The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-26
s. O. WILLIAMS.
Deputy Clerk and Ex-Of1iciO
Deputy Recorder.
CHARTER
OF the Mansfield Gas Company

OF the Mansfield Gas Company
State of Louisiana. Parish OF Cad
do BE it remembered that ON the
lilh day of October 1911, before me,
$. c. FulliloNe, a notary public, per-
sonalIy came aud appeared w. B..
Mccormick, J. H. Thatcher, H. L..
Heilperin, Wheeler Shropshire, s.
l.. Hcrold and ]. A. Thigpen. resi-
dents Of said parish and State, who
stated and declared to me, notary.
that awaiting themselves of the Con-
stitutiOn and laws OF The State Oi
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 as may hereaf-
ter become associated with them.
into "a corporation and body eorpor
ate, and have adopted as their char
Ter the following, to-wit:
ARTICLE |.
The name Of this corporation shall
be the Mansfield Gas Company, with
lis donicile at the city of Shreve-
port in the parish Of Caddo, Louis
lana. and under its corporate name
ii 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 in
teh absence of both ON the Secretary
and treasurer.
ARTICLE IL.
fhe objects of this corporation
and the purposes for which it is
formed are hereby declared to be TO
own. acquire, drill, lease or obtain
oil or gas lands or oil or gas wells
in the State Of Louisiana or else
where, and to construct, maintain,
own and operate pipe lines or con-
duits for the purpose of piping OF
transmitting natural gas to- points in
the Slate of Louisiana or to such
other points as may he selected by
the board Of directors, and to that
end to acquire, lease or own such
real estate or other property or
right OF way as may be necessary to
effectualy carry out its purposes.
And, further, to engage in the bust
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
ard rights of way and other prop
| erty as may be proper for such pur-
ipeses; and to build pipe lines and
maintain necessary distributing sta
tons, lines and machinery inciden-
| tai thereto.
ARTICLE III.
/ The capital stock of this corpora
/ ton is fixed at the sum of one hum
idred thousand dollars, divided into
one thousand shares Of the par
value of one hundred dollars each
and it shall become fully subscribed
fof and one-third thereof is paid in
full But no stock shall issue until
The same is fully paid, and may be
i issued for cash, for labor or fol
property received at valuation tf
i be fixed by the board of directors.
i ARTICLE ".
i The affairs of this corporation
j shall be managed and directed by Z
! board of directors consisting of fly.
i stockholders, who shall be electe,
J Annually at a general stockholders
! meeting called for that purpose OF
j. the first Monday in February o
], each year. and the said stakeholder
Il so elected shall elect their own Of
Il ficers and shall hold their Office un
It'll their successors are duly eleete.
and installed. Until the election OF
Il the first Monday in February 1911
1.-THE following shall compose tn
/ board of directors OF this corpora
81 tien, to-wit:: II. L. Heilperin, VII