The Caucasian., 1913-11-04
CHARTER
OF the Southern OIL and Gas Com
pany.

State Of Louisiana, Parish of Cad
do: Before me, Clifton F. Davis, the
undersigned authority, a notary
public in and for Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, at my office in the City of
Shreveport, La, came and appeared
on the date hereinafter written, the
following: C. d. Keen, C. W. Lane,
R. w. Norris, S. B. Hicks, J. M. Lee
and Frank J. Looney, all residents OF
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, all to me
well known, who declared to me in
the presence Of the attesting wit
nesses, that they desired to form
and constitute corporation under
the laws of Louisiana, and that they
do hereby form themselves and
their successors into a corporation
and constitute same in compliance
with the provisions and subject to
the restrictions Of the laws Of the
State of Louisiana governing cor
porations and under the provisions
Of the articles of incorporation
hereinafter set forth.
ARTICLE I.
Che name of this corporation
shall be Southern Oil and Gas Com
pany; by this name it shall have
power and authority to have and
enjoy succession for a period OF
ninety-nine years; to contract, sue
and be sued; to make and use cor
porate seal and the same to break,
alter or amend at pleasure; and
Under this same name to hold, re-
ceive, purchase and otherwise ac-
quire, to own, convey, sell or other
wise dispose of, to lease, pledge,
mortgage or otherwise hypothecate
property, real, personal and mixed.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this corporation
is declared to be the City of Shreve-
port, La.
ARTICLE III.
The nature of the business to be
carried on and the purpose for
which this corporation is estab-
lished are as follows: To bore oil
wells and gas wells and distribute
and sell the products Of Oil and gas
wells. To transport same through
pipe lines, either for the use of this
corporation or for hire. To buy and
sell lands, leases, oil, gas and min
eraI contracts of all kinds whatso-
ever. to lay pipe lines and if neces-
Isary to appropriate property for
same; and to sell and supply gas and
oil, either under municipal fran
|chise or otherwise, and generally to
do any 'or al Things necessary for
| the purposes Of this corporation.
ARTICLE Nv.
The corporate. powers Of this cor
poration shall be vested in board
of directors composed of five stock
holders, majority of whom shall
compose quorum. The directors
shall elect president, vice presl-
dent and secretary-treasurer, and
shall prescribe the duties Of each
Election of directors shall take place
the first Monday in October Of each
year. The first board of directors
shall be as follows: C. D. Keen, G
w. Lane, R. w. Norris, S. B. Hicks
and Frank ]. Looney, with G. D.
Keen, president; c. w. Lane, vice
president; r. w. Norris, secretary
treasurer. All officers and directors
shall serve until their successors
are elected. Service of all legal pro-
cess shall be made on the president
or in his absence on the vice presl-
dent, or in his absence on the secre-
itary-treasufer, at the office OF the
company. The board of directors
shall appoint such managers, agents
or sub-officers as the interests OF the
corporation may require, and make
and establish such bylaws as may
be necessary and proper for the
management and regulation Of the
affairs of Incorporation. Ii any
vacancies occur among the officers
or directors, the remaining director.
may select stockholders to fill tht
same. The board of directors shall
have power to borrow and lent
money; to issue bills Of exchange
l.notes, bonds, drafts ard other nego-
table paper; execute mortgages
and generally to do all things ziflci'
Ident to the object and purposes Of
this corporation.
i ARTICLE v.
| The capital stock of this corpora
ton shall be fifty thousand dollars
ldiyided into five. hundred shares O
the par value Of one hundred dol
| lars each. This stock shall be sub
lscribed in the amount of ten thous-