The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-05
CHARTER
OF the Queen Oil Company

State of Louisiana, Parish OF Cad
do: Be it known, that on this day,
before Inc, c. b. Prothro, a notary
public within and for the State and
Parish aforesaid, duly commission
ed and sworn, came and appeared
several parties whose NAMES are
hereuntO subscribed and all person
ally known to me, who declared
hat they have formed and do by
these presents form, organize and
constitute themselves into a corpor-
alton under the name and style, for
the object and purposes and under
the conditions and regulations fol-
lowing, tO-Wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name and style of this cor
poration shall be The Queen Oil
Company, and under said name and
style it shall exist and have cor
porate life for the period of Twen-
ty-five years from date hereof. 1t
shall have the power to sue and be
sued, to contract, to make, use and
change its corporate seal, to hold,
acquire, improve, lease, sell and
convey as we'll as to pledge, mort
gage and hypothecate under its cor
porate name, property, real, person.
al and mixed, to borrow money and
to issue notes and security there
for, and such other rights incident!
10 the business of an oil company
in developing land for oil and gas
and all such minerals as may be
discovered, together with the right
O buy and sell land, oil, gas and
minerals and the right of drilling
and exploring for oil gas or other
minerals; to make and amend a
its pleasure bylaws for the gov
eminent and management of this
corporation and in general to 10
my and all acts viii h are inciden-
tai and necessary to the purpose
for which it is organized.
ARTICLE Ill.
The dOmicile of this corporation
is hereby declared to be in the
City of Shreveport, CaddO Parish,
Louisiana, and citation and other
legal process shall there be served
on the President, or in the event
Of his absence, on the vice presl-
ident, and in his absence at the
domicile of the Company, as pro
>ided by law.
ARTICLE Ill.
The object and purpose for which
this corporation is organized isl
hereby declared to be to carry on
general oil business; to buy, sell
and lease real estate; to buy and sell
oil, gas and other minerals; to drill,
mine and explore land in the
State of Louisiana, or elsewhere:
to lay pipe lines, build load
ing racks, and in general to do any
and all things necessary and inei
1ental to the carrying out of the
objects above set forth.
ARTICLE ". &.
The capital stock of this cem-
pany is hereby fixed at ten thous-
and SuO,OOO.OO) dollars, divided into
100 shares of $4,000 each, and this
corporation may commence bust
ness when Thirty-five Hundred
($35OOOO) Dollars shall have been
subscribed and paid for in cash or
its equivalent in the discretion OF
the Board of Directors. All trans
fer of stock, to be valid, shall be
made on the books of the company
in person or by attorney.
ARTICLE V.
Corporate powers of this cOrpor-
alton are declared to be vested in a
Board of Directors consisting OF no,
less than three, nor more than five
stockholders. Said Board to be Sc
lected annually on the first Monday
in June, beginning June 1, 1913.
Each share of stock shall be emil
tied to one vote, to be cast in per-
son or by proxy at all elections and
at all meetings of stockholders,
majority of votes cast shall elect.
All proxies must be properly signed
by the holder of said stock. Twenty
days previous notice shall be given
of special elections and special
meetings of the stockholders by
written notice mailed to each stock
holder at his usual post office ad-
dress. The Board of Directors shall
elect annually at its regular meet
ing the officers of the corporation,
to-wit: A president, vice president
and secretary and treasurer, who
shall hold office until their success
sors are elected and qualified. The
first Board of Directors of the cor
poration who shall hold office until
their successors shall have been
1 in l.