The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-07-08
CHAR T Err
Hodges Oil Company,
Incorporated.

Hodges Oil Company,
Incorporated.
State Of Louisiana, Be it known, That
Parish of Lincoln. on this, 30th day
of June, A. D. 1915, before me, E. L.
Kidd, Notary Public, duly commits
stoned, qualified and acting in and for
Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, came and
appeared the several parties whose
names are hereunto signed, who de-
clared that, availing themselves of the
laws of the State of Louisiana govern
ing the formation of corporations, they
for themselves, their associates and sue
cessors, do hereby organize themselves
into corporation under the following
articles:
ARTICLE I.
The name of this corporation shall be
HODGES OH COMPANY, incorporated.
ARTICLE II.
The purposes for which this corpora
ton is organized are declared to be,
conducting the business of mining for
oil, gas and other minerals, with right
to do anything and everything incident
thereto, including the building or erect
ing and operating of pipe line or pipe
lines, to acquire, hold and sell or other
wise dispose of personal and real prop
erty, and generally to do all such things
as are incident to the business of pro-
ducing oil and gas, or other minerals,
and the sale and disposition of same.
ARTICLE Ill.
The capital stock of this corporation
is declared to be Thirty Thousand Dol
lars ESQ, O0O) divived into six thousand
shares of the par value of Five Dollars
(S5) each; Fifteen Thousand Dollars
ISLE, 0O0) of which is this day subscribed,
and the amount to which said capital
stock may be increased, as provided by
law, is hereby declared to be Fifty
Thousand Dollars.
Annexed hereto is an accurate de-
scnption of the property taken by the
company in part payment OF subscrip-
tions to its capital stock, together with
| the valuation placed thereon by this
company's directors.
ARTICLE ".
The domicile of this corporation shall
be the town of Elm Grove, Bossier Par
ish, Louisiana, and service of legal
process shall be made upon the Presi-
dent, or in his absence upon the Secre-
tary of said corporation.
ARTICLE V.
The affairs of this corporation shall
be managed by seven CD directors, COM
posed as follows for the first year, OF
until their successors are qualified,
to-wit: Jno. L. Hodges, w. H. Hodges,
jr., Drew Ludlam, M. C. Stockbridge,
B. S. Braswell, A. A. Barksdale and
C. B. Hodges.
| The officers of this corporation shall
be a President, Vicepresident, and a
Secretary Treasurer, and such other as
the board may create or employ from
for the first year, or until their success
sors are chosen, shall be John L.
Hodges, Shreveport, La, President;
M. C. Stockbridge, Ruston, La, Vice
president, and w. H. Hodges, jr., Elm
Grove, La, Secretary Treasurer.
ARTICLE vi.
The annual meetings of the stock.
holders shall be on the first Tuesday oil
July of each year, and this corporation
shall enjoy corporate existence for {
period of ninety-nine years, unless
sooner dissolved.
| ARTICLE VII.
The Board of Directors shall have
I power to make all necessary bylaws
The affairs of this corporation shall b.
liquidated as provided by law when it
charter expires or its liquidation shall
take place for other causes.
Done and signed before me and R. E
Classify and w. K. Duncan, legal ant
competent witnesses, on the day ant
date first above written.
Name. Shares. Amt
JNo. L. HODGES, Shreveport, La 4ss 214o Q
(By w. H. Hodges, jr.)
C. B. HODGES, Baton Rouge, La. .428 2140
DREW L i M.F Shreveport, La .42s sl.o
NC. sTOCKBRlDGE, Ruston, La. ..42s 2l4O Q
B. S. BRAsWELL, Ruston, La. -. .i2s slio Q
| E. L. KIDD, Notary Public.
Witness:
r. E. classify.
| w. K. DUNCAN.
| Endorsed Filed for record July 2
1915, at eleven o'clock am.
JAS. M. HENDERSON,
Clerk and ex-officio Recorder.
State Of Louisiana, l hereby certif,
Parish of Booster. that the above ant
foregoing is a true and correct copy o
the original act, as the same now ap
pears on file in this Office, duly recorded
in Mortgage Record of Charters, Vol
ume w, pages IA ct seq, on the I'd da,
of July, A. D. 1915.
Given under my hand and seal, Off
cially, on this, the Sd day of July, A. D
1915. JAS. M. HENDERSON,,
27-6 Clerk and ex-officio Recorder.
Sheriff's Sale.
T. B. Simpson versus Louisiana Land and Immi
grafton Company. No. $685. In Second Dis
trict Court, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
DY virtue of a writ of seizure and sale
ID issued in the above entitled suit
and to me directed, I have seized an
will proceed to sell at public auction, +
the last and highest bidder, at the from
door of the Court House, in the town Q
Benton, La, on Saturday, August Il
1915, the following described property
to-wit:
The west half of northwest quartz
and southeast quarter of northwes
quarter of section 20, township 10 north
, range IL west, situated in Bossier Par
ish, Louisiana, and containing 1913 acre.
more or less.
. Terms of Sale-For cash, without tn
, benefit of appralsement, to pay and sat
. isfy the sum of 1929, with 8 per Ger