The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-03
CHARTER
OF the Shreveport Oil Company

State of Louisiana, Parish of Cad
do: Before me, Roland Williamson,
a notary public in and for the Par
ish 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
lnesses, that they do hereby form
themselves into corporation under
1.-THE laws of the State of Louisiana
and under the following articles to-
wit:
ARTICLE |.
The name and style of this cor
Iporation is hereby declared to be
Shreveport Oil Company. Under
such name and style it shall have
Icorporate existence for the period
of fifty years from this date. 1t shall
thave the right to contract, sue and
be sued; to hold, purchase, lease,
mortgage, sell and hypothecate
property, personal and real, and
such other rights incident to con-
Iducting 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 Tie 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 II.
The domicile of this corporation
shall be in the City of Shreveport
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, where all
legal processes shall be served &C
cording 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 to
5 carry on a general oil business, in
cluding the buying and selling of
lands, oil, gas and other minerals;
the drilling, mining and exploring
said lands in the State of Louisiana
and elsewhere, as the board of di-
rectors may direct, for oil, gas and
: other minerals, including the right
TO produce water and to utilize the
same as the directors may deem
proper; to lay pipe lines, establish
stations, loading racks, commissar-
les, and such other incidental pur-
poses as may be necessary for the
conduct of the corporate business.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is fixed at twenty-five thousand
$25, 100000 dollars, divided into two
hundred and fifty $3.50 shares of
one hundred $4,000 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 V.
The powers of this corporation
are vested in the board of directors
composed of three stockholders of
the company who shall hold office
until their. successors shall be duly
elected and qualified. The stock
holders shall hold an annual meet
/ ing on the first Monday in October
1912, at which annual meeting of
the stockholders directors shall be
elected for the next ensuing year,
and said stockholders meeting shall
transact such other business as may
properly come before said meeting,
which annual meeting of the stock
lholders shall be Immediately fol-
al lowed by an annual meeting of the
Idirectors who shall elect officers for
the ensuing year and attend to such
/ other matters as may properly come
! before the directors meeting. The
first board of directors who shall
serve until the next election in 1912
are hereby designated L. E. Stat
Z fcrd, G. G. Stafford and G. A. Morse.
ARTICLE vi.
: The officers of this corporation
: shall be president, vice president
T secretary and treasurer, all OF
: whom shall be directors. The office
/. of secretary and treasurer may be
combined or either may be COM
bined in one office with the presi-
! dent or vice president, and such Of
ficers for the first year are hereby
! designated as follows: l.. e. Stafford
: president G. G. Stafford, vice presi-
: dent, and G. A. Morse, secretary and
treasurer. No officer shall ever be
a