The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-06-08
ACT @? INCORPORATION
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 CAME AND 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 lin order
to form and constitute corporation
and body polite in law for the OBJ
jects and purposes under the stipu-
latlons following, to witt
ARTICLE
The name and title of this Com
pany shall be
s'THE 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 corporate
seal and make, break and alter
same at pleasure To hold, pur
Ichase, lease, sell nor tage or hypo
thecate property, real, personal ol
mixed; to make and issue bonds
to lend any portion of it's capita
stock or income, on mortgage
security, on other security; to name
elect and appoint managers, DTec
tors and Agents, and to make ant
establish such By Laws, Rules ant
Regulations as may be necessar,
for it's proper management.
ARTICLE IL.
The domicile of this corporation
and its principal Office for tn
transaction of business shall be tn
City of New Iberia, Parish o
! Iberia, State Of Louisiana. TIL
I President, or IN his absence, th
4 Vice President shall be the Office
, upon whom citation or other Jud
cial process shall be served.
ARTICLE Ill.
The capital stock Of this Corpors
ton is hereby fixed at the sum G
fifty thousand dollars $50, 10000
!, and this Charter shall be operatiy
and go into effect, and the sal
! Corporation become a going col
p cern, when the sum of Two thousan
! five hundred dollars ($25OO.O'
= shall have been subscribed for. III
J capital stock Of this Corporate
: shall be divided into Ten thousaI
1 10000; shares Of the par value
- Five Dollars 5000 per share al
: shall be paid for one fourth cas-
and the balance subject to call
!. Board Of Directors, the whole to
called in within sixty days fro
J date of subscription.
u ARTICLE w.
n The objects and purposes f
er which this Corporation is establis
e, ed, and the nature of the busine
ve to be carried on by it are here
e declared and specified to be to bu
re sell, own or lease lands, and to br
is sell, own. lease and operate min
he and mineral Oil Wells; to refine
is otherwise manufacture minel
he oils and their by products, and
IN that end to lease, own, constrl
IL, and operate refineries and maj
IN factories, to store, warehouse a
lotl transport mineral oils for hire
ew means Of pipe lines, vessels, bar'
or tank cars, and to that end
lease, own, construct and oper
zen pipe lines, railroads, tramwa
De pumping stations, storage ia
ief tank ears, barges, vessels, whar