The Caucasian., 1912-07-04
CHARTER
or the Quick Seven Oil and Gas
Company Limited.

do: Before me, John B. Files, no
tary public in and for the State anC
Parish above written, duly commits
stoned and acting as such, personal
ly came and appeared on the 29tll
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. 1t shall begin business i'm
mediately and shall exist for pc
| riOd of ninety-nine years from this
date.
ARTICLE II.
| 1t shall have power to contract,
sue and be sued; to make and use a
corporate seal; to hold, receive, pur-
chase, convey, mortgage, pledge and
hypothecate property, real and per
sonal; to name and appoint such
managers, directors and officers as
its interests and cOnveniences may
require; to make and establish such
by y-laws for the proper regulation OF
it's 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 Ill.
The corporation is formed for the
purpose: First, of mining or borlns
by other means, for petroleum anC
other oils, gas, salt, sulphur anl
other mineral products in the STATE
of Louisiana, either in its own lant
or lands leased from others, or both
Second, of establishing and operat
ing pipe lines and other means fol
!. Transporting such products to thu
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 a
twenty thousand dollars, divided in
to two hundred shares OF one hun
dred dollars each. No stock shall b
! issued until fully paid for. No trans
fer of stock shall be binding on tn
J corporation until noted on the book
thereof. Stock subscriptions, bot
lpresent and future, shall be paid TO
l.. in cash, or in property or in lease
at valuation to be fixed by the boar
of directors.
ARTICLE V.
/ The corporate powers OF the col
9 poration shall be vested in and II
laffairs shall be managed by boar
4 | composed Of not less than five nc
o more than nine directors elected b
# ballot by the stockholders at a NEE
FL ing to be held at the domicile OF tn
o accompany on the first Tuesday afte
: the second Monday in January
!, each year beginning in 1913. In Cas-
o of failure to hold an election on tn
!. day fixed, the directors in offlt
shall hold over until their success
ors are duly elected, which may |
4 done at a meeting held therea1te
!, | Vacancies in the board may be file
!, for the unexpired term by the r
7 naming directors. Board membe
- may by written proxy act for ea'
h other at board meetings. The dire
i1 tors shall elect, viva voce, pres
4 ldent, first vice president, a secol
Ivice president, a third vice pre-
ldent, a secretary treasurer, an
~ sistant secretary treasurer, and m
employ or engage general manag
and such other agents or asslstaI
as the interests of the corporatl
tmay require, and discharge them
- its pleasure. Each director shall o'
H. at least one share of stock OF
vs. corporation. Three directors sh
iconstitute quorum of the boa
as for the transaction Of business. 1
DE secretary treasurer shall malnt;
10, his office at the dOmicile OF
eo company at Shreveport, La, and
ed shall give bond with the security
lc- solvent surety company IN
w. sum Of five thousand dollars con