The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-12
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The name Of this corporation shall
lt the Mansfield Gas Company, with


be- the Mansfield Gas Company, with
its dOmicile at the city of ShreVe-
port in the parish Of Caddo, LOUIS
lana. and under its corporate name
tit shall have and enjoy succession
for a 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 president. or III
ten absence Of both on the secretary
and treasurer.
ARTICLE III.
The objects OF this corporation
and the purposes for which 1t Isl
formed are hereby declared to be to-
Town. acquire. drill, lease or obtain
oil or gas lands or oil or gas wells
in the State of Louisiana or else
lWhere. 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 to that
end TO acquire, lease or own such
lreal estate or other property or
right of way as may be necessary to
Ieffectually carry out its purposes.
And. further, to engage IN the busl-
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 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 H.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton 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 or for
property received at a valuation to-
be fixed by the board of directors.
ARTICLE ".
The affairs of this corporation
shall be managed and directed by a
board of directors consisting of five
stockholders, who shall be elected
ANNUALLY at a general stockholders
Injecting 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 un-
| 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, to-wit: H. l.. Heilperin, who
shall be president: S. L. Herold, who
shall be vice president; w. B. Nc
lCormick, 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
stakeholder for the uneXpired term.
ARTICLE V.
! 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 NAV
determine.
ARTICLE VI
This act of incorporation NAV he
Iamended and the capital stock in
creased or diminished, or this cor
operation may be dissolved by vote
of three-fourths of It's stockholders
in amount at a stockholders meet
ing called for that purpose in ac-
: Icordance with the laws of the State
it Louisiana, and at all sfockhold-
, ers meetings each share Of stock
) shall be entitled to one vote. to be
cast by its owner, either in person
, CT by proxy. When not otherwise
: provided by law, all stockholders
: shall be notified at least ten DAYS
PRIOR to any meeting. of stockholders
by a letter addressed to the, ia
: them to their usual postoffice adj