The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-24
CHARTER
OF The Reeves Oil Company.


day of March 1913, before me, K.
Wayles Browne, a notary public,
duly commissioned and sworn, IN
and for the Parish of CaddO, State
of Louisiana, personally came and
appeared c. d. Reeves, w. A. ker-
ley and w. f. Woods, who declared
that availing themselves of the pro-
visions of the laws of this State rel
alive to- corporations, they have
covenanted and agreed, and by these
presents covenant and agree, AMI
bind themselves, as we'll as such
other persons as may hereafter be-
come associated with them, to form
and constitute a corporation AMI
body polite in law, for the objects
and purposes, and under the stipu-
Iations and conditions following:
ARTICLE 1.
The name and title of said cor
poratiQn shall be The Reeves Oil
Company, and its domicile is hereby
fixed and established at Shreveport
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and under
its said corporate name said corpor-
alton shall have power and author
ity to contract, sue and be sued; to
make and use a corporate seal. and
rhe same to break or alter at pleas
ure; to hold, receive, have, pur-
chase, improve, ALLEVIATE. convey,
borrow, pledge, mortgage and by
pothecate under its said corporate
name, property, real, personal and
mixed; and to do all things and acts
permitted 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 a period of
nincty-nine years from and after
the date hereof.
ARTICLE IL
The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is organized
and the nature of the business to be
carried on by it are declared to be
10 purchase or lease lands for the
purpose of developing same for oil
or gas or other minerals, and to
engage in the business of producing
oil, gas and other minerals; to &C
quire and construct and operate gas
plants and pipe lines for conveying
Gil and gas, and generally to do such
acts and things as are necessary or
incident to the producing OF Oil and
gas, and of disposing OF same.
whether the individuals or corpora
tons be private or public.
ARTICLE III.
| The capital stock of this corpora
| ton shall be ten thousand dollars,
divided into and represented by two
hundred shares of the sum of fifty
dollars each, which said stock shall
be paid for at the time Of subscrlp-
ton, or the same may be issued at
not less than par, in exchange for
property or rights actually received
or purchased by the corporation, OF
the same may be issued full paid,
for money advanced or other yalu-
able consideration as the board oil
directors may determine. This cor
poration shall commence business
as soon as three thousand dollars OF
| the capital stock shall have beer
subscribed for.
/ ARTICLE ~.
| The corporate powers OF this COM
pany~ shall be vested III and exer-
lcised by board of three director:
who shall be for the present C. d
Reeves, w. F. Woods and w. A
Kerley. of which board C. D. Reeve:
shall be president, w. F. Wood
vice president, and w. A. kerie.
! secretary and treasurer, who shall
hold their offices until the next reg
: ular meeting of the stockholders fo
Il the selection Of a board of directors
which shall be held on the goth da.
of February A. d. 1914, on whicl
, cate and annually thereafter sue
II stockholders meeting shall be .heie
and of which meetings notice shal
he given by public advertisement il
enc of the papers published in tn
, Parish of Caddo, and by written no
tice directed to the last known plac
of residence of each of the stock
: holders, provided that such motto
|, may be waived by the consent G
o the stockholders.
ri ARTICLE v.
The board of directors shall hav
full power to fill vacancies in thel
r number caused by death, resigna
ton or otherwise, from the stock
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