The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-21
CHARTER
OF the Sodo Lake Oil and Gas Com
pany Limited.

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do: On this day before me, John F.
slattery, duly qualified and acting
notary public within and for the
Parish and State aforesaid, person.
ally appeared the parties whose
names are hereunto subscribed, who
declared that availing themselves of
the provisions of the laws OF the
state Of Louisiana, they do by these
presents covenant, agree and bad
themselves, as we'll as such other
persons .as0 may hereafter become
associated with them, to form and
a corporation and body
polite in law under the following
articles Of agreement, tO-Wlt:
FIRST.
The name and style Of this co..
poraton shall be the Sodo Lake Oil
and Gas Go. Ltd, and its donlclief
shall be in the City Of Shreveport,
CaGdo Parish, Louisiana, and UNDER
its said corporate name ii SNAIL have
and e;joy existence for a period of
fifty Years. unless sooner dissolved
as hereinafter provided. Under SAID
name il shall have the
power to sue and 10 be sued; to
make and use a corporate seal and
the same to alter at pleasure: to
contract; to acquire real and per
sonal properly, as We'll as to Sell,
mortgage, hypothecate or otherwise
dispose of same, and generally TO
do any and all. things needful to
carry out the purpose and
object for which organized. AllSlegal
process shall be served on the pres
ident or in his absence on the sec
rotary.
SECOND.
The purpose for which this cor
poration is organized and the ma
ture of the business to be carried on
is declared to be the drilling for oil
or gas or other minerals on lands
owned, leased or otherwise acquired
by it for that purpose; to dispose of
same, and to build, acquire and
maintain pipe lines, tank cars and
such other methods of transpOrta-
ton as may be deemed necessary.
THIRD. -:.a
The capital stock Of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at tifty-one
thousand ISL 100000 dollars. repre-
sented by one thousand and twenty
I,O2O) shares Of stock Of the par
value of fifty dollars each, and said
corporation shall become going
concern and authorized to COM
nence business when two hundred
goo shares Of its capital stock
Shall have been subscribed and paid
for, either in cash, property or ser
vices rendered.
FOURTH.
This corporation affairs shah be
managed and controlled by a boar d
of directors composed Of five stock
holders, three of whom shall con-
stltute a quorum for the transaction
of all corporate business. said d.
rectors to be elected at a regular
meeting Of the stockholders to be
held on the first Tuesday after The
first Monday of February Of each
year, unless said day shall be a legal
holiday, in which event said elec-
ton shall be held on the first Sec
ular day thereafter. Until The first
regular election in February. Of the
year 1911, the following shall con
stitute the board Of difec Ors: ]. w
Goffey, R. \. Tierney. Noise H. Levy.
Joseph E. Slattery and J. B. Slattery.
of whom J. B. Slattery shall be
president: j. W. Coffey, vice preSi-
dent; R. A. Tierney, secretary; and
Joseph E. Slattery, treasurer. The
said board Of directors shall have
the power to adopt such bylaws,
rules and regulations as may appear
conducive to the best interests Of
the company. and shall have the
power to change or modify them at
pleasure, and shall have also the
authority to employ such employees,