The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-12-03
CHARTER
or The Indian Drilling Company.

upaTPH, on the uaiS I'lt'h 'it' o''
oral uarlics whose names are mere
.unio signed. and who declares 10 me-
notary, in the presence 81 the attest {
;,o, roupricnt Witnesses, that they
do hereby form themselves INTO q
Irorporalion or body polite, as We" {
rs such other persons rs may mere II
Iaflcr become associated with the'h'
under the laws Of the State OF LOUIS
iana. and they do hereby adopt as
Ilbeir charter the following aruclcs
Iof agreement, to-wlt:
ARTICLE /.
The name Of this corporation shaii
Inc The Indian Drilling Company
with liz domiciIe in the town or VII
lare of Vivian, in the Parish Of Cad
10 State of Louisiana, and under us
corporate name it shall have ana en-
iov succession for a period OF MY
vears unless sooner dissolved as
hereinafter provided. All legal pro-
cess shall be served on the president
ar in his absence on the wee preSi-
dent, or in his absence on the Secre~
Itary treasurer.
ARTICLE II,
The objects and purposes LOT
(which this corporation is organized
and the nature OF the business 10 DC
carried on by it are hereby declared
lo be to buy and sell mineral lands
and rights, and to drill, mine and eX-
More lands in the State OF LOUISIANA
and elsewhere as the board OF d!rec-
Tors NAV see proper, for OIL gas ana
!. other minerals; to lease, suitcase
buy and sell lands, to lay pipe lines
and generally to do and perform any
and everything necessary TO carry
out The purposes for which this cor
Iporation is organized.
ARTICLE III.
ic. The capital stock Of this corpora
nd tion is fixed at the sum of ten thous
nd and dollars {$i0,0OOOO, divided int
to fen thousand shares of one dolla
lay per share, par value, and TINS cor
noration shall be going concer
!, when fifty per cent of the said capl
Al. ltal stock shall have been subscribe
!. for and paid in. No stock shall D
clio issued until same is fully paid 10
and il may issue for cash. for labc
ad- or for property received at vaias
,ve ltion deemed reasonable by the boar
ect of directors.
me ARTICLE III.
, in The affairs of this corporate
and shall be managed and directed by
nm board of directors consisting oil thr'
4 Stockholders, who shall be elect
,cio annually at a general meeting OF u
a . stockholders called for that purpo
on the third Monday in November
each year hereafter, and the So
=. Stockholders shall elect their or
DIS officers and shall hold their DIN
La until their successors are duly ele'
len cd and installed. Until the said elt
lion on said second Monday III \
fieri vember hereafter the following Sfl
lon compose the board OF directors
curt This corporation, to-wit: john Bil
the we'll Jr., president Of said BOARD
lit, In Birdwell. who shall be vice pre-
le at dent: and II. r. Holmes, who shall
ord secretary treasurer. Any Vaeanc!
'front.' said board of directors shall be III
addo Inv The remaining directors, elect
legal a stakeholder Tor inc 'pi'Ap'
term.
ARTICLE W
This act of incorporation may
~ ~ amended and the capital stock
es u creased or decreased, or this corr
j t.ie alton may be dissolved by vou
DUH Three fourths of its stakeholder
o"h amount at stockholders NEE
xteeh called for that purpose in acc'
I'VE ance with the laws OF the stat
ue- Louisiana, and at all stockhoi
D. the meetings each share OF STOCK
tionai be entitled to one vote, to be cas-
on II, it's owner either in person o.
west proxy, when not otherwise prov
from bv law: all stockholders shall Dc
llne tilted ut least ten days prior 10
IN the meeting of stockholders by j
ter OF addressed to them at their !.
4 and postofIice address, but nothing
m said in contained shall prevent
e run stockholders from waving noti
G CEN such meeting and conserving U
IF said holding thereof at an earlier
g SAID ARTICLE VII
OF sald No stakeholder of this corpor
ion III, shall ever be held liable or res
west, sible for the contracts or
oint OF thereof in any further sum ina
acres, UNPAID balance due on his siocI
lgs and shall any mere informally nay
also an effect Of rendering this charter
and to or of exposing stockholder
Ii, IL, loss beyond the amount PAID i
60; lots stock and subscribed by him.
own OF In witness whereof the SAID ?
Caddo hereunto signed their names
nd r r1ntaTu and IL