The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-07-04
CHARTER
OF the Jewella Oil, Gas and Pipe
Line Company, Limited.

do: Be it known that tlllS udy oololo
me, the undersigned notary pubic
in and for Caddo Parish, LOUISIANA
duly commissioned, qualified and
sworn, came and appeared the sew
eral persons whose names are mere
unto subscribed, all residents OF
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and Jeffer-
son County, Texas, who declared
that, availing themselves of the pro-
visions of Act No. SO OF the year
1888 of the General Assembly OF the
State of Louisiana, as we'll as those
of the general laws of said state rel
alive to the organization OF corpor-
atoms, they have formed themselves,
their associates and successors lntol
d corporation for the object and
purposes and under the agreements
and stipulations hereinafter set
forth. which they hereby adopt as
their charter.
ARTICLE I.
The name of this corporation
shall be 1.-The Jewella Oil, Gas and
Pipe Line Company Limited" and
| by that name it shall have the power
and authority to enjoy succession
for ninety-nine (99) years; to con-
tract, sue and be sued, and use
corporate seal; to hold, purchase,
lease, sell and hypothecate property,
real and personal; and to name
managers, directors and agents as
the interest of the corporation may
require, and to make such bylaws
and rules for the proper manage
ment of the affairs of the corpora
ton as may be necessary.
ARTICLE ii.
The domicile of this company
shall be in the city of Shreveport,
Louisiana. and all citations and 9TH
l Ter legal process shall he served on
the president, or in his absence at
the office of the company according
Il to law.
ARTICLE III.
|
The object for which this corpor-
d alton is organized and the nature OF
n the business to be carried on by 1t
u is as follows: ITO develop Oil, gas
: or minerals on any property owned,
! leased or controlled by it and others
in the State of Louisiana or else
where in the United States, and gen.
3 orally to do all things in furtheranee
thereof"
ARTICLE ".
q The capital stock of this corpora
0 ton is hereby fixed at ten thousand
($i0,00000) dollars, divided into tWe
0 thousand 10000 shares at five dol
0 lars $500 per share, par value, full
0 paid and worcestershire, each to be
0 paid sfor in cash or its equivalent
OIwhere subscribed for; and said cor
OF poration is authorized to commence
when one thousand ti000)
0l shares of said stock is subscribed
. and paid for.
0l ARTICLE v.
Y The corporate power OF this cor
vi poration shall be vested in a boart
y OF directors of three 81 stockhold.
~ ers who shall be elected on the sec.
ond Saturday in March 1911 and an
Y nually thereafter. The first boart
~ of directors is declared to be w. c
Agurs. A. Josey and E. M. HoyeI
= who shall serve until their success
lors are chosen. The officers OF TIL
~ corporation shall be president, VIC
~ president, treasurer, general man
" ager and secretary, and the first o
said officers are declared to be "
C. Agurs, president and treasurer
A. Josey, vice president and genera
manager, and E. M. Hoyer, secre
Itary, and they shall serve until thel
u successors are chosen as herein pro
vided for. The majority of the stoc
present shall elect the directors, an
= in all elections or proceedings {
= stockholders each share OF stoc
- present or represented by write
proxy shall be entitled to one vot
i Notice of all elections or meeting
70 of stockholders shall be advertise
- ten days in daily Shreveport pa
nc per. Directors to be chosen at tt
office of the company.
: ARTICLE vi.
Failure to hold an election for d
its rectors on the day named shall n
eel dissolve the corporation, but the il
Ie- cumbent directors shall hold oy
until their successors are duly qua
enI flied and elected. ANY vacancy
ne the board shall be filled by the r
manning directors. The board OF c
ge. rectors shall have the power to co
tract debts, borrow money, buy a
lease property, and do all things n
rk. cessary to carry out the objects a
purposes of the corporation.
:, ARTICLE VII.