The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-20
CHARTER
OF the ReiSOr Land and Mineral
Company.

State Of Louisiana, Parish of Cad
do: Be it remembered that on this
day before me, w. H. Scheen, a no
tary public in and for said Parish
and State, duly commissioned and
sworn, personally came and APP
peared the parties whose names are
signed hereto, who stated and de-
clared to me, notary, that availing
themselves of the Constitution and
laws of the State of Louisiana, they
have formed and constituted them
selves, as well such other persons
as may hereafter be associated with
them, and do by these presents form
and constitute themselves into a
corporation and body corporate and
have adopted and ordained as their
charter and act of incorporation the
following, tO-Wit:
ARTICLE II.
The name and title of this cOrpOr-
alton shall be the "ReiSOr Land and
Mineral 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 fifty years unless sooner
dissolved as hereinafter provided
All legal process shall be served on
the president, or in his absence on
the secretary of the company at the
office of the corporation.
ARTICLE IT.
This corporation is formed for the
purpose and the nature of the bus
mess to be conducted by it is here
by declared to be to acquire, lease
and own both real and personal
property, to reclaim and drain waste
or wet lands; to drill, bore and ex-
plOre for oil, gas or other minerals,
and to acquire, lease or own lands
for such purpose, and to build, con-
struct, lease or own pipe lines, tank
cars or other means of transporting
oil, gas or other minerals, and to do
any and all things in connection
with said purposes which may be
necessary for the proper operation
thereof.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at the sum of
twenty-five thousand dollars, divid-
ed into twenty-five hundred shares
of the par value of ten dollars each.
and it shall commence business and
become going concern whenever
five thousand dollars of it's capital
stock is subscribed and paid for il
full. Capital stock may be paid for
in cash, labor or property, at a val
uation to be fixed by the board of
directors, and when issued shall bt
fully paid and non-assessable.
ARTICLE ".
The affairs of this corporation
shall be managed and conducted by
a board of directors consisting O!
five stockholders to be elected at
general stockholders meeting on the
first Monday of June of each year,
who shall hold their offices for one
year, or until their successors are
elected and installed, and any va
cancy occurring in said board of di-
rectors shall be filled by an election
by the board of directors of a stock
holder for the uneXpired term. Until
the election on the first Monday in
June 1913, the following shall con-
stitute the board of directors of this
corporation: A. S. ReisOr ST., who
shall be president; C. C. Mccarthy, |
who shall be vice president; and A. |
5. Reisor Jr., who shall be secretary
and treasurer, and M. w. ReisOr an
L. E. Walker. The board of directors
shall have the right to make and
adopt all needful rules, regulations
)r bylaws, and the same to alter al |
pleasure, and to employ or dis
charge all managers, superintend-
,nts, clerks or other employees as
nay be needful in the management |
If the affairs of said corporation.
ARTICLE V.
This charter may be amended, al
cred or abolished at the vote of
hree- fourths of the capital stock
hereof at meeting held for that
purpose at ten days notice addressed
o each stakeholder through the
United States mails, except when
otherwise specially provided by the
avs of the State of Louisiana, pro-
ided that the stockholders may by |
unanimous consent waive notice o.
ny meeting. At all stakeholder
MEETINGS each share of stock shall
e entitled to one vote to be cast by
IS owner in person or by proxy.
ARTICLE vi.
This corporation shall have power
} contract. Slla and he suad in its