The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-05
CHARTER
0f Mineral Wells Oil and Gas Com
nany.

y,id dllIv commissioned and sworn.
4.aat. ANA apprartl lln several par
ijrS whose names are iltftuhl' SUI
Srrjbrd who declared that l'le\ nave
formed and do by these present 5
Earn, argunjze anti constitute tllclll-
selves INTO a corporation uhheF ny
name and style for the cbJecl ana
p,,ruo5rs and under the conditions
aul regulations following. to-Wl1:
ARTICLE |.
The name and title Of sad cor
;prat}pn shall be Mineral wells ~
and Gas Company. and lts d"nlicll'
is hereby fixed and cstabISh'n- III
Shreveport .Caddo PARISH La, ana
nader its said corporate name sag
rnYporation Shall have power all4l
authority to contract, sue aud De
sued: 10 make and use a corporate
seal and the same 10 break o. allef
1T measures. 10 hold. receive. nave,
nurchasp. improve, ALLEVIATE. convey,
borrow. pledge, mortgage ana ny
,,othpcatp under its SAID corporate
name. property, real and personal
and mixed. and to do all things anu
arts permitted by law aud net"s-
sary and proper to carry OF ne ob-
;ccls and purposes OF SAID corpora
ton. The president, or III MS ap-
,crce the vice president. shall L'
tlr proper person upon whom le@al
nrocrs- shall ile served. This cor
puration. unless sooner dissolved III
arrordancc With its charter, sinai
r>isl and oniure tor I period ~
nlptv-ninc years from and ail"f
tic date hereof.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes ~
Which This corporation IS orSanzeu
and the nature of The business to
~ carried on by it are hereby de
,ared to DO to lease OF purchase
lands for the purpose OF developing
same for oil or gas or other MN
erals. and to engage in the business
OF producing oil Or gas and other
minerals, to acquire and construct
and operate gas plants and pipe
lines for conveying oil and gas, and
generally to do such acts and things
as are necessary or incident to the
production of oil and gas and to the
disposition Of same.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock Of this corpora
zion shall be seventy-five thousand
1878, OOO.OO) dollars, divided into anc
represented by seven hundred anC
fifty (75O) shares Of the sum OF one
hundred (SiO0.O0l dollars each, and
which said stock shall be paid toi
at the time Of subscription. Or th'
same may be issued at not less thar
lar in exchange for property OF
rights actually received OF pnr-
chased by the corporation, or tn
same may be issued full paid, fo1
money advanced or other valuable
consideration as the board Of dlrec-
tors may determine. This corpora
ton shall commence business as
soon as fifteen thousand (Sl5. 100000
dollars Of the capital stock sinai
have been subscribed.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers OF thl
company shall be vested il and s.
ercised by board Of six directors
who shall for the present be II. n
Frost,.M. w. Hurdeston, Q. H. Tay-
Tor. d. M. Howard, ". H. Harris anc
J. C. Richardson, Of which board II
n. Frost shall be president, NJ. W
Hurdlestoh vice president and @. Il
TAYLOR secretary and treasurer, an
who shall hold their offices unit
The next regular meetm OF (ht
stockholders for the selection Of the
board Of directors, which shall bt
held not later than the first day q
November 1913. and annually there
after stockholders meetings shall bt
held and Of which meetings WRITER
notice shall be given and dlrecFeG
10 the last known place OF RESIDENCE
Of each Of the stockholders.
ARTICLE Y.
The board Of directors shall have
full power to fill vacancies IN thell
number caused by death. resiena-
ton Or otherwise, and from tht
stockholders of the company: they
shall have full control of the prop
rrty Of the company and shall Sc
conduct, manage and use the same
as they may deem best, and as IS
consistent with the objects and pur-
poses of this company; they are az
ihorizcd and empowered to frame
and adopt such bylaws and regu-
Iat5ons as the affairs and business
If the company may require, anh
employ all officers, agents, en-
ployes, servants and clerks as they