The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-22
CHARTER
OF the Process Oil and Fuel Com
pany.

day before me, r. A. Grain, a notary
public in and for said Parish and
State, duly commissioned and sworn,
came ata appeared f. NJ. Gribble. u.
P. Batchclor, b. r. Sims. ]. NJ. Doll.
T. G. Roberts, VIM. NJ. Williams and
b. H. Bollnger, residents of said
Parish and State, who stated and de-
clared to me, notary, that availing
themselves Of the Constitution and
laws of the State Of Louisiana in re-
gard to the formation Of corpora
lions. they have formed themselves.
swell as such other persons as
may hereafter become associated
with them, into a corporation and a
body corporate, and have adopted
and do by these presents adopt and
ordain as their charter or ACT Of in
corporation, the following, to-wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name and title of this corpor-
alton is hereby declared to be The
Process Oil and Fuel Company. and
under said name and title it shall
have and enjoy succession for a
period of ninety-nine years, unless
sooner dissolved as hereinafter stip-
ulated. Its domicile shall be and is
hereby fixed at the City Of Shreve-
port, in the Parish of Caddo, State
Of Louisiana, and all legal process
shall be served on its president, vice
president, or in the absence of both.
on the secretary or treasurer of the
said company at its domicie.
ARTICLE II.
The purpose Of this corporation
and its objects are hereby declared
to be to do a general petroleum oil
refining business; to build, construct
and own warehouses, storage tanks,
side tracks and other buildings; to
operate refining and. compound
ing, lubricating oil business; to
own and control by purchase or
lease or otherwise tank cars for the
transportation of petroleum and its
products; to buy and sell crude Pc
troleum and all petroleum products
in the Parish of Caddo, State Of
Louisiana. and elsewhere within or
without the State of Louisiana; to
own such patents. for refining or
compromising oils as the board OF
directors may deem proper; to build
ond construct and otherwise .ac-
quire pipe lines within this State for
the transportation of petroleum and
its pr ducts; to own and acquire by
purchase or otherwise both real and
personal property, and the same to
dispose of and sell within the dis
erection of its board of directors, and
generally to do and perform each
and every thing necessary in carry
ing out the enumerated purposes or
other H1nposes conferred on corpor-
atiohe n similar kind by the stat
utes OF the State of Louisiana.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of the corpora
ton Is hereby fixed at fifty thous-
and (s50,O00.O0l dollars, divided into
two hundred shares of the par
value OF $4,000 each, to be paid for
in cash, services rendered or prop
erty transferred, subject to the APP
proval Of the board of directors: and
all stock issued shall be fully paid
and worcestershire. 1t shall COM
mence business whenever four
thousand (s4OOO.00) dollars of its
capital stock Is subscribed and paid
for in full.
ARTICLE ". ;
The affairs OF the corporation
shall be managed and controlled by
board of directors of not less than
three nor more than seven of the
stockholders; said board of direc-
tors to be elected annually on the
first Monday in June in each year,
and until The election in June 1914
the following shall constitute the
board of directors of this corpora
ton: Z. M. Gribble, president; d. P.
Bachelor, vice president; b. F.
Sims, treasurer: B. H. Bolinger. sec
retary: #. g. Roberts, J. M. Doll and
William M. Williams.
ARTICLE V.
This corporation shall have the
authority and power to contract, sue
and be sued in its corporate name;
10 make and use corporate seal;
to hold, receive, purchase and con-
sey, under its corporate name, prop
erty, both real and personal, and to
name and appoint such managers,
directors and officers as its interest
and convenience may require; 10
make and establish such bylaws for
the proper management and regula-
fions(of its affairs as may be necs-