The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-11
CHARTER
Of the Prov isiencc OIL and Gas tonl-
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do: BE it known that OH iilIs day be-
fore lne. 4 Notary public within an'
| fur INV State and Parish aforesaid
duly commissioned and sworn. csl}lt
amt appeared lie several pa"tJ":
whose names are iaerellnGo sub
settled. who rIerI#rsd that they
ia>r formed, and do by le~t pr4.~-
ynts form. organize AMI constitute
themselves into q corp3ra jon UNde1
he name aud STYLE. for The objects
and purposes aId under. th,. eondi-
lions and regulations following. to
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ARTICLE, /.
The name and till" Of said cor
puratjom shall be- Pro, ihs>nce Oil and
Gas Company. and ills don1clle /,
hereby fixed an, established al
>nl,Nr3orj NafIdo Parish, La, and
under its said corporate name sand
CORPORATION shah have power an@
authority 10 contract, sue and be
sued: 10 make and use 4 corporate
seal ana The same to break or alter
at pleasure; to hold, receive, have.
purchase, improve, 0}itDate, convex
borrow, pledge. mortgage and ny
pcthrcale under lis said cooperate
name. property, real. personal and
mixed. and to do all things and act,
permitted by law and necessary and
proper to carry on the objects ami
purposes OF said corporation. The
president, or i'll his absence the vice
president, small be The proper per
son upon whom legal process shall
bc We'd This corporation, unless
sooner dissolved i'll accordance With
ills charter, shall exist and endure
for period OF ninety-nine years
from and after the date hereof.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes Tor
which this corporation Is organized
and The nature of the business 10 be
carried! on by il are hereby declared
10 be 10 lease or purchase lands for
The purpose Of developing same Tor
Vii or gas or other minerals, and to
engage in the business Of producing
oil or gas and other minerals, to &C
,plirp and construct and operate gas
plants and pipe lines for conveying
oil and gas, and generally to do
such acts and things as are ncces-
Sary and incident to the production
of oil and gas and 10 the disposition
ST same.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock OF This corpora
tion shall be one hundred thousand
.SlOO,OO0OO4 dollars, divided into
and represented by one thousand
shares Of the sum Of one hundred
$4,000 dollars each, which SAID
stock shall be paid for at The time
Of subscription, or the same may be
issued at not less than par IN eX-
change for property Or rights ac-
tualIy received or purchased by he
corporation, or the same may be IS
sued fullopaid for money advanced
1r other valuable consideration. as
the board Of directors may deter
mine. This corporation shall COM
mcnce business as soon as fifteen
thousand (Sl5.OoO00) dollars OF the
capital stock shall have been sub
Scribed
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers OF tins
company shall be vested in and en-
,rcised BY a board of three dircc-
tors who shall for the present ht
", G. Burton, W. H. Harris and T.
R. Afford, of which board W. G.
Burton shall be president, t. R. Al
ford vice president, and w. Il. Har-
ris secretary and treasurer, and who
shall hold their offices until the
next regular meeting Of the stock
holders for the selection OF the
board Of directors, which shall bt
held not later than the list day OF
October 1914, and annually tllerea1-
ter stockholders meetings shall DC
held and Of which meetings written
notice shall be given and directed
to the last known place Of residence
Of each Of the stockholders.
ARTICLE Y.
The board Of directors shall have
! full power to fill vacancies IN then
number caused by death, reslgna-
ton or otherwise, and from the
stockholders of the company: they
shall have full control Of the prop
erty Of the company and shall SC
| conduct, manage and use the sanl'
as they may deem best and as Is
consistent with the objects and puf-
poses Of this company: they are au-
| thoriZed and empowered to franz,
and adopt such bylaws and reellla-
| tons as the affairs and business Q
| The company may require. and en-
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