The Caucasian., 1913-10-16
CHARTER
W The louisiana Arkansas Oil and
Gas Company. Limited


State Of Louisiana, Parish of Cad
DO: Be it known that on this the 9th
day OF September 1913, before me,
Otis W. Bullock, a notary public III
and for Caddo Parish. Louisiana,
duly commissioned and qualified,
personally came and appeared 5. H..
IIppIncott, acting for himself and
as the agent and attorncy-in-fact
Tor the following persons: Judge ].
H.. Steel Of Ashd0Wn, Ark. b. s., Ma
hon Of AShdoWn. Ark. J. W. Lang Of
AShdoWn, Ark, l. J.. Hale Of Ash
down, Ark. j II. MOrrelI Of Ash
down, Ark, o. X. Lewis of Arden,
Ark, +. H. Todd Of TeXarkana, Tex
as, $. r. Llppincott Of Shreveport,
La. H. f. Brown Of Dallas. Texas,
/. {. West of Dallas, Texas. who
declared that avaiIing themselves of
| the provisions Of the laws OF the
stat" of Louisiana relative to the
formation Of corporations, they
| have formed and do constltut"
Themselves, as We'll as all other per
sons who may hereafter become as
Sociated with them, into corpora
ton and body polite, and have
adopted as their charter and act ol
incorporation as follows, to-Wlt:
ARTICLE |.
The name and style of this cor
poratinn shall be the Louisiana
Arkansas Oil and Gas Company
Limited, and under that name Shal
have and enjoy succession Tor a pc
riod Of fifty years, unless otherwise
sooner dissolved as hereinafter SCI
forth, and Shall have power to con
tract, sue and be sued, and purchase
own and lease property, real an'
personal, and to sell, mortgage
pledge and hypothccate same; u
Imake and use corporate sea-
name and elect directors, manager
and agents. and to establish suci
by-iaWs. rules and regulations 10
the management OF the affairs o
said CORPORATION as they may deen
necessary, and to alter the same q
pleasure: also to make and lSsu
houds and other evidences OF deb
and TO secure the same by mortgag
: or otherwise.
D ARTICLE II.
The domicile of hlsDcOrporatlo
shall be in the City Of ShreVepor
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and II
legal citation and other legal Pre-
cess shall be served on 5. h. LIppin
colt, secretary, Shreveport, La.
ARTICLE III.
The object and purposes 10
which this corporation IS cstal
lished and the nature OF business
he carried ON by it are declared
bc as follows: TO develop OIL, q
ar other minerals on any proper'
owned or controlled by 1t or otil'
corporations or persons III the S'a
of Louisiana or elsewhere IN u
United States: TO drill wells ana
sell thp production thereof; to coI
siruct, maintain and operate pil
limos for conveying OIL gas or oth'
nroducts from such wells TO al
nart Of the United States; TO bu'
houses and other structures nece
! sary for carrying on ITS bns'ile'
and in general to do all acts nece
sarv or expedient for the operate
of its affairs.
, ARTICLE ".
The powers of this corporatl
shall be vested in board OF DIRE
TORS composed of nine stockholde
" four of whom shall constitute
= mtorum to transact business. |
directors shall elect a president,
II vice president, a treasurer, Seel
n Iary and general manager, the i
l Two Offices may be filled by one pt
son, The time Tor the elec'ioh
directors shall be the second NC
dav in May each year, after ten Ga
written notice to each stockiloio
The first board Of directors shall
IS follows: Judge J. S. Steel, pre-
dent: B. l.. Mahon, vice preside
|. I. Hale, treasurer; 5. 4. Llpp
colt secretary and general mi
ager: J. r. Morrell, O. X. Lewis,
IT. Todd, R. F. Brown, /. Z. w
~ All officers and directors shall Sc
until their successors are eiec'
. If any vacancies occur among
officers or directors the remain
D directors may I'll such Nacanc
- The board of directors snail II