The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1920-01-16
CHARTER
ea East Chance Oil Company, Inc
STATE OF LOUISIAN9,
PARISH OF CADDO.

before me, T. H. McGregor, a notary
public. duly qualified. and now act
ing as such, within and for the said
parish and state, personally came
and appeared the several persons
whose names are hereunto sub
scribed. who declared unto me, in
the presence of the attesting wit
1esses. that, awaiting themselves OF
the provisions Of the laws OF the
state of Louisiana, particularly oil
Act 267 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of the state of Louisiana
for the year 1914, it is their pur-
pose to form corporation under
the provisions of the said laws, and
all amendments. thereto, and that
they have adopted and do hereby
adopt as their charter the follow
ing
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. \
ARTICLE I.
Name:
The name Of this corporation
shall be Last Chance Oil Company,
incorporated.
ARTICLE IT.
Objects and Purposes:
The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is formed
are a follows:
(a) To buy, sell, lease, suitcase,
and otherwise acquire and ALLEVIATE
land, leases, oil, gas and mineral
leases, royalties, mineral estates,
mineral estates in lands in fee, and
to act as agents on commission Tor
others in performing any or all OF
the above acts.
ID To bore and drill, and to do
such other acts as may be neces-
sarv to produce and to transport
oil and gas and other minerals, Ell
Their for the corporation itself or
under contract with others, end to
engage in any business complement
tary or incidental to its perform
ing the above acts.
(c) To purchase. lease or other
wise acquire; to hold, own, work,
develop. sell, convey or otherwise
dispose Of, within and without the
state of Louisiana and elsewhere,
real estate, real and personal prop
erty and any interest and rights
therein.
I'D To purchase and to other
wise acquire oil, gas and mineral
lands and leases and contracts; and
mineral rights ana royalties on oil
end gas produced and to be pro-
duced. from the person or persons
entitled to or owning the same, I'M
Ger mineral leases or contracts; and
property of any kind, character and
description, convenient or useful IN
developing, producing, gathering
and disposing of petroleum, oil ant
natural gas and other mineral de,
posts of every character and de-
scription, and to carry on and e
conduct and any all such opera
TONS
(e) To purchase, own, or other.
wise acquire and to hold and use
and at will to sell, assign and other.
wise dispose of any licenses. fran
chises. grants of right of way, ant
other privileges. granted or agreed
to be granted by individuals, cor
uorations or municipalities.
~ To buy and lease or to other
wise acquire, hold and occupy an
operate any and all lands in tn
state of Louisiana or elsewhere
for the development, exploratio
and search for. and the productlo
and procurement therefrom OF OF
gas. shale, sulphur, iron, gypsuI
and other mineral substances an
things Of value Of every kind, wnf
ther LIQUID or otherwise. and
erect and maintain all structure
and appliances, refineries. smeitef
and factories, or reducing works
any kind and character for the d'
yelopment of such properties, al
for the manufacture, refinm
smelling. reducing or otherWi
treating or preparing for market
for other purposes, all or any OF u
substances mentioned.
(g1 To buy, lease, construct, oV
and operate pipe lines ana g
mains, railways, canals, tank ca
cars. ships, barges, and any q
iii other means Of transportati
for The uses, purposes and conve
;ence of the corporation, and SD
facilities to let to others Tor MI
to carry on the business OF CO..
mon carrier.
II furtherance Of the gene
powers conferred by the laws OF
state of Louisiana, and OF the