The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-01
CHARTER
VI The Reeves Oil Company

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| 90: BE 1t known that on this the 9th
day of March 1913, before me, E.
Wayles Browne, notary public,
duly commissioned and sworn, in
and for the Parish of Caddo, State
Of Louisiana, personally came and
appeared C. d. Reeves, w. A. Ker-
ley and w. f. Woods, who declared
that availing themselves of the pro-
visions Of the laws OF this State rel
| alive TO corporations, they have
covenanted and agreed. and by these
presents covenant and agree, and
bind themselves, as we'll as such
other persons as may hereafter be-
come associated with them, to form
and constitute a corporation an,
body polite in law, for the objects
and purposes, and under the stipu-
lations and conditions following:
ARTICLE I.
The name and title OF said cor
| poration shall be The Reeves Oil
Company, and Its domicile Is hereby
fixed and established at Shreveport.
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and under
It's said corporate name said cOrpor-
alton shall have power and author
ity to contract, sue and be sued; to
make and use . corporate seal. and
fhe same to break or alter at pleas
ure; to hold, receive. have. pur-
chase, improve. ALLEVIATE convey
borrow, pledge, mortgage and n.y.
pothecate under its said corporate
name, property, real, personal and
mixed; and to do all things and acts
permitted by law and necessary and
proper to carry out the objects and
purposes of said corporation The
president, or in his absence the vice
president, 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 81
ninety-nine years from and after
the date hereof.
ARTICLE II.
| The objects and purposes fol
which this corporation is ORGANIZED
and the nature Of the business to be
carried on by 1t are declared 10 bt
to purchase or lease lands for the
purpose of developing san'e for o.
or gas or other minerals, and t
engage in the business Of producing
oil, gas and other minerals; to ac-
quire and construct and operate ga
plants and pipe lines for oouveyint
| Gil and gas, and generally to DO sucf
acts and things a. are necessary o.
incident to the producing OF oil ant
gas, and OF dispOsing Of same
whether the individuals OK corpora.
tons be private or public.
ARTICLE Ill
The capital stock Of this corpora
ton shall be ten thousand dollars
divided into and represented by tw'
hundred shares Of the sum Of fift.
dollars each, which said stock shall
be paid for at the time OF eubecrip
ton, or the same may be Issued q
not less than par. In exchange TO
property or rights actually receive'
or purchased by the corporation. 0
the same may be issued full paid
| for money advanced or other valu
able consideration as the board o
directors may determine This cor
poration shall commence bushes
as soon as three thousand dollars o
the capital stock shall have bee
subscribed for.
ARTICLE w.
The corporate powers Of this com
pany shall be vested IN and exer
cised by a board of three director
who shall be for the present G. |
Reeves. w. F. Woods and W.
= Kerley. Of which board C d Reeve
shall be president w. +. Woo
vice president and w. 4 kerle
secretary and treasurer, who sna
! hold their offices until the next rel
ular meeting of the stockholders fo
the selection OF board Of director
which shall be held on the 10th da
of February A. d. 1914, on whic
cate and annually thereafter sue
stockholders meeting shall be hel
and of which meetings notice sha
he given. by public advertisement
che of the papers published In u
Parish of Caddo, and by written M
lice directed to the last known pla'
Of residence of each of the stool
;. holders, provided that such noti'
may be waived by the consent
the stockholders.
ARTICLE v.
The board Of directors shall ha'
4 full power to fill vacancies tn the
,un,har caused fv death. resign