The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-06-12
ARTICLE X

ARTICLE x.
All the powers OF this corporation are hereby
invested in its Board Of Directors
ARTICLE XII.
This corporation shall have succession by itf
corporate name for its said period OF duration
shall sue and be sued by its corporate name In
any court of competent jurisdiction: shall make
and use a common seal and alter the same at
pleasure; shall have power to acquire property
by grant. gift. purchase. devise. or beqnest, and
10 lease hold. dispose of. MORTGAGE and pledge
the same. and exercise all othsr proprietary
rights in and to the same subject only to such
limitations may be prescribed by law; this
corporation shall have power to appoint such
officers and agents the business OF this corpor r
alton may require and to d X their compensation.
to make bylaws. to wind up and dissolve itself
according to law, to conduct it's business In the
state OF Louisiana and all other States and Ter
ritorles OF the United states. and to hold stock
10 other corporations as permitted by law.
ARTICLE XII
The stockholders meeting for the election of
Directors shall be held annually on the first Mon
day In May of each year beginning In the wear
1916. in the form and manner prescribed by Sec
tions ten tio) and eleven III of Act No. 257 OF
1914.
ARTICLE XIII.
No stakeholder OF this corporation shall eyer
be held liable responsible for the cont racts or
faults OF this corporation In any further sum
than an amount equal to the unpaid balance II
any, the stock for which he has subscribed:
nor shall any mere informality in organization
exposing the stockholders OF this company to
any liability other than is above provided
ARTICLE XIV.
The President: and, In his absence the Vice
President; aud. in the absence of both. the Sec
are hereby designated as au-
thorized to receive service of legal process
ARTICLE XIV.
This corporation is organized under the laws
OF the state of Louisiana. and shall be invested
with all powers conferred or that may be hereaf-
ter conferred upon similar corporations though
not herein expressly mentioned: and shall be-
subject to all duties imposed by law upon such
ARTICLE XVI
The subscribers hereto have respectively writ
ten opposite their names the amount of the capt.
tai stock In this corporation each of them have
attached hereto and made part hereof, to be re-
corded with this Act Of Incorporation.
Thus done. read and signed at Colfax, Louisi-
ana. on this LIST day of May. A d. 1916 by the
above mentioned subscribers and incorporators
together with me. Notary. aud the undersigned
witnesses WIN. A. BROwNLEE
T. A. MITCHELL
Per ]. +. Swafrord
J. +. SwAFFORD
]. W. DUNCAN
r. 4. MCKNIGHT
Witnesses:
B. A. SOILEAU
j. G. MCKNIGHT
EARL ROBERTS.
Notary Public.
Parish Of Grant
Before me. the undersigned duly qualified au-
:hority. personally came and appeared W. A.
Brownlee and j. f. Swaf5ord to me w N rnn,rn
Who being first duly sworn deposed and said
hat they are two OF the incorporators of Colfax
nl and Gas Company. Incorporated; and that
ifty per cent of tiecapital stock of the said com
'any, to-wit: sixty-two hundred and fifty dol
airs t$6250-00). has been subscribed and more
han fifty per cent of the said subscribed stock
las been paid In.
w. A. BROwNLEE
j. 4. SwAFFORD
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this lat
lay of May. A. ID. 1915.
EARL ROBERTS.
Notary Public.
TATE OF LOUISIANA
Having examined the above and foregoing act |
4 Incorporation of the Colfax Oil and Gas Com |
amy. Incorporated. and finding nothing therein /
obtained contrary to the constitution and laws
he same.
Done and signed at Alexandria. Louisiana, on
his May 1st. 1915.
JOHN R. HUNTER.
District Attorney. 18th Jud. Dist Court
TATE OF LOUISIANA
Parish of Grant
hereby certify that the within and foregoing /
0 be true and correct copy OF the original Act /
Incorporation OF the Colfax OIL and Gas Com
any. Incorporated. as per the original 6led In
his Office under Register No. s44s. same being
led and recorded In Charter Book s'I'' at /
age IA ct seq at O'Clock p. M. May 8. 1918.
In testimony whereof. witness my hand and /
eai OF Office ut Colfax, Louisiana, this the 9Th /
az OF May. A. ID. 1915.
C. d. LACROIx.
y. Clerk and by. Ex-Ofscio Recorder. Grant
Parish. louisiana
John A. WiIliamSI