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CHARTER Approved & filed in (he Office of Secretary of State DEC 22 1953 THE STATE OF TEXAS } As's't COUNTY OF HARRIS ) KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: ~ . That we, W. R. DOWNS, FRANK C* SHELDEN, JR,, and T. H. RIGGS, all citizens of the State of Texas, under and by virtue of the la^fs fsc*' of this State do hereby voluntarily associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a private corporation under such laws upon the following terms and conditions: Io The name of the corporation shall be J, T. THORPE COMPANY, II. The purpose for which it is formed is to contract for 'the erection* construction or repair of any building, structure or im provement, public or private, and er^ct, construct or repair same or any part thereof, and to acquire, own, prepare for use any mater ials for said purpose, all as authorized by Subdivision i+6, Article 1302 of the Texas Revised Civil Statutes of 1925. III. The places where the business of the corporation is to be transacted are Houston, Harris County, Texas, and elswhere within or without the State of Texas, in accordance with the laws of said State, and its principal place of business is to be in Houston, Harris County, THE STATS OF TEXAS ) ) COUNTY OF HARRIS ) BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared W. R. DOWNS, FRANK G. SHELDEN, JR<, and T.H.RIGGS, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed below, who, f% having been duly sworn by me on oath depose and say each for himself: t That they are the identical parties who executed the Charter of the J.T.Thorpe Company, which is sought to be incorporated under the laws of the State of Texas; that the full amount of the capital stock, with par value to be issued by said corporation, namely FIFTY THOUSAND ($50,000.00) DOLLARS, has been in good faith .subscribed and paid for in cash; that the following are the names, residences and post office addresses of the parties subscribing to said capital stock: NAMES RESIDENCES POST OFFICE ADDRESSES J.T.Thorpe, Inc. California 94$ East Second St. Las Angeles, California W. R . D owns Texas 4102 Case Street Houston, Texas. Frank C. Shelden, Jr0 Texas 3515 Purdue Street Houston, Texas. That the amount subscribed by each and the amount paid by each in cash is shown as follows* NAMES AMOUNT SUBSCRIBED J.T.Thorpe, Inc. W.R.Downs Frank C. Shelden Jr. 2,750 Shares .1,750 Shares 500 Shares AMOUNT PAID $27,500.00 .$17,500.00 5 000^00 V. The number of Directors shall be Three (3), or an}*- number as fixed-by the By-laws of the corporation, but in no event less than Three (3), and the names and residences of those who are appointees for the first year are as follows: ___________ NAMES___________ A. L. Erickson W. R. Downs Frank G. Shelden, Jr* RESIDENCES 94$ East Second Street, *. Los Angeles, California - L ! 4102 Case Street, Houston, Texas 3515 Purdue Street, TT " VI* The amount of capital stock is FIFTY THOUSAND ($50,000.00) DOLLARS, divided into Five Thousand (5,000) Shares, each of the par value of TEN ($10.00) DOLLARS, all of which capital stock has been in good faith subscribed and all of which has been paid in, as is further shown by affidavit attached hereto. THE STATE OF TEXAS ) ) COUNTY OF HARRIS ) BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared W.R.DOWNS, FRANK C. SHELDEN, JR*, and T.H.RIGGS, n tVm forinn. THE STATE OF TEXAS ) ) COUNTY OF HARRIS. ) SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME by the said W.R.Downs, Frank C. Shelden, Jr. and T.H.Riggs, respectively, this .../ day of 1953. o t NOT .RY PUBLIC IN ANDTOR iUTIE D. RESCH HAI :IS COUNTY, TEXAS.