The Caucasian., 1913-12-09
CHARTER
% ghe Dsiless Prospecting GUsna
0ano. :.


etase oQ 2ou1siano, Saqisb oq Cad
do: Before Nee Clifton &. Davis, the
undersigned autHeritS. o notary
public ep a0ts toe tho parisN and
stats oforessiN. at sue office in the
Gitg o9 shrsSeVols. Ia. came and
appeared oN enc alote Hereinafter
written. the f0llo@iNg: .. L.. hudson,
b. %. Moolu, oseCorse ~. Pope. ". v.
Brown. Ben Nay, q. O.. Hu1son, T..
V Noolv ana Jacb Brste Esee. in ger
sow or 6S attorney ~ sisnest, ~ho
dec lalu,s 20 1910 iW Che presence OF
the ottss9ins witnesses. ahaV eSsey
desire to fGrp anA constitute D cor
/ pNratiosp andep 1hp 9a~e eef louis
isno; ana mat slses go lsere6s q"sm
I themselves anN slseir susssssore INTO
. eOrDeratioA and constitute same
iN compliance w6tls ebe provisions
ana subject to she restrictions e9 me
Laws % else State os Louisiana sos-
\ eruins corporations and an.isr she
pros ieions eDf Ahe articles 0Q iss ore
popsts'm NsrpiNsste9 eeS 9Nesh.
\ sRJ1CLE 9.
The Daue co9 slsie GM1poratiOn
shall de Jhr s,ssliess Prospecting
=? Companse AND 6s tAis Nsn,e 6t shali
Xhass power ans suthorit9 20 have
3ana enjog eusoassion 3Or SNe period
< % ainess-Nine seare; 90 contract,
sue an1 loo sue1: 90 make ana asse
corporate seal snA the same to
Ybreak. alter or amend at pleasure
anS under ehie aame 90 hold. ~
{ceise, purchase end oehereiss &c
1suile. 20 own, eonves, cell or other
Ivise dispose ~. DO cease, pledge,
mortgagp or otherwise hSpothecate
propertv. real, personal ana mi1ed
! ARTICLE ".
4 the Gomicile 09 this corporation
! 10 declared to be iD Vhe Cite OF
shreveport louisians.
4 SR1 iIbAL Gle.
Ihe 0atulp of the business to be
I carried oD and the purpose for
which ehis corporation 10 estab-
lisheA ere ae follows: 30 bore oil
wells in tho state oa louisiana and
in the State of Texas, and distribute
and cell the products of said oil and
! gas wells; 90 transport came
through pipe 9ines eithee sor the use
yoV this corporation or qor AiIo: 90
bus ana sell Sands, 9eaees, eli, sas
and mineral contracts OF oil Sind
! Iwhaseser:: 2" Yas Dips 9ines ana if
!! !necssssrs 20 appropriate property
foe same: so sell and suppYs gas and
oi9. either under MunieipaS fran
chise or otherwise. ana generally 20
do any ana oil things Nesesssrs FOR
the purposes of shis corporation,
and generally eO DO any and all
| things necessary to be done in fur
therance of such objects and our
poses.
ARTICLE ".
| The. corporate powers OF this cor
| poratiOn shall be vested in a board
| of directors composed of seven
| stockholders. The directors shall
l;elect president, vice president and
secretary treasurer, and shall pre-
scribe the duties of each. Election
of directors shall take place the
first Monday in December of each
year. The first board of directors
shall be as follows: J. L. Hudson, ].
H. Moore, WI Brown, Ben Kay.
t. C. Hudson, E. NJ. Moore and Jack
| Bratcher, with j. L. Hudson, presi-
dent; j. H. Moore, vice president
L. C. Hudson, secretary-treasurer
All officers and directors shall serve
| until their. successors are elected.
Service of all legal process shall be
made on the president, or, in his alb
sence on the vice president, or IN
! his absence on the seeretary-treas-
Urer, at the office of the company
l(The board of directors shall appoint
such managers, agents or sub-of-
ficers as the interests of the. corpor-
alton may require, and make and
| establish such bylaws as may be
| necessary and proper for the man.
agement and regulation of the af-
fairs of the corporation. If any
| vacancies occur among the officers
or directors, the remaining direc-
tors may select stockholders to fill
the same. The board of directors
shall have power to borrow and
lend money; to issue bills of ex-
change. notes, bonds, drafts and
other negotiable paper; execute
mortgages and generally to do all
things incident to the object and
purpose of this corporation. Said
board of directors shall create an
executive hoard fo he comnosad of