The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-12-28

|CaddO, State Of Louisiana, duly com
missioned and sworn, came and ap
peared on the date herein the par
ties whose names are hereunt'
signed, and who declared to me, no
|tary, and the undersigned competen
witnesses, that they do hereby form
themselves into a corporation unde
the laws of the State of Louisian;
land under the following articles
which they hereby adopt as thei
charter, to-Wit:
ARTICLE [.
The name of this corporation shall
be The Barker Development Com
pany, with its domicile in the City o
Shreveport, the Parish of Caddo, an
Estate of Louisiana, and under it
corporate name it shall have and en-
Joy succession for a period OF fit.
years, unless sooner dissolved a
hereinafter provided. All legal pro
Icess shall be served on the president
or in his absence On the vice presi
Ident, or in the absence Of both OF
the secretary treasurer.
ARTICLE IL.
The objects of this corporation
and purposes for which it is formed
are hereby declared to be to OWL
acquire, lease, drill or otherwise de
IXelOp, oil or gas lands or oil or ga
wells in the State of Louisiana o
| Elsewhere, and to construct, main
tain, own and operate pipe lines o
Iconduits for the purpose of pipinj
or transmitting natural gas, oil o
lother minerals. and TO that end t,
acquire, lease and own such rea
estate OF other property or right o
way as may be necessary to effect
ually carry out its purposes. And
further, to engage in the buying ant
selling OF gas, oil and other miner
ials, and to do any other thing re
quisite for the proper conduct ant
Operation of said objects and pur
poses,
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corpora,
ton is fixed at the sum of one hun.
Idred thousand dollars. divided int
loie thousand shares of the par value
lof one hundred dollars each, and i
shall be fully subscribed for. M
stock shall ISSUE until the same i;
fully paid, and may be issued foI
leash, for labor or for property re.
Iceived at valuation deemed reas.
Ionabls3 and fair by the board Of di-
lrectors.
ARTICLE ~.
The affairs Of this corporation
shall be managed and directed by {
board of directors consisting O.
three stockholders. who shall b.
elected annually at general meet
ing of the stockholders called fol
that purpose on the second Monda.
/ in November of each year hereafter
land the said stockholders shall elec.
their own officers and shall hole
their office until their successors arr
duly elected and installed, Until tht
election on the SECOND Monday il
November hereafter the following
shall compose the board of directors
of this corporation, to-wit: P. r
Birdwell, who shall be president ant
treasurer; r. r. Holbes, who shall b.
lyice president; and John Birdwel
Jr., who shall be secretary. Any va
lcancy in said board of directors
shall be filled by the remaining di.
lrectors eleeting stakeholder 70
the unexpired term.
ARTICLE Y.
Whenever this corporation is dis
solved, by limitation or otherwise
Its affairs shall be liquidated by tw'
persons selected for that purpose a
| a stockholders meeting duly held
and said liquidators shall perform
lsuch service and give such securit.
as said stockholders meeting ma,
determine.
ARTICLE VI.
| This act of incorporation may b
amended and the capital stock in
creased or diminished, or this cor
operation may be dissolved by yot
tof three-fourths of its stakeholder
in amount at stockholders meetin
Icalled for that purpose in accord
anee with the laws of the State o
Louisiana, and at all stakeholder
meetings each share of stock shaI
be entitled to one vote, to be cast b
Its owner, either in person or b
iproxy. When not otherwise provid
led by law, all stockholders shall b
notified at least ten days prior t
|any meeting of stockholders by
|iettsE. addressed to them to thei
| u postoffice address, but nothin