The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-14
oil, gas or salt.

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in connection with the development
and exploitation for oil, gas and
other minerals tramway3, switches,
sidings, depots, railroads, steamboats,,
ba.ges and all other business cen
ne,ted with or incid entail to the
business of producing, manufactdr-
ing or refining of oil, Gas and other
substances.
5. To operate and maintin supply
stores and commissaries and exercise
generally all or any of the powers
granted to or conferred upon bust
ness corporations by the laws OF the
State of Louisiana.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at Seventy-Five
Thousand ($75,OoO,Oo) Dollars, di'
vided into seven hundred fifty 75O)
shares of the par value of One Hun
dred ($1OO.00) Dollars each; pro-
vided the capital stock of this corpo'
ration may be increased to One
Hundred Fifty Thousand ($150,OOO,'
OO) Dollars divided into one thous'
and five hundred $500 shares OF
the par value of One Hundred
{$100.00) Dollars each, in accord
ance with the laws of the State OF
Louisiana authorizing such increase.
ARTICLE w.
The domicile of this corporation is
hereby declared to be Welsh, Jeffer
son Davis parish, Louisiana, at which
place the annual meeting of the
stockholders shall be held and al
meetings of the Board Of Directors
unless otherwise waived in accord
ance with law.
ARTICLE V.
This corporation shall have, en-
Joy and exercise all the powers anC
authority provided by the laws of thu
State of Louisiana for like corpora
tions, shall have the right to con
tract, to sue and be sued, to plead
and to interplead in it's own name.
ARTICLE vi.
The powers and authority, excep
as herein otherwise provided, of thi'
corporation shall be exercised by ant
vested in a Board of Directors com
posed of not less than three 81 MOI
more than seven CD stockholders tx
be selected annually by the stock
holders at the annual meeting of thu
stockholders which shall be held a
nine o'clock a. m. on the first Tues
day of December of each year be
ginning with the year 1919. And I'M
til the first regular annual as hereir
provided for and until their success
sors are duly elected the following
stockholders shall constitute the
Board of Directors of this corpora
ton:
Clayton Mclaughlin, Welsh, Louis
lana
Arthur T. Jones, Welsh, Louisiana
Simpson o. Scoggins, Welsh, Lou
isiana
Erastus H. Boiling, Welsh, Louis
lana
Charles E. Carr, Welsh, Louisiana
Opal Sinclair, Welsh, Louisiana ant
James 0. Modisette, Jennings, Lou
isiana.
ARTICLE VII.
The officers Of this corporation
shall be elected by the Board of Di
rectors Immediately after each an
nual stockholders meeting from tn,
members Of the Board of Directors
and shall consist of President. ;
Vice President, Secretary and +;
Treasurer, provided the office of sec
rotary and treasurer may be held b,
one and the same person. Until tn,
first annual meeting of these stock
holders as herein provided for ant
until their successors are duly elect
ed the officers Of said corporation
shall be the following stockholders:
Clayton Mclaughlin, President;
Charles E. Carr, Vice President:
Opal Sinclair, Secretary an,
Treasurer.
ARTICLE VIII.
The President of this cornorat;o,