Blalock Mexico Colony Charter (Text translated from Spanish document.)

Territory of Oklahoma

Work Conquers All

(Grand Seal of the Territory of Oklahoma)

To all to whom theses presents come, greetings. It is hereby affirmed that J. L Sweet, G. T. Ingram, S. C. Tally, C. C. Rogers, W. O. Byers, Geo. E. Blalock, Joe Miller, M.L. Childress, Wesley Ricks, Geo. R. Moore, and G. B. Palmer, all of Mangum, Territory of Oklahoma, have deposited in the office of the Secretary of the Territory of Oklahoma, certain articles or by-laws for the purpose of organizing a corporation, to be titled: " The Blalock Mexico Colony," with a capital of $100,000, and which will engage in the buying and selling of farm and grazing land, the leasing and sub-leasing of the same, contracting for surveys, erecting buildings and the sale of same, managing and disposing of real estate on commission, lending money on mortgages or personal guarantee, installing electric plants for power and managing them; buying, selling and dealing in cattle, horses and other livestock; constructing cotton gins and storage facilities for rice, corn, pepper, and other products, as well as the buying and selling of same.

The duration of this corporation shall be 20 years and the headquarters for its main business shall be Mangum, Territory Oklahoma.

The requirements of law having been fulfilled, the Territory of Oklahoma grants to the persons above mentioned, their associates, successors, and designated representatives, complete authority for the mentioned corporation, "The Blalock Mexico Colony" to exercise the powers and privileges of a corporation and for the purposes above mentioned and in accordance with the articles of incorporation.

In testimony whereof, is affixed the great seal and the signature of the Secretary of the Territory of Oklahoma, in Guthrie the 31st day of October 1902.

William Grimes

Secretary of the Territory of Oklahoma

(Translation by George Taylor)

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