The Caucasian., 1913-11-16
CHARTER
OF the Southern Oil and Gas Com
pany.

90: BEFORE NE, tll1 toii L f'"' AN''
undersigned authority, a notaf!
nuhlic in and for Caddo PARISH,
Louisiana. at my office in the City OF
Shreveport. ga, came and appeared
on the date hereinafter written, tne
following: C. %. Keen, G. o.. Lane,
R w. Norris, :. D.. Hicks. ,. W. Lee
and Frank J. 9.ooney, all residents OF
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, all TO me
well known. whs declare1 to me IN
tbe presence of the attestlnS Wit
nesses. that they desired to form
and constitute corporation unoer
the laws of G.ouisiana. and that they
do hereby 8orm themselves and
their successors inte corporation
and constitute same in compliance
with the provisions snd subject to
the restrictions of the laws OF the
State of Louisiana governing cor
porations and under the proslslons
of the articles 90 incorporation
hereinafter set forth.
ARTICLE &.
TShe name of this corporation
shall be Southern Oil and Gas Com
pans; by this name it shall have
power and authority to have ana
enjoy succession for period OF
ninety-nine years; to contract, sue
and be sued; to make and use a coz
porate seal and the same to break,
alter or amend at pleasure: and
under this same name to hold, re-
ceive, purchase and otherwise ac-
duire, to own, convey, sell or other
wise dispose of, to lease, pledge,
mortgage or otherwise hypotheeate
property, real, personal and mixed.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this corporation
is declared to be the City of Shreve-
port, La.
ARTICLE III.
The nature of the business to be
carried ~on and the purpose for
which this corporation is estab-
Iished are as follows: To bore oil
wells and gas wells and distribute
and sell the products of Oil and gas
, wells. To transport same through
pipe lines, either for the use of this
corporation or for hire. To buy and
sell lands, leases, oil, gas and min
eral contracts of all kinds whatso-
ever. to lay pipe lines and II neces-
sary to appropriate property for
same: and to sell and supply gas and
oil, either under municipal fran
chise or otherwise, and generally to
do any or al Things necessary for
the purposes of this corporation.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers of this cor
Ioration shall be vested in board
of directors composed of five stock
holders, majority of whpm shall
compose quorum The directors
shall elect a president, vice presi-
dent and secretary-treasurer, and
shall prescribe the duties of each.
Election of directors shah take place
the first Monday in October of each
year. The first board Of directors
shall be as follows: C. D. Keen, C.
w. Lane, n. w. Norris, S. b. Hicks
and Frank J. Looney, with C. D.
Keen, president; G. w. Lane, vice,
president; r.. w. Norris, secretary
treasurer. All officers and directors
shall serve until their successors
are elected. Service, of all legal pre-
cess shall be msde on the president,
or in his absence on the vice presi-
dent, or in his absence on the secre-
fary<treasurer, at the office of the1
company The board of directors
shall appoint such managers, agents
or sub officers as the interests Of the
corporation may require, and make
end establish such bylaws as may
lie necessary and proper for the
management and regulation of the
affairs of the corporation. If any
vacancies occur among the officers
or directors. the remaining directors
may select stockholders to fill the
same. The board of directors shall
have power to borrow and lend
money; to issue bills of exchange,
notes, bonds, drafts and other nego-
table paper; execute mortgages.
and generally to do all things inci-l
dent to the object and purposes of
this corporation.
ARTICLE v.
The capital stock of this corpora
fi0n shall be fifty thousand dollars,
divided into FIVE hundred shares of
the par value of one hundred dol
lars each. This stock shall be sub
scribed in the amount OF ten thous-
and dollars and. paid for before this
shall commence busi-
ness. Stock shall be paid for in cash
or its equivalent when subscribed.
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