The Caucasian., 1913-10-14
CHARTER
OF the Louisiana-Arkansa Oil and
Gas Company, Limited.

day Of September 1913, before me,
Otis w. Bullock, a notary public in
and for Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
duly commissioned and qualified
personally came and appeared S. R
acting for himself and
as the agent and attorney-in-fact
for the following persons: Judge J.
S. Steel of Ashdown, Ark. B. S., Ma
hon Of Ashdown, Ark, J. w. Lang Of
Ark, I. T. Hale Of Ash
down, Ark, J. R. Morrell Of Ash
down, Ark, o. X. Lewis of Arden
Ark, E. H. Todd Of Texarkana, Tex
as, S. R. Lippincott of Shreveport,
La, R. E. Brown of Dallas, Texas
T. C. West of Dallas, Texas, who
declared that availing themselves OF
the provisions of the laws of the
State of Louisiana relative to the
formation Of corporations, they
have formed and do constitute
as we'll as all other per-
sons who may hereafter become as
sociated with them, into corpora
ton and body polite, and have
adopted as their charter and act OF
incorporation as follows, to-Wlt:
ARTICLE l.
The name and style Of this cor
poration shall be the Louisiana
Arkansas Oil and Gas Company
Limited, and under that name shall
have and enjoy succession for pc
riod Of fifty years, unless otherwise
sooner dissolved as hereinafter set
forth, and shall have power to con-
tract, sue and be sued, and purchase
own and lease property, real and
personal, and to sell, mortgage
pledge and hypothecate same; tc
make and use corporate seal
name and elect directors, managers
and agents, and to establish such
bylaws, rules and regulations foI
the management Of the affairs OF
said corporation as they may deem
necessary, and to alter the same al
pleasure; also to make and issue
bonds and other evidences Of debt
and to secure the same by mortgage
or otherwise.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this corporation
shall be in the City Of Shreveport
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and it:
legal citation and other legal pro-
cess shall be served on S. R. Lippln-
colt, secretary, Shreveport, La.
ARTICLE III.
The object and purposes fol
which this corporation is estab'
lished and the nature Of business tt
be carried on by it are declared tt
be as follows: To develop oil, ga!
or other minerals on any propert!
owned or controlled by it or othe
corporations or persons in the State
of Louisiana or elsewhere in th'
United States; to drill wells and t
sell the production thereof; to con
struct, maintain and operate pip
lines for conveying oil, gas or othe'
products from such wells to an.
part of the United States; to buil'
houses and other structures neces
sary for carrying on its business
and in general TO do all acts neces
sary or expedient for the operation
of its affairs.
ARTICLE ".
The powers OF this corporation
shall be vested in board OF direc
tors composed Of nine stockholder!
four Of whom shall constitute
quorum to transact business. Th
directors shall elect a president,
vice president, a treasurer, a secre
tary and general manager, the las
two offices may be filled by one per
son. The time for the election Q
directors shall be the second Mon
day in May each year, after ten day
written notice to each stockholdel
The first board of directors shall b
as follows: Judge ]. S. Steel, presi
dent; B. L. Mahon, vice president
Ii. T. Hale, treasurer; S. r. Lippin
colt, secretary and general man
ager; j. r. Morrell, 0. X. Lewis, ]
H. Todd, r. E. Brown, T. C. Wes
All officers and directors shall serV
until their successors are electe'
II any vacancies occur among tn
officers or directors the remainlr
directors may Ali such vacancie
The board of directors shall hay
power to do generally all things il
cident TO the objects and purpos'
of this corporation.
| ARTICLE v.
The capital stock of this corpol
alton shall be one hundred and fiji
Thousand (si50,OO0.00) dollars, divi'
ed into thirty thousand shares