The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-06-15
ACT @? INCORPORATION
OF THE
NEW IBERIA OIL & DRILLING
Company, Limited.
U. S. of AMERICA,
STATE of LOUISIANA,
Parish of Iberia.

BE 1T KNOWN; That on this
Sixteenth day of the month of May
in the year of our Lord nineteen
hundred and one.
BEFORE ME, William G.. Weeks,
a Notary Public in and for the
Parish of Iberia, State of Louisiana,
duly commissioned and qualified,
and in the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersign-
ed,
PERSONALLY CAMEAND APPEAR
ED The persons whose names are
hereunto subscribed, who severally
declared that, availing themselves
of the provisions of the general
lawsof this state, governing the for
nation of Corporations they do by
these presents covenant, agree and
bind themselves as well as such
other persons as may hereafter be
come associated with them in order
to form and constitute corporation
and body polite in law for the OBJ
jects and purposes under the stipn-
latlons following, to witt
ARTICLE
The name and title of this Com
pany shall be
ssTHE NEW IBERIA OIL AND
DRILLING COMPANY" and it
shall have and enjoy succession
and existence for the period of
Ninety nine years from date here
of; it shall have power to contract,
to sue and be sued in it's corporate
name, to make and use a corporate
seal and make, break and alter
same at pleasure To hold, pur.
chase, lease, sell mortage or hypo
thecate property, real, personal OF
mixed; to make and issue bonds.
to lend any portion of it's capita
| stock or income, on mortg g
security, on other security; to name
elect and appoint managers, Drec
tors and Agents, and to make and
establish such Bylaws, Rules an(
Regulations as may be necessary
1 for it's proper management.
ARTICLE III.
The domicile Of this corporation
and it's principal Office for tn
transaction of business shall be th'
: City of New Iberia, Parish o
Iberia, State of Louisiana. Th'
President, or IN his absence, th
Vice President shall be the Office
upon whom citation or other judi
cial process shall be served.
ARTICLE Ill.
The capital stock Of this Corpora
tion is hereby fixed at the sum o
fifty thousand dollars $3.50, 100000
and this Charter shall be operativ
q and go into effect, and the sal
Corporation become a going cor
Germ, when the sum of Two thousan
five hundred dollars ($25O0.O(
shall have been subscribed for. TIL
q capital stock Of this Corporatio
y shall be divided into Ten thousan
3 100000 shares of the par value {
+ Five Dollars $500 per share an
shall be paid for one fourth casl
o and the balance subject to call {
Board of Directors, the whole to b
called in within sixty days fro
% date of subscription.
Il ARTICLE ".
II The objects and purposes Fl
v which this Corporation is establis
ed, and the nature Of the busine
to be carried on by it are herel
declared and specified to be to bu
II sell, own or lease lands, and to bu
ke sell, own. lease and operate min
'd and mineral Oil Wells; to refine
le otherwise manufacture miner
n oils and their by products, and
o that end to lease, own, constru
er and operate refneries and man
20 factories, to store, warehouse a
10 transport mineral oils for hire
OF means of pipe lines, vessels, bare
by or tank cars, and to that end
lease, own, construct and opera
= pipe lines, railroads, tramwa
pumping stations, storage tai
tank cars. bargeS. vessels. Whar,