The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-09
CHARTER
OF the Providence OIL and Gas Com
pany.

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| do: BE it known that on this day be
fore me, a notary public within ana
for the State and Parish aforesaid,
duly commissioned and sworn, came
and appeared the several parties
whose names are hcrcunto sub
scrlbed who declared that they
have formed and do by these pres
rnts form, organize and constitute
Themselves into q corporation under
the name and style, for the objects
and purposes and under the cond'-
lions and regulations following, to-
wit: d
ARTICLE L.
The name and title Of SAID cor
noration shall be Providence Oil and
Gas Company, and its domlcllc IS
hereby fixed and established at
Shreveport Caddo Parish, La, and
under its said corporate name sad
CORPORATION shall have power and
authority to contract, sue and be
sued; 10 make and use a corporate
seal and the same to break or alter
at pleasure; to hold, receive, have,
purchase, improve, alternate, convey,
borrow, pledge, mortgage and by
pcthecate under its SAID corporate
name, property, rca personal and
mixed, and TO do all things and acts
permitted by law and necessary and
proper to carry on the objects ami
purposes Of said corporation. The
president, or in his absence the vice
president, shall be the proper per
son upon whom legal process shall
be served. This corporation, unless
sooner dissolved III accordance with
| its charter, shall exist and endure
for a period of nin"ly-nlne years
from and after the date hereof.
ARTICLE H.
The objects and purposes TOT
| which this corporation is organized
and the nature of the business to pc
carried on by it are hereby declared
to be TO lease or purchase lands for
the purpose Of developing same tor
oil or gas or other minerals, and to
| engage in thc business Of producing
| oil or gas and other minerals, to ar-
| uuirc and construct and operate gas
plants and pipe lines for conveying
| oil and gas, and generally to DC
such acts and things as are neces-
sary and incident to The production
Of oil and gas and to the disposition
| ST same.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corpora
zion shall be one hundred thousand
$500 100000 dollars, divided into
and represented by one Thousand
shares Of the sum OF one hundred
$4,000 JdoIIars each, which SAID
stock shall be paid for at The time
Of subscription, or the same may be
issued at not less than par in cX-
|rhange for property or rights ac-
Itually received Or purchased by the
corporation, or the same may be IS
sued full paid for money advanced
Or other valuable consideration, as
| the board OF directors may deter
mine. This corporation shall com
mence business as soon as flfteel
thousand (Sl5 100000 dollars Of th'
Icapital stock shall have been sub
scribed.
ARTICLE w.
| The corporate powers OF TN!
company shall be vested in and ex
,rcised by board of three dlrec.
tors who shall for the present b.
|W. G. Burton, w. H. Harris and 1
R. Afford, of which board w. &
, Burton shall be president, 7. r. AL
, ford vice president, and w. H. Har
lris secretary and treasurer, and WIN
tshall hold their offices until tn
next regular meeting of the stock
= holders for the selection OF tn
!, board of directors, which shall b
6 held not later than the tst day o
cIOctober 1914, and annually thcreaf
Tier stockholders meetings shall b
1 held and Of which meetings write
4 notice shall be given and dlrecte
, to the last known place of residenc
;, Of each of the stockholders.
i ARTICLE v.
The board of directors shall hav
full power to fill vacancies in the
humber caused by death, reslgna
; ton or otherwise, and from tt
Stockholders of the company, the
lshall have full control Of the prop
erty of the company and shall
conduct, manage and use the san
J. as they may deem best and as
!: consistent with the objects and pu1
l. poses of this company; they are al
II lhorized and empowered to fran
lie and adopt such bylaws and regul;
J. lions as the affairs and business
J. the company may require, ana en-