The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-07
CHARTER
OF Mineral Wells Oil and Gas Com
panN.

,o:: Il" it known that OH his day
before me. 4 notary public WITHIN"
and for tE1 STATE and Parish Ato"H-
said. I1It} commissioned and sworn
came aaI aler ased IT, several par
/ lies who's" names ara heltU1fo sub
~criapsI. Who declared That they have
GorIn5rt ANA ta Hy lissn presents
| feln1- ua4aoil@ amt ca1sli ula t3H4n-
SERVES into a corporation under Ia
main" ANT -t>.", for the object ANA
purposes ann unIer ia conditions
ana regulations following, t9-Wlt:
ARTICLE |.
The name and title ot said cor
poration shall 81 ssis2r";.l Wells Oil
and Gas Company. and Us domlclle
is hereby fixed and established ri
Shreveport .C3ddo Parish, La. ana
under its said corporate name sald
+, corporation shall have power and
authority TO contract, sue and be
sued: to make and use a corporate
seal and the same TO break or alter
al pleasure:: To hold. receive, have,
purchase, improve. ALLEVIATE. convey
borrow. pledge. mortgage and ny
Irothecatp under its said corporate
lane, property. real and personal
and mixed. and to do all things ana
ats permitted by law and neces-
! >ary and proper to carry on The OBJ
Gets and purposes OF said corpora
ttnn. The president. or IN his alb
,rnep the Vice president. shall &c
ne proper person upon Wilom ltSi.
process shat ise served. THIS cor
poratinn. unless sooner dissolved III
z..cco1,Ianee With its charter shall
e>ist and euej.1f: fol 1 period CT
ninaty-llina wears from and after
-, G#se hereof.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes for
Which This corporation is org2n'zed
and tie nature Of the business 70
3c carried on by il are hereby de
cared to he 70 lease or pureha#e
lands for lie purpose nf developing
isame for oil or gas or other mln-
Il rails. aud 10 engage III 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-fiVe thousand
So, 100000 dollars, divided into and
represented by seven hundred and
: fly 900 shares of the sum OF one
hundred $4,000 dollars each, and
(which said stock shall be paid to%
at the time Of subscription. OF the
same mae be issued at not less than
ar III exchange for properly or
rights actually received or puF-
chased by The corporation, or the
same may be issued full paid, tor
money advanced or other valuable
consideration &: tte board Of dlrec-
tors MAY determine This corpora
ton shall commence business as
soon as fifteen thousand (s150oo.Ml
dollars Of the capital stock shall
have been subscribed.
Il ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers OF this
company shall be vested in and eN-
ercised by board Of SIX directors,
who shall for the present be H. N.
Frost, NJ. w. Huddleston, 0. H. Tay-
,lor, d. M. Howard, w. H. Harris and
III. C. Richardson, Of which board ID.
Ne Frost shall be president, NJ. W.
Huddleston vice president, and .. H
Taylor secretary and treasurer, and
who 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
November 1913, and annually there
after stockholders meetings shall be
held and of which meetings written
notice shall be given and directed
ito 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 5
consistent With the objects and pur-
: poses Of this company. they are au-
. Eiorized and empowered 10 frame
and adopt such bylaws and ree1l-
Iaiions as the affairs and business
: Of l!jc company may require. and
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