The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-12-19
CHARTER
OF Oil City Iron Works OF shreyc-
port, La, and Oil City.

Il Cldlt Ol LoulSldIlu, FuflSll Ol N-du-
do: Be it remembered that on the
oath day of November 19it. before
me, Frank A. Blanchard, notary
public, came and appeared X. L.
Dobson, H. G. Brewster and V. NJ.
Dobson, residents of said Parish and
State, who stated and declared to
me, notary, that availng themselves
of the Constitution 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 rs may
hereafter become associated with
them into corporation and body
corporate and have adopted as their
charter the following, to-wit:
ARTICLE |.
The name Of this corporations
shall be Oh City Iron Works Com
pany, with its domicile in the city
of Shreveport, Parish Of Caddo. La,
and under its corporate name i'll
shall have and enjoy succession for|
period of fifty years unless sooner
dissolved as hereinafter stated. ALI
legal process shall be served on Its
president, or in his absence on thel
vice president, or in the absence of
both Of said officers on the secre-
tary.
ARTICLE II.
The object of this corporation and
the purpose for which IL is formed
is hereby declared to be TO buy and
sell and manufacture and repair
machinery of all kinds and makes,
iron, pipe and a general oil we'll sup
ply business; conduct, own and opel
rate a machine shop with equip
ments, do q general repair businessi
and conduct general mercantilei
business, and to own. lease and ae-
quire real. personal and mixed prop
erty, and the same to sell, and TO do
all things necessary to carry out the
object Of this corporation.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is fixed at the sum Of twenty
five thousand 1926, 100000 dollars. di-i
vided into two hundred and 1ftyI
ESQ shares of the par value OF onei
hundred dollars per share, and thtsl
corporation shall commence busi-l
ness when ten thousand dollars off
its capital stock is subscribed forl
and paid in cash or its equivalent.
But no stock shall be issued until
the same is fully paid for as above
stated.
ARTICLE ~.
The affairs Of this corporation
shall be managed and directed By a
board of directors consisting of
three stockholders who shall bel
elected annually at general stock
holders meeting for the purpose oni
the first Monday in January OF each
year, and the said stockholders so
elected shall elect their own officersl
who shall hold Office for one year.
or until their successors are elected
and qualified. Until the election on
the first Monday in January 1913 thei
following shall compose the boardi
of directors of this corporation: &.
L. Dobson, H. C. Brewster and v. NJ
Dobson, of whom r. L. Dobson shall
be president; H. C. Brewster vicef
president and treasurer, and v. NJ.
Dobson, secretary. Any vacancy inl
the board of directors shali be flliedi
by the remaining directors electingl
a stakeholder for the unexpiredl
term
ARTICLE v.
Whenever this corporation Is dis
solved by limitation or otherwise
its affairs shall be hquidated by twol
persons selected for the purpose ati
a stockholders meeting duly held,
and said liquidators shall performI
such services and give such security
as said stockholders may demand.
ARTICLE VI.
This act of incorporation may bel
amended and the capital stock In
creased or diminished or this corr
poration may be dissolved by a vote
of three-fourths of its stockholders
in amount at stockholders meeting
called for that purpose in accord
ance with the law of the State of
Louisiana, and at all stockholders
meetings each share of stock shall
be entitled to one vote to be cast BY
its owner either in person or byl
proxy. When not otherwise prcvid-
ed by law all stockholders shall bel
notified at least ten days prior 10
any meeting of stockholders by 81
letter addressed to them at their
usual postoffice address, but nothing
herein contained shall prevent said
stockholders from waving noticel
of such meeting and conserving toll
tho holdiro fhnpaaf ~ an pariinr