The Caucasian., 1913-04-13
CHARTER
q, The Reeves Oil Company

cto+a of Louisiana, Paiisn c,h
81 pa i known that on this the OH
dav of March 1913, before ins, ,h,;c r
Wavles Browne, a notary pu in
.,',,, commissioned and sworn, - -
oui @ for the Parish of Caddo' o'a',
Of at'' 1.onisiana, personally came ~ anu
~ annn,red G.. d. Reeves, W. a. NJ Ne
low and w. +. Woods, who neoi'i -
',., ' a,.o;,;np themselves OF the pro
,'i"' icons Of the laws of this State rel
atiye to corporations, they nav last
"o,,onanted and agreed, and by 'he'e
nrasents covenant and agree ai'u u
e.I p themselves. as we'll as su'i'
nthar persons as may hereafter De
coma associated with them, 10 loilii
oud constitute corporation al"
had, noI;,ic in law, for the obJec'S
and nnrnoses. and under The stlpu-
Iations and conditions following:
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of SAID cor
noration shall be The reeves VII
Connanv and IFS domicile is hereby
fixed and established at Shre'epoi =
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, ana uliue'
:ts said corporate name said corpof-
alton shall have power and author
itv to contract, sue and be sueo' 10
make and use a corporate seal, ana
fhe same to break or alter at pleas
ure: to hold, receive, have, pur-
chase. improve, ALLEVIATE, convey
borrow, pledge, mortgage and ny
pothecate under its said corporate
name, property, real, personal ana
MIXED: and to do all things and acts
permitted by law and necessary ana
proper to carry out the objects ana
nurposes of said corporation. The
president, or in his absence the vice
president, shall be the proper per-
son upon whom citation or otheF
legal process shall be served. Thls
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 H.
The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is organized
and the nature of the business to be
carried on by it are declared to be
to purchase or lease lands for the
purpose of developing same for oil
or gas OF other minerals, and to
engage in the business Of producing
oil, gas and other minerals; to &C
quire and construct and operate gas
plants and pipe lines for conveying
Gil and gas, and generally to do such
acts and things as are necessary or
incident to the producing of oil and
gas, and of disposing of same,
whether the individuals or corpora
tons be private or public.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton shall be ten thousand dollars,
divided into and represented by two
hundred shares of the sum of fifty
dollars each, which said stock shall
be paid for at the time OF subscrip-
tion, or the same may be issued at
not less than par, in, exchange for
or rights actually received
or purchased by the corporation, or
the same may be issued full paid,
for money advanced or other yalu-
able consideration as the board of
directors may determine. This cor
poration shall commence business
as soon as three thousand dollars of
the capital stock shall have been
subscribed for. n
t ARTICLE Nv.
The corporate powers of this COM
pany shGn be vested in and exer-
cised by a board of three directors
who shall be for the present C. D.
Reeves, w. F. Woods and w. A.
kerley, of which board C. D. Reeves
shall be president, w. F. Woods
vice president, and w. A. Kerl.y
secretary and treasurer, who shall!
hold their offices until the next reg
ular meeting of the stockholders for
the selection of a board of directors
which shall be held on the 10th day
OF February A. ID. 1914, on which
cate and annually thereafter such
stockholders meeting shall be held.
and OF which meetings notice shall
be given by public advertisement in
cne OF the papers published in the
Parish OF Caddo, and by written no.
tlce directed to the last known place
OF residence of each of the stock
holders, provided that such notice
may be waived by the consent of
the stockholders.