The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-28
CHARTER
OF Mineral Wells Oil and Gas Com.
panN.

| State Of Louisiana. Parish Of Cad
do: Be it known that on This day
before me, a notary public within
and for he state and Parish afoTc-
said. duly commissioned and sworn
came and appeared the several par
ties whose names are hereuIltO sub
/ scribed, who declared that they have
/ formed and 10 by these presents
I form, organize and constitute them
selves into corporation under the
name and style. for the object and
purposes ana under the conditions
anl REGULATIONS following, t0-Wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name and title Of said cor
poration shall be Mineral Wells Oil
and Gas Company. and lis donlcIle
| is hereby fixed and established at
Shreveport .Caddo Parish, La, and
under It's said corporate name SAID
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
at pleasures: to hold, receive, have,
purchase, improve. allenate, convey,
| borrow, pledge, mortgage and by
| EOthecate under its said corporate
tame, property. real and personal
| and mixed. and to do all things and
acts permitted by law and neces-
>aly and proper to carry on the OBJ
,ects and purposes OF said corpora
ton. The president, or in his alb
,ence the vice president, shall be
slr proper person upon whom Ie@a!
process shall He served. This cor
pnration, unless sooner dissolved in
accordance With its charter. shall
exist and endure for a period OF
|ninety-nlne years from and aftel
nc date hereof
ARTICLE II.
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-
cared to be to lease or purchase
lands for the purpose OF developing
same for oil or gas or other min
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-fve thousand
(s75, 0O000l dollars, divided into and
represented by seven hundred and
fifty (75O) shares of the sum of one
hundred (Sl0O.OO) 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, for
advanced or other valuable
consideration as the board Of direc-
tors may determine. This corpora
ton shall commence business as
soon as fifteen thousand (St5. 100000
dollars Of the capital stock shall
have been subscribed
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers of this
company shall be vested in and ex-
ercised by a board of six directors,
who shall for the present be H. n
Frost, NJ. w. Hurdleston, @. H. Tay-
|or, D. NJ. Howard, W. H. Harris and
J. G. Richardson, of which board H.
N. Frost shall be president, NJ. w.
Hurdleston vice president, and 0. H.
Taylor secretary and treasurer, ana.
who shall hold their offices unit
The next regular meetln OF the
for the selection Of the
board Of directors, which shall be
1eld not later than the first day OF
November 1913 and annually there
lfter stockholders meetings shall be
leld and of which meetings written
lOtice shall be given and directed,
o the last known place of residence
# each Of the stockholders.
ARTICLE Y.
The board of directors shall have
I'LL power to fill vacancies in .helr
number caused by death, resiena- |
ion or otherwise. and from the |
tOckholders Of the company: they t
hall have full control Of the prop !
Itv Of the company and shall 80 /
Onduct. manage and use the same /
S they may deem best, and as is /
onsistent with the objects and pur- ]
oses Of this company: they are au- 8
horized and empowered to frame d