The Caucasian., 1913-12-16
CHARTER
O4 10 Ae1nolds Oil eng &c Coo.
pA0y.

thority, . notary public in ana lor
Caddo Parish, Iouisiane, gereonelly
came and appeared the parties
whose names are heleunto signed
who declared to one ehst they nave
ana 40 hereby sorHs . corporation
under tie lave 81 che Htste of
Louisiana, under che provisions ot
the following articles, to-@ie:
ARTICLE
Yhe name Of this corporation
shall be Reynolds Oil and Gas Com.
pany; unless sooner dissolved in &C
cordance with ito charter ia shall
exist for a period % ninety-nine
years; it shall have the eight 70 sue
and be sued; to receive, purchase
and otherwise acquire, and also 60
own, convey, sell, lease, pledge and
mortgage property, sect. persons
an0 miSed.
ARTICLE u.
The domicile M THE corporation
lis hereby fixed iD Inc asts of
,ShreveDo1<, Louisiana.
ARTICLE lIT.
The mature % the business 60 BE-
carried ON an6 che purpose for
which this corporation 10 ostab-
lished, are hereby declared 90 be 20
engage in the business of producing
oil and gas, ana to chat end 90 &C
quire leases on oil and gao lands IN
the Caddo Oil field and in Ouch other
fields as may be determined BY Che
board of directors. 70 buy ana cell
lands, leases, oil, sas end Ninsral
contracts o. Oil kinde Ohatsoess&,
and generally % do ana perform oil
things necessars in Che oil end gas
business.
ARTICLE av.
The corporate powers a this cor
poration shall be vested in board
Of directors composed Of five stock
holders, a majority of whom shall
compose quorum. The directors
shall elect president, vice presi-
dent and secretary-treasurer, and
shall prescribe the duties Of each.
Election of officers shall take place
the first Monday in October Of each
year. The first board Of directors
shall be as follows: George 7. Rey-
nolds, D. C. Richardson, j. NJ. Rey-
nolds, G. L. Wheeler and John
Brown, with George T. Reynolds as
president, D. C. Richardson as vice
president, and ]. NJ. Reynolds secre-
tary-treasurer. All officers and di-
rectors shall serve until their sue
cessors are elected. Service OF all
legal process shall be made on the
president, or in his absence on the
vice president, or in his absence on
the secretary-treasurer, at the Of
fee of the company, The board OF
directors shall appoint such man
ayers, agents or sub-ofiicers as the
interests of the corporation may re-
quire, and make and establish such
bylaws as may be necessary and
proper for the management and
regulation Of the affairs Of the cor
poration. 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 money and lend money;
to issue bills Of exchange, notes,
bonds, drafts and other negotiable
paper, execute mortgages, and gen.
orally to do all things incident to
the objects and purposes Of this
corporation. 0
ARTICLE V.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton shall be one hundred thousand
dollars, divided into one thousand
shares Of the par value Of one hun
dred dollars, each, which said stock
shall be paid for at the time of sub
scription, or the same may be issued
at not less than par in exchange for
property or rights actually received
or purchased by the corporation, or
the same may be issued full paid
for money advanced or other valu-
able consideration as the board Of
directors may determine. This cor
poration shall commence business
as soon as seventy-five hundred
dollars of the capital stock shall
have been subscribed.
ARTICLE vi.
The directors shall be elected by
ballot at the regular annual meet
ing called for that purpose or any
meeting adjourned from same. At
all stockholders meetings each share
of stock shall be entitled to one
vote; a stockholder may vote by
proxy. A majority Of the stock
holders shall compose quorum.
A majority Of the stock pres