The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-01
CHARTER
OF The Chester Oil Company.

State oil Louisiana, PARISH OF Cdu-
do: Be it known that on this the
18th day of April 1913, before me,
Is. O. Williams, deputy clerk and eX-
o;cio deputy recorder and notary
public, duly commissioned and
sworn in and for the Parish of Cad
do, State of Louisiana, personally
came and appeared C. ID. Reeves,
IN. w. Mcclure and w. A. kerley,
who declared that availing them
selves of the provisions of the laws
of this State relative to corporations
they have covenanted and agreed,
and by these presents covenant and
agree, and bind themselves, as we'll
as other persons as may hereafter
become associated with them, to
form and constitute corporation
and body polite in law, for the OBJ
iects and purposes and under the
stipulations and conditions follow
ing:
ARTICLE |.
The name and title of said cor
poration shall be The Chester Oil
Company, and it's dOmicile is hereby
fixed and established at Shreveport,
Caddo Parish, La, and under its said
corporate name said corporation
shall have power and authority TO
contract, sue and be sued; to make
and use a corporate seal and the
same TO break or alter at pleasure;
to hold, receive, have, purchase, i'm
prove, ALLEVIATE, convey, borrow
pledge, mortgage and hypothecate
under its said corporate name,
property, real personal and mixed
and to do all things and acts per-
mitted by law and necessary and
proper to carry out the objects and
purposes of said corporation The
president, or in his absence the vice
president, shall be the proper per-
son upon whom citation or other
legal process shall be served. This
corporation, unless sooner dissolved
| in accordance with its charter, shall
exist and endure for period OF
ninety-nine years from and afteI
the date hereof.
| ARTICLE ii.
The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is organized
and the nature Of the business to be
carried ON by it are hereby declared
to be to purchase or lease lands for
1.-The purpose of developing same fol-
oil or gas or other mineralA and tt
engage in the business Of producing
OIL. gas and other minerals; to &C
duire and construct and operate ga!
plants and pipe lines for conveying
oil and gas, and generally to do such
acts and things as are necessary OF
incident to the producing Of oil and
lgas and of disposing of same whe-
Their the individuals OF corporation
be private or public.
ARTICLE III.
| The capital stock Of this corpora
-Ition shall be fifty thousand dollars
divided into and represented by Aft!
thousand shares Of the sum OF on
dollar each, which said stock shall
be paid for at the time of subserip'
} Ition OF the same may be issued a
: not less than par in exchange TO
: property or rights actually received
or purchased by the corporation. o
the same may be issued full paid
for money advanced OF other valu
able consideration as the board o
directors may determine. This cor
lporation shall commence bushes
az soon as three thousand dollars o
+ the capital stock shall have bee
subscribed for.
ARTICLE w.
The corporate powers OF thI
company shall be vested in and ex
;, |ercised by a board Of three director
y who shall be for the present G. !
Reeves, N. w. Mcclure and w. 4
elKerley, of which board C. d. Reeve
y lshall be president, N. w. McClur
..lvice president and w. A. Kerley sec
;! Iretary and treasurer, who shall hol
u their offices until the next regula
of the stockholders for tn
y selection of a board of director
u which shall be held on the 10th da
> of April A. d. 1914, on which dat
= land annually thereafter such stock
holders meeting shall be held, ar
- lof which meetings notice shall
- |given by public advertisement
lone of the papers published in II
Parish Of Caddo, and by write
p notice directed to the last know
~ place of residence of each Of Il
~ stockholders, provided that sue
:. notice may be waived by the col
, lsent of the stockholders.
MI ARTICLE V.
WI Lzonl ~ L;pootonp chn1l no,