The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-17
CHARTER
OF The Reeves Oil Company.

do: Be it known that on this the 9th
day Of March 1913, before me, E.
Wayles Browne, a notary pubic,
duly commissioned and sworn, IN
and for the Parish of Caddo, State
of Louisiana, personally came0and
appeared C. D. Reeves, w. A. ker-
ley and w. F. Woods, who declared
that availing themselves OF the pro-
visions of the laws of this State rel
alive to corporations, they have
covenanted and agreed, and by these
l'presents covenant and agree. and
bind themselves, as we'll as such
other persons as may hereafter be-
come associated with them, to form
and constitute corporation ami
body polite in law, for the objects
and purposes, and under the stipu-
lations and conditions following:
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of said cor
poration shall be The Reeves Oil
Company, and its domicile is hereby
fixed and established at Shreveport,
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and under
its said corporate name said corpQr-
alton shall have power and author
ity to contract, sue and be sued; to
| make and use a corporate seal, and
fhe same to break or alter at pleas
ure; to hold, receive, have, pur-
chase, improve, ALLEVIATE, convey.
borrow, pledge, mortgage and by
pothecate under its said corporate
name, property, real, personal and
mixed; and to do all things and acts
permitted by law and necessary and
proper to carry out the objects and
purposes of said corporation. The
president, or in his absence the vice
president, shall be the proper per-
son upon whom citation or other
legal process shall be served. This
corporation, unless sooner dissolved
in accordance with its charter, shall
exist and endure for a period 81
ninety-nine years from and after
the date hereof.
| ARTICLE IL
i The objects and purposes fo1
which this corporation is organized
md the nature of the business to be
Il carried on by it are declared to be
+. to purchase or lease lands for the
purpose of developing same fOr OF
or gas or other minerals, and t6
engage in the business Of producing
\ oil. gas and other minerals; TO &C
1uire and construct and operate ga
plants and pipe lines fol. conveying
Gil and gas, and generally to do suef
acts and things as are necessary OF
|, incident to the producing OF Oil ant
gas, and of disposing of same
whether the individuals or corpora
, tons be private OF public.
/ ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corpora
clifton shall be ten thousand dollars
| divided into and represented by tW'
, hundred shares of the sum of fit,
j dollars each, which said stock shal
oe paid for at the time of subscrlp
i ton, or the same may be issued a
y not less than par, in exchange 10
Il property or Nights actually receive
nj or purchased by the corporation, o
oil the same may be issued full pait
i for money advanced or other vaiu
K able consideration as the board @
f directors may determine. This col
n poration shall commence bushes
: as soon as three thousand dollars @
!, the capital stock shall have bee
!. subscribed for.
ri ARTICLE Nv.
The corporate powers Of this con
h pany shall be vested IN and exel
cised by board Of three director
. who shall be for the present Z.
10 Reeves, w. F. Woods and w. .
. Kerley. of which board C. D. Reeve
,s shall be president, w. F. Woo
,dl vice president, and w. A. keri'
secretary and treasurer. who sna
hold their offices until the next re-
~ ular meeting of the stockholders u
the selection of board OF director
which shall be held on the 2Oth di
of February A. D. 1914, on whl'
cate and annually thereafter SUI
let stockholders meeting shall be ne
is and of which meetings notice sh'
J. be given by public advertisement
enc of the papers published IN I
nc Parish of Caddo, and by written n
ialt tice directed to the last known pla
81. OF residence of each OF the stec
nd holders, provided that such not
lie may be waived by the consent
or the stockholders.
he ARTICLE V.
lrt The board of directors shall ha
ma, full power to fill vacancies in tn
number caused by death, reSlgI