The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-18
CHARTER
OF The Clear Lake Oil Company.

III he Clear i4dht VII NpiilpaHt
State Of louisiana Parish Of Cad
lido: BE- it known that this day before
me. II c. Fisher. a notary pubic LII
and for HE above Parish and state
I duly commissioned and qualified
lraIne and appeared the several per
4 sons whose names are hereunte
A subscribed, and who declared to me
notary, IN THE presence OF atteSlll-
Witnesses, hat aNallng themselves
If the prO1 isions Ofcthe laws OF the
! State Of Louisiana relative to the
organization OF corporal IONS, theN
have agreed and coNcnanted and dc
bv these presents covenant and
agree ia form and organize them
selves into Il corporation and body
polite for the purposes and under
the conditions and for The consld-
Grafton hereinafter set forth
ARTICLE /.
The name and style of this cor
DoratiOn shall be I'hc Clear Lake
Dil Company, and under It's nalnt
shall have power and authority to
contract. sue and be sued; to make
and use Il corporate seal and the
same 10 alter or break at pleasure:
to hold, receive, have, purchase,
alionate, convey, sell, pledge, mort
gage. Eypothecatc or lease property,
real and personal: to name and ap-
point such officers, directors, agents
| and employees as the interests and
cOnvcniences of the said corpora
ton may require: to make and es-
tablish bylaws, rules and regula-
iions for the proper management OF
| lis affairs as may be deemed requls-
| lite or necessary to properly carry
out The objects and purposes OF this
| corporation.
ARTICLE II.
I The dOmicilc of this corporation
is hereby declared to be in the CltN
Of Shreveport, La, above Parish
and State, where all legal process
shall DE served. This corporation,
unless sooner dissolved as herein
after provided. shall exist for 4 pc
nod Of fifty years from and after
lie date hereof.
ARTICLE III.
The Objects and purposes Tor
Ahich this corporation is organized
are hereby declared to be to buy
and sell, pledge, mortg gage and ny
pothecate and lease and otherwise
dispose Of or cucumber property
| real. personal and mixed; to least
lands for itself or for and as the
| agent Of others, and to drill, mine
or bore on same for the develop
ment Of minerals therein and there
under: TO erect, construct and opc-
rate power plants, pipe lines for Inc
TRANSFORMATION of Oil. gas and water
anon lands of this corporation anC
upOn lands OF others: to build, con
struct and operate rciinerles; ant
O do any other act and thln9
REQUISITE or incidental to the carry
ing out Of the purposes for WhIcI
ibis corporation is organized.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock Of this corpora
lion shall be one hundred thousan'
:, $500 .GO0.OO) dollars divided into on
= thousand shares Of one hundred
dollars each, which stock shall b
paid for in cash, property or ser
vices actually received or RENDERED
the CORPORATION: and this corpora
lion is authorized to commence bus
mess whenever three thousand dol
lars of its capital stock is SUB
5cribcd: and no stock shall be IS
sued and delivered until the sal
consideration therefor has been re
ceiycd: no transfer Of stock sfa
have any effect upon the corpora
= ton unless made upon It's book
> and then only upon proper surren
1 der Of the certificate therefor.
!, ARTICLE Y. @"*"=.
81 The corporate powers OF TINS col
# Doraiion shall be vested in and eA
: crcised by a board Of five director
elected by the stockholders. IN
following persons snail constllu'
r. the first board of directors: ID.
Richardson resident OF Caddo PA
lsh, La: d. C. Richardson Jr., res
dent of CaddO Parish, La; q.
Wheeler, resident Of Caddo PARIS
) La: Sam NJ. Richardson, resident
:: Caddo Parish. La; and 3. G. ABE
< nethy. OF the board OF dlrecto
e, and of this corporation ID. Z. Rlcl
ardsOn shall be PRESIDENT; ID.
IS Richardson Jr., vice president, al
1e G, L. Wheeler ecretary-treasuft
i The officers and board Of dlrecto
l. -},h hold Office f0r one wear tr0