The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-16
CHARTER
nf The Providence Oil and Gas Com
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az. ~ il known hat nn IhlS day De
Errr lrlr i notary public within and
lpl the state and Parish aforesaid,
I,lly commissioned and sWorn, calnr
and appeared the several parties
whose .uamrS are Elnrruntn sub
.rElhrd. Who DECLARED That They
haNn formed and % hy thrse pres
rnIs form. organize and constitute
themselves into Il corporation Under
HE name and -Iylr. for a." objects
and purposes and under he ronIl-
lions and regulations following. io-
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ARTICLE t.
The name and Title 81 said cor
pnratlu,, shall 10 Providence Oil anu
Gas Company. and It's dolnl'll" -
I,rr,.hy fixed ana established ~
shreveport. 1a,lNn Parish. la. and
under IFS sand currnralr nam" sand
corporation shall have power and
authority to contract. SUE and hr
sued, to maxi, and use corporate"
seal and Tie Same IL break Or alter
nc pleasures. ln hold. receive, have.
purchase. lnlpr1vr. allrnatr, convey,
borrow. pledge. mortgage and ny
I,rlIlrratr under l|S said corpnral'
name. property. real. persona and
mixed, aud to do all things and acts
permitted hy law and necessary and
proper ~ carry on the Objects AnI
purposes Of SAID corporation. The
president. or III his absence the vice
president, shall DO The proper per
son upon whom legal process shall
DO served This corporation. unless
sooner dissolved in accordance with
lis charter. shall exist and endure
for q period Of nInrEy-llnr years
from and after The date hereof
ARTICLE IT.
The objects and purposes Tor
which this corporation IS organized
and Ilpr nature Of til" business to ."
carried on by it are hereby declared
ia be 10 lease on purchase lands Tor
The purpose OF developing same Tor
oil or gas or other minerals. ana 10
engage in The business Of producing
oil or gas and other minerals, to ar-
.Ullrr anI construct and operate gas
plants ana pipe lines FOR conveying
oil and gas. and generally TO DO
such acts and things as are nercs-
sary and incident to the production
Of oil and gas and to the disposition
81 same
ARTICLE IT.
The capital stock Of this corpora
lion shall bc one hundred thousand
300 100000 dollars. divided into
and represented by on" thousand
shares Of the sum OF one hundred
$4,000 dollars each. which SAD
stock shall be paid for at the Tune
of subscription. or the same may be
issued at not less than par in eX-
change for property or rights &C
lually received or purchased by The
CORPORATION. or the same may be IS
sued full paid for money advanced
Or other valuable consideration. rs
| the hoard Of directors may deter
mine This corporation shall com
mrncr business as soon as fifteen
thousand l5OoOO0) dollars OF the
r,pital stock shall have been sub
scrlhei
ARTICLE ~.
The corporate powers Of THIS
| company shall be vested in and eX-
rrcjsed hy a board Of three dirrc-
TORS who shall for The present PC
| ". q. Burton. W. II. Harris and Il.
In Afford, Of which board w. q.
Burton shall be president, i. r. At
ford vice president. and w. 4, Har-
ris secretary and treasurer, and who
| shall hold their Offices until the
next regular meeting Of the stock
holders for the selection OF the
board Of directors, which shall DC
held not later than the ist day 0!
lDctobrr 1914, and annually thereat-
fer stockholders meetings shall ht
held and Of which meetings written
lnnIire shall be given and directed
10 the last known place Of residence
Ior each OF The stockholders.
ARTICLE Y.
The board Of directors shall hay.
fun power To fill vacancies III tilrll
number caused by death. rcslgna-
Iion OF otherwise. and from tn
| stockholders Of the company: the!
shall have full control Of the prop.
arty Of the company and shall s.
Ironduct, manage and use the sam
as they may deem best and as Il
Ironsistent with the objects and pur
poses Of this company. they are az
||horizpd and empowered to franz
and adopt such bylaws and regula
liions rs the affairs and business Q
the company may require, ana en-