The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-27
CHARTER
OF The Chester Oil Company.

Stdtp LouiSloIu, u 1914 VI wv
do: Be it known that on this the
10th day of April 1913, before me,
S. 0. Williams, deputy clerk and ex-
o:cio deputy recorder and notary
public, duly commissioned and
sworn in and for the Parish of Cad
do. State of louisiana, personally
came and appeared C. D. Reeves,
y. w. Mcclure and W. a. kerley,
who declared that avalllng them
selves of the provisions of the laws
| Of this State relative to corporations
they have coSenanted and agreed,
and by these presents covenant and
agree. and bind themselves, as we'll
as other persons as may hereafter
become associated with them, to
form and constitute a corporation
and body polite in law, for the OBJ
iects and purposes and under the
stipulations and conditions follow
| ing:
ARTICLE I.
| The name and title of said cor
poration shall be The Chester Oil
Company, and its dOmlclle is hereby
fixed and established at Shreveport,
lCaddo Parish, La, and under its said
corporate name said corporation
shall have power and authority to
contract, sue and be sued; to make
and use a corporate seal ard the
same to break or alter at pleasure;
to hold, receive, have, purchase, I'M
! prove, ALLEVIATE, convey, borrow,
/ pledge, mortgage and hypothecate
under it's said corporate name.
property, real, personal and mixed;
and to do all things and acts per-
mitted by law and necessary and
proper to carry out the objects and
purposes of said corporation. The
president, or in his absence the vice
lpresident, 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 period Of
ninety-nine years from and after
the date hereof.
/ ARTICLE II.
| The objects and purposes for
(which this corporation is organized
land the nature of the business TO be
carried on by it are hereby declared
Ito be to purchase or lease lands for
1.-The purpose of developing same for
oil or gas or other minerals, and to
|engage in the business of producing
loiL, gas and other minerals; to ac-
Iquire and construct and operate gas
plants and pipe lines for conveying
|oiI and gas, and generally to do such
|acts and things as are necessary or
incident to the producing of oil and
Igas and of disposing of same whe-
Their the individual or corporations
be private or public.
I ARTICLE III.
The capital stock Of this corpora
ton shall be fifty thousand dollars,
divided into and represented by fifty
t thousand shares of the sum Of one
dollar 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
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
lporation shall commence business
as soon as three thousand dollars OF
the capital stock shall have been
: subscribed for.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers Of this
company shall be vested in and ex-
i, ercised by board of three directors
who shall be for the present C. d.
Reeves, N. w. Mcclure and w. A.
Kerley, Of which board C. D. Reeves
lshall be president, N. w. Mcclure
vice president and w. A. kerley sec
rotary and treasurer, who shall hold
their offices until the next regular
, meeting of the stockholders for the
selection of a board of directors,
which shall be held on the 10th day
; of April A. d. 1914, on which date
and annually thereafter such stock
holders meeting shall be held, and
; of which meetings notice shall be
given by public advertisement in
one Of the papers published in the
Parish of Caddo, and by written
notice directed to the last known
place of residence of each of the
, stockholders, provided that such
notice may be waived by the con-
|sent Of the stockholders.