The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-12-28

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CHARTER
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| state q Louisiana, Parish q cas.l
40: Be $; known chat an this ~.
3rd day % December 4. j. 1913 he
fore ene, Abs Goodman . notarv
public. duly commissioner and an
thorixed 90 adlpinistes oaths and q
take acknowledgements S1s and for2
| the Parish Of Gaddo. state Of Louis.
iiana, personall. came and sppearedl
! S. p. scheabereess presidents Oscar
shanks vice prssidenss F. j. Rat-I
cliff, secretsry ana sreasu'efs Who'll
declared that avajline themselves oil
the provisions OF che Sa.ss OF this
state gelatise 80 corporations they
hase eosenanseN and sggeed. and BY:
these presents covenant ana agree,
kan3 bind themselves, az ssell as such
other persons IS mag 5esesfter be-
come associated witls tbegse 60 form
and constitute . esr0oratioH ane
body polite in Sawo Sor DIE object:
and purposes asl3 endee the stlpu-
lations and conditions teNowingS
esRT1CAIE z
She game and 5itle of caiS eor-
poration shall be Che bailey Oi
Companys and its domicile is hereb.
fixed and established at shreveport
Caddo Parish, State Of louisiana
and under dts said corporate name
said corporation shall have power
and authority. to CONTRACT sue ant
be sued: to make and use corporate
seal and the same to break or alter
at pleasures to hold, Seceive, have
purchase, improves ALLEVIATE, convey
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borrow, pledge, mortgage and by
pothecate, under its said corporate
name, property, real, personal ant
mixed; and to do all things and act
permitted by law and necessary ant
proper to carry out the objects ant
purposes of said corporation. Thu
president, or in his absence the vic,
president, shall be the proper per-
son upon whom citation or othel
legal process shall be served. Thi
corporation, unless sooner dissolved
in accordance with this charter
shall exist and endure for a periOG
of fifty years from and after it
date.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes fol
which this corporation is organ
lied, and the nature of the bushes:
to be carried on by it, are hereby
declared TO be to purchase or lease
lands for the purpose of developing
the same for oil or gas OF Other
minerals, and to engage in the bust
ness of producing, handling, buyins
and selling, oil and gas, or other
minerals, to acquire, construct
maintain and operate gas and OF
plants oand pipe lines and station:
for conveying and storinge oil AM
gas, and generally to do such acts
and things as are necessary ant
proper, incident to the producing O.
oil and gas, and handling, buying
and selling and purifying and dis
posing of the same, whether the III
|diyiduals or corporations be private
or public.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton shall be one hundred thousand
dollars, divided into and represented
by shares of twenty-five dollar.
each, which said stock shall be paiG
for at the time of subscription
therefor, or the same may be issued
at not less than par value in ex-
change for property or rights &C
tually received or purchased by the
corporation, or the same may be is
sued fully paid for money advanced
or other valuable consideration as
the board of directors may deter
mine. This corporation may COM
mence business as soon twenty-five
thousand dollars of the capital stock
shall have been subscribed for anC
p?il in.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate power and author
ity of this corporation shall be vest
ed in and exercised by a board OF
four directors, who shall be and are
for the present, S. P. Schenberger
president; Oscar Shanks, vice presi-
dent; E. R. Ratcliff, secretary and
treasurer, and T. P. Burlington, who
shall hold their offices until the