The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-18
CHARTER
OF The Reeves Oil Company.

do: Be it known that on this the 9th
day of March 1913, before me, E.
Wayles Browne, notary pubic,
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
oovenanted and agreed, and by these
presents covenant and agree, and
bind themselves, as we'll as suth
other persons as may hereafter be-
come associated with them, to form
and constitute corporation and
body polite in law, for the objects
and purposes, and under the stipu-
lations and conditions following:
ARTICLE 1.
The name and title OF said cor
poration 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
fine 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 AMI
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
ninety-nine years from and after
the date hereof.
ARTICLE II.
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
to 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 ac-
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 subscrip-
ton, or the same may be issued at
not less than par, in exchange for
OF 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
Is soon as three thousand dollars of
the capital stock shall have been
subscribed for.
ARTICLE w.
The corporate powers Of this COM
pany shall be vested in and exer-
cised by board of three directors
who shall be for the present C. D.
Reeves, w. F. Woods and w. A.
kerley, of which board C. D. Reeves
shall be president, w. F. Woods
vice president, and w. A. Kerlty
secretary and treasurer, who shall!
hold their offices until the next reg
liar meeting Of the stockholders for
me selection of a board of directors,
which shall be held on the Goth day
IF February A. D. 1914, on which
tate and annually thereafter such
meeting shall be held,
and of which meetings notice shall
,e given by public advertisement in
enc of the papers published in the
Parish of Caddo, and by written no.
ice directed to the last known place
If residence of each of the stock
holders, provided that such notice
nay be waived by the consent of
he stockholders.
ARTICLE v.
The board of directors shall have
ull power to fill vacancies in their
number caused by death, resigna-
ion IN ~ h apuy;co fpovx, fho c4ool,