The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-25
CHARTER
Of the Quick Seven Oil and Gas
Company Limited.

company Limited.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Cad
do: Before me, John B. Files, no
tary public in and for the State and
Parish above written, duly commits
stoned and acting as such, personal
ly came and appeared Oh the 29th
day of May 1912, in the presence of
the witnesses hereinafter under
signed, the persons named in Article
TX hereof, acting in the capacities as
therein mentioned, who declared
that they do by these presents organ
iZe a corporation under the laws OF
the State of Louisiana with the fol
lowing articles as the charter of said
corporation and also as the original
subscription list for the purpose of
organizing.
ARTICLE ].
The name of the corporation shall
be The Quick Seven Oil and Gas
Company Limited. Its dOmicile shall
be at Shreveport, in the Parish of
CaddO, State of Louisiana. Citation
and other legal process shall be
served on its president, or in his alb
sence on the first vice president, or
in his absence on such other person
as may be named by law to receive
citation. It shall begin business i'm
mediately and shall exist for q pc
riOd of ninety-nine years from this
date.
ARTICLE Fl.
It shall have power to contract,
sue and be sued; to make and use
corporate seal; to hold, receive, pur-
chase, convey, mortgage, pledge and
hypotheeate property, real and per
sonal; to name and appoint such
managers, directors and officers a.
its interests and cOnveniences ma!
require: to make and establish such
bylaws for the proper regulation o.,
its affairs as may be deemed neces
sary; and shall have all such Other
and further powers as are now OF
may hereafter be conferred by law
on corporations of its kind.
ARTICLE III.
The corporation is formed for the
purpose: First, of mining or boring
by other means, for petroleum and
other oils, gas, salt, sulphur ani
other mineral products in the Stat
of Louisiana, either in its own lane
or lands leased from others, or both
Second, of establishing and operat
ing pipe lines and other means TO!
transporting such products to tn
market. Such mining and transpor
tation are declared to be the nature
of the business to be carried on b,
the corporation.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock is fixed
twenty thousand dollars, divided in
TO two hundred shares of one hun
bred dollars each. No stock shall b,
issued until fully paid for. No trans
fer of stock shall be binding on tn,
corporation until noted on the books
thereof. Stock subscriptions, bOtE
present and future, shall be paid fol-
in cash, or in property or in lease!
at valuation to be fixed by the boarC
of directors.
ARTICLE V.
The corporate powers of the cor.
poration shall be vested in and it.
affairs shall be managed by boaro
composed of not less than five mol
more than nine directors elected by
ballot by the stockholders at a meet
ing to be held at the domicile of The
on the first Tuesday after
the second Monday in January OF
each year beginning in 1913. In cast
of failure to hold an election on the
day fixed, the directors in office
shall hold over until their success
ors are duly elected, which may be
done at a meeting held thereafter.
Vacancies in the board may be filled
for the unexpired term by the re
directors. Board members
may by written proxy act for eacL
other at board meetings. The direc
tors shall elect, viva voce, presi
dent, first vice president, a second
vice president, a third vice presi
dent, a secretary treasurer, an as
sistant secretary treasurer, and may
employ or engage general manager
and such other agents or assistants
as the interests of the corporation
may require, and discharge them al
its pleasure. Each director shall owr
at least one share of stock of the
corporation. Three directors shall
constitute a quorum of the board
for the transaction of business. The
secretary treasurer shall maintain
his office at the domicile of the