The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-14
CEf.ARTER"
OF Mineral Wells Oil and Gas Conn
nanN.
State af T,0fliSi3na. Parish Of

State Of Louisiana, Parish Ct Cad
Do: BeE!t known that On Ills day
before A., a notary public within
and for the State and Parish afOrc-
said, duly commissioned ana sworn
came and appeared the several par
ties whose names are EareuutO sub
scrjbcd who declared that they have
formed and Do by these presents
selves into a corporation under the
name and style, foI< the object ana
PURPOSES and under the conditions
and regulations following, to-Wit:
ARTICLE I.
Tie name and title of said COR
Doration shall be Mineral Wells Oil
and Gas Company, and its domlcIle
is hereby fixed and established at
Shreveport ,Caddo Parish, La, and
under its said corporate nane 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; 10 hold, receive, have,
purchase, improve, ALLEVIATE, convey,
borrow, pledge, mortgage and by
rothecate under its said corporate
name, property, real and personal
and mixed, and to DO all things and
acts permitted by law and neceS-
sary and proper TO carry on lie OBJ
jects and purposes Of said corpora
ton. The president, or ia his alb
scnce the vice president. shall Le
the proper person upon whom legal
process shall be served. TINS cor
pOratiOn. unless sooner dissolved 10
accordance with It's charter, shall
exist and endure for 4 period OF
ninety-nine years from and after
Tie date hereof.
ARTICLE IT..
The objects and purposes for
which this corporation IS organized
and the nature of the business 10
ne carried on by it are hereby de-
c,ared 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
Ines for conveying oil and gas, and
-, ~ ~,1rb rtc and fhIOTC
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 sesenty-tive thousand
1875, 100000 dollars, divided into,and
represented BY seven hundred and
fly ESQ shares of the sum Of one
hundrsk $4,000 dollars each, and
Nhich1said stock shall be paid fof
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 dlree-
tors may determine. This corpora
ton shall commence business as
Z soon as fifteen thousand ISIS, 100000
dollars Of the capital stock snail
have been subscribed.
ARTICLE n. ),
The corporate powers OF tins
{ company shall be vested in and eX-
ercised by a board Of SIX directors,
who shall for the present be Il. y.
Frost. NJ. W. Hurdleston, o. Fl. Tay-
# Tor. ID. Nj. Howard, W. H. Harris and
j. C. Richardson, of which board Il.
N. Frost shall be president, NJ. w.
Hurdleston vice president, and .. Il.
TAYLOR secretary and treasurer, ana
.Mho shall hold their offices until
the next regular meetln OF the
stockholders for the selection OF the
board Of directors, which shall be
held not later than the first day OF
I'D 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
Il of each Of the stockholders:
ARTICLE y.
The board Of directors shall have
full power to fill vacancies ~ their
number caused by death, reslgna-
. ton or otherwise, and from the
stockholders Of the company; they
shall have full control OF the prop
erty Of the company and shall 50
. 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-