The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-02
CHARTE
az ths Independent Oii Ssad Cas-
COMPANY.

Company.
State Of louisiana Parish of Caddo
Eefo~e ne. ". T. Caliw"j! a Notary
Public in and TO- C#,ldo Parish, I","
>ommiss.o0 "j. qualified and sworn, or
his 18th day OF May. 4. d. lsl2. ca":s
tad allea.ed ne parties whose names
are herpunso subscribed. And declared
20 ne Notary. and 20 zee undersigned
witnessed. ehae shev DO hereby FORM
Themselves iNso . cerposatios untsr1 she
laws OF sh< s.ass 81 Loui.isas uedes
,hs following article, ts-sis:
ARTICLE
The o2me and style Of tAis eos,,osa-
ton 10 hereby declased TO be l<DE-
PENDENT OIL AND GAS COMPANY.
Under such name and style it shall have
corporate existence fos the period Of
( fifty years from this date. 1t shall have
the right 20 contract, sue and be sued;
to hold, purchase, lease, mortgage, sell
and hypothecsts property, personal and
real, and such other sights incident 20
conducting the business OF an oil and
gas company, together with the wight 20
buy and sell oil, gas and minerals, and
the RICH. of drilling and exploring sor
necessary and incidental rights con
nected With such business and company
ARTICLE II.
The domicile Of this corpoation shall
be in che town Of Vivian, Parish Of
Cadlo, State of Louisiana, where all
legal processes shall be sesved accord
ing to law upon the President, or. in
his absence, upon the Secretary Of the
corporation.
ARTICLE III.
The object and purposes for which
this corporation is organized is to carry
on a general oil and gas business, in
Guiding the buying and selling of lands,
OIL gas and other minerals; the drill
ing, mining and exploring said lands in
the State of Louisiana and elsewhere
as the board of directors may direct.
ing the right to produce water and to
use same as the directors may deem
proper, to lay pipe lines for wholesale
and domestic purposes, to establish sta
tions, loading racks, commissaries and
such other incidental purposes as may
be necessary for the conduct of the cor
porate business.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock OF this corporation
is fixed at ($25,000) twenty-five Thou
sand Dollars, divided into (250) two
hundred and fifty shares of ($100.00)
one hundred dollars each, and the cor
poration is to commence business as
soon as thirty-fve shares are subscribed
for and paid into the treasury, either
in cash or property equivalent, rights
or credits. All stock issued shall be
fully paid and non assessable.
ARTICLE V.
| The powers of this corporation are
vested in the board of directors com
posed Of the three stockholders of the
Company, who shall hold office until
their successors shall be duly elected
and qualified. The stockholders shall
hold an annual meeting on the third
Monday in May, 1912, at which 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 such meeting. which annual
meeting of the stockholders shall be
Immediately followed by an annual
| Meeting of the directors, 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.
in May, 1913, are hereby designated:
NJ. G. Stewart, L. E. Stafford and H.
N. Martin; L. E. Stafford, who shall be
President, H. N. Martin, who shall be
Vice President, and NJ G. Stewart. who
shall be Secretary Treasurer.
ARTICLE VI.
The officers of this corporation shall
}e a President, Vice President. Secre-
airy Treasurer, all of whom shall be
directors. The office of Secretary Treas
u,er may be combined, or either may
be combined in one office with the
President or NIce-President No of
fcer shall ever be elected in this corpo-
ration who is not stakeholder in the
same. The powers and authority Of the
officers above named shall be such as
are contemplated by the laws of the
State and such as may be fixed by the
bylaws of the corporation, which may
be adopted from time to time by the di-