The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-21
CHARTER
or Mineral Wells Oil and Gas Com
pAnN. IT,.

state Of Louisiana, Parish Of Cad
do: BE it known that on this day
before me, a notary public within
and for the state and Parish aforr-
said, duly commissioned and sworn,
came and appeared the several par
Ties whose names are hrrcunto sub
Scribcd, who declared that they have
formed and do by these presents
form, organize and constitute them
selves into a corporation under the
name and style. for the object ami
purposes and under the conditions
and regulations following, to-Wlt:
.m...M....-. ARTICLE I.
The name and title of said cor
poration Shall be Mineral Wells Oil
and Gas Company, and its domiclle
is hereby fixed and established at
Shreveport ,Caddo Parish, La, and
under its said corporate name SAID
corporation shall have power and
authority to contract, sue and be
sued; to make and use corporate
seal and the same to break or alter
at pleasure; TO hold, receive, have,
purchase, improve, ALLEVIATE, convey,
borrow, pledge, mortgage and ny
rothecatc under it's said corporate
name, property, real and personal
and mixed, and to do all things and
arts permitted by law and neces-
sary and proper to carry on the OBJ
;ccts and purposes Of said corpora
ton. The president, or in his alb
,cnce the vice president, shall &c
he proper person upon whom legal
process Shall be served. This cor
poratiOn, unless sooner dissolved III
accordance With its charter, shall
r\ist and endure for a period o.
nincIy -nine years from and atte'
&c date hereof.
ARTICLE H.
The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is organized
and the nature of the business to
Dc carried on by it are hereby de-
r,arcd to be to lease or purchase
lands for the purpose OF developing
same for oil or gas or other MN
erals, and to engage in the business
of producing oil or gas and other
minerals, to acquire and construct
and operate gas plants and pipe
Lines for conveying Oil and gas, and
generally TO do such acts and things
as are necessary or incident to the
production of Oil and gas and to the
disposition of same.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton shall be seventy-flve thousand
[s75, 100000 dollars, divided into and
represented by seven hundred and
Fly (75O) shares of the sum of one
hundred ($10OO0) dollars each, and
which said stock shall be paid for
at the time of subscription, Or the
same may be issued at not less than
Lar in exchange for property or
rights actually received or pur-
chased by the corporation, or the
same may be issued full paid, Tor
money advanced Or other valuable
consideration as the board Of direc-
tors may determine. This corpora
ton shall commence business as
soon as fifteen thousand (Si5.000.00l
dollars of the capital stock shall
have been subscribed.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers of this
company shall be vested in and cN-
crcised by board Of six directors,
who shall for the present be H. n.
Frost, NJ. w. Hurdleston, 0. H. Tay
jor, d. NJ. Howard, w. H. Harris and
J. c. Richardson, Of which board f..
n. Frost shall be president, NJ, ".
Hurdleston vice president, and 0. H.
Taylor secretary and treasurer, an,
who shall hold their offices UNI
the next regular meetin of the
stockholders for the selection OF the
board of directors, which shall be
held not later than the first day CT
November 1913, and annually there
after stockholders meetings shall be
held and of which meetings written
notice shall be given and directed
to the last known place Of residence
of each of the stockholders.
ARTICLE Y.
The board of directors shall have
full power to fill vacancies in their
number caused by death, resigna-
ton or otherwise, and from the
stockholders of the company; they
shall have full control of the prop
rrty of the company and shall so
conduct, manage and use the same
as they may deem best, and as is
consistent with the objects and pur-
poses of this company; they are au-
thorized and empowered to frame
and adopt such bylaws and regu-