elected for The next ensuing yeal
: and said stockholders meeting shal
I transact such other business as ma
properly come before said meeting
e which annual meeting of the stock
q holders shall be Immediately fol
n lowed by an annual meeting OF tn
{ directors who shall elect officers fO
: The ensuing year and attend to sue
T other matters as may properly com
o before the directors meeting. TIL
q first board of directors who sha
serve until the next election in i9l
le are hereby designated: L. E. Stat
n ford. G.. G.. Stafford and G. A. Mors
= ARTICLE VI.
% The officers of this corporate
: shall be. president, vice presiden
!, secretary and treasurer, all
whom shall be directors. The 0ffit
of secretary and treasurer may
), combined or either may be con
? bined in one Office with the pres
& dent or vice president, and such o
10 lficers for the first year are herei
r. designated as follows: L. E. Staffor
~ president G. G.. Stafford, vice pres
4 dent, and G. A. Morse, secretary al
an treasurer. No officer shall ever
IN elected in this corporation who
le ll.ot a stakeholder i'll The same. II