The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-06
CHARTE
OF Che Independents on end Css
Company.


Company.
etass Of Lssisisns, PERISH % Csdds
Before mo, ". Z. Caldwell, . Notary
Public " end fee Csddo Parish, duly
commissioned, qualified ssd swsrs, ..
this l7sh of May, a. D. 1879, esms
and appeared the parties whose aAasss
are hereunto subscribed, and declared
70 me Notary, and 20 the &adersigned
witnesses, that they % hereby fsrru
themselves into . corporation under the
laws OF the State Of Louisiana asdes
the following articles, - wA:
ARTICLE
The ssme and style OF The corpora
'tion 10 hereby declared to be INDIE
PENDENT OIL AND GAS COMPANY.
Under such name AID style Il shah have
corporate existence for the period Of
fifty years from this date. 1t shan haze
the eight 60 contract, sue and be sued;
to hold, purchase, lease, mortgage, cell
and hypotheeats property, personal and
real. and such other rights incident 20
conducting the business Of m oil and
gas company. together with the right 70
buy and sell oil, gas and minerals. and
the right of drilling and exploring fos
oil, gas Or other minerals, and al other
necessary ana incidental rights con
nected with such business and company.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile Of this corporation shan
be il the town Of Vivian, Parish Of
Caddo, Stats Of Louisiana, where az
legal Psocesses Shall be served sseosd
isg 60 IAN upos the President, o., in
his sbsenes, spos the Secretary II the
eosperstios.
ARTICLE III.
The object and purposes fos which
this corporation 10 organised 10 60 carry
On . general eli and sas business, in
Guiding the buying and selling Of lands,
oil, eas and sthes minersls; the din
ing, naming and saplosins SAID lands IN
tie State OF Louisiana and elsewhere
az Che boasH q dipecsors may direct.
foo oil, gao and sthes ninerass, inelud-
ing che tight 20 produce ~ates and 20
use same 40 che directors may &em
proper, to lay pipe lines fog wholesale
and domestic purposes, 90 establish sta
tiona, loading sacks, .eommissaries and
such ether Incidents purposes ~ may
be necessary for che conduct Of the cog
porste business.
ARTICLE w.
The capital stock Of THE corporate
is fixed at ($25,OOO Twenty five Thou-
sand Dollars, divided into &250) two
hundsed and fifty shares Of ($10o.0O)
one hundred dollars each, and the cos
poration 10 20 eommeDce business as
soon as thirty five shases are subscribed
for and paid ints the treasury. either
in cash OF property equivalent, rights
n
fully paid and non assessable.
ARTICLEV
The powers Of this corporation are
vested in the board Of directoV 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
who shall serve until the next election
in May, 1913, are hereby designated
NJ. G. Stewart, L. E. Stafford and II
N. Martin; L. E. Stafford, who shall be
President, H. n Martin, who shall be
Vice President, and~M. G. Stewart, who
shall be Secretary Treasurer.
ARTICLE VI.
The officers of this corporation shall
be President, Vice-President, Secre
tary Treasurer, all of whom shall b.
directors. The office of Secretary Treas
urer may be combined, or either ma,
be combined in one office with TIL
| President or Vice President. No of
fcer shall ever be elected in this eorpo
ration who is not a stakeholder IN tn
same. The powers and authority OF tn
officers above named shall be such a
are contemplated by the laws of tn