The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-11
CHARTER
OF the Caddo- Miller Land and Dew
elOpment Company

| State of Louisiana. Parish of Cad
do: Be it remembered: that on thl
day b; fore me, 4. L. Alexander,
notar! public in and for said pariSI
and Safe, duly commissioned AM
sworn personally came and appear
ed E. X. Smith and J. d. Wilkinson
residents of said parish and State
and w. C.. kuhl, resident of Tex
arkana, State of Texas, who statet
and declared to me, notary, tina
availing themselves of the COnstitu
ton and laws of the State of Lou
isiana, they have formed and consti
tuted themselves, as we'll as suCl
other persons as may hereafter be
come associated with them, and dc
by these presents form and consti-
tute themselves into a corporation
and body corporate and have adopt
ed and ordained as their charter and
act of incorporation the following,
to wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name and title of this cor
poration shall be the "CaddO- Miller
Land and Development Company"
with it's domicile at the City of
Shreveport, in the Parish of Caddo.
State of Louisiana and under its
corporate name it shall have and
enjoy succession for a period of fiji
ty years unless sooner dissolved as
hereinafter provided. All legal pro
cess shall be served on the presi-
dent, or in his absence, on the vice
president of the company at the of
flee of the corporation.
ARTICLE II.
This corporation is formed for the
purpose and the nature of the bust
ness to be conducted by it is hereby
declared to be to acquire, lease and
own both real and personal prop
erty, to reclaim and drain waste OF
wet lands, to drill, bore and explore
for Oil, gas or other minerals, and
20 acquire, lease or own land fOl
such purpose and to build, con-
struct, lease or own pipelines, tank
ears, or other means of transport
ing oil, gas or other minerals and
TO do any and all things in connect
ion with said purposes which may
be necessary for the proper opera
lion thereof.
ARTICLE iii.
The capital stock of this corpor-
,tion is herebysfixed at the sum OF
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, di-
vided into Five Thousand shares OF
the par value of One Hundred dol
lars each, and it shall commence
business and become a going con
Germ whenever Five Thousand Dol
lars of its capital stock is subscrib-
ID and paid for in full. Capital stock
may be paid for in cash, labor OF
at a valuation to be fixed
by the Board of Directors and when
issued shall be fully paid and non
lssessable.
ARTICLE ".
The affairs of this corporation
shall be managed and conducted by
/ Board of Directors consisting OF
ihree stockholders to be elected al
, general stockholders meeting on
the third Monday of May of each
wear, who shall hold their offices
for one year, or until their success
sors are elected and installed and
any vacancy occurring in said Board
Of Directors shall be filled by an
by the Board of Directors
of a stakeholder for the unexpired
term. Until the election on the third
in May, 1913, the following
shall constitute the Board of Dir
ectors of this corporation: E. X.
Smith who shall be president; J. ID.
who shall be vice-presi
dent, and w. C .Kuhl who shall be
secretary and treasurer. The Board
VI Directors shall have the right to
make and adopt all needful rules,
or bylaws and the same
to alter or change at pleasure, and
to employ or discharge all mana
gers, superintendent, clerks, OF
other employees as may be needfu.
in the management of the affairs OF
said corporation.
ARTICLE Y.
This charter may be amended, al
tered or abolished at the vote Of
three fourths of the capital stock
thereof at a meeting held for that
purpose at ten days notice address
ed to each stakeholder through the
United States mails, except wheE
otherwise specially provided by the
laws of the State of Louisiana, pro
vided that the stockholders may b.
consent waive notice Of
any meeting. At all stockholders
meetings each share of stock shall