The herald., 1913-04-10

Be it known. that on this nineteenth day
Of the month of March, IN the year Of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and thir-
teen, and OF the independence Of the United
States of America the one hundred and
thirty-siXth, before me, Frank Edward Rain
old a notary public, duly commissioned and
qualified in and for the parish of orleans,
state of Louisiana and in the presence of
the witnesses hereinafter named and under
signed, personally came and appeared: the
several persons, whose names are herein
after mentioned and hereunto subscribed,
who severally declared that availing them
selves Of all the laws OF the state of Lou
isiana, and especially OF the provisions OF
Act No. as OF 1904, they have covenanted
and agreed, and do by these presents cove
nant, agree and bind themselves, as well
as all other persons who may hereafter be
come associated with them, TO form and
constitute themselves into a corporation I'M
der the articles and stipuatlons following,
tO-wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name and style or this corporation
shall be Acme Oil K Gas Company, and II
shall have and enjoy succession for period
| solved.
The domicile of this corporation shall be
| in the city of New Orleans, state OF Lou
isiana, and citation and other legal process
| shall be served upon its president, or In
his absence or disability upon the vice
president or the secretary-treasurer.
| ARTICLE Ill.
| The objects and purposes for which this
| corporation Is organized and the nature OF
| the business TO be carried on by 1t are
hereby declared to be as follows, to-wit:
To engage in buying and selling, renting
leasing, mortgaging and dealing In land:
/ and real estate; to develop lands, to drill
| wells for oil and gas and market the same
| to erect houses and other structures ; to con
/ struct, own and operate tanks; tank cars
Il nil machinery
| apparatus and to have all power usually
incident to the carrying out Of the business
1 specified.
The capital stock of this corporation Il
hereby fixed at the sum of forty Thousand
dollars 4O,O00.00), divided into four thou
sand shares of the par value Of ten dollar
$4,000 per share, payable on the call o
i This corporation shall become a goini
concern as soon as three thousand dollar
(s3.00O.O0D OF the capital stock Is sub
scribed for. Shares may be Issued In pay
ment of property conveyed to the corpora
ton. or services rendered No transfer 0
stock shall be binding on the corporation
until made upon its books:
ARTICLE v.
All the corporate powers Of this corpor
alton and the control and management o
its affairs shall be vested In and exercise
by a board of directors to be composed o
not less than three and not more than min
members, who shall be elected by ballot o.
the first Tuesday after the third Monda
Of May in each year, beginning In 1914, an
after ten days written notice shall have bee
mailed to each stakeholder at the last aC
dress left by him with the secretary. TIL
majority Of the votes present and repre-
scented at said meeting shall elect, but n
=, election shall take place unless the majorit
Of the entire stock Is present or representa-
) at the meeting.
The board Of directors shall, at its frs
meeting, elect a president, vice-presiden
|, secretary and treasurer. Any failure I
: elect shall not vacate any Office and tn
i board of directors and officers shall hol
over until their successors are duly electe
and qualified.
The first board of directors shall be
William c. Lovejoy, John B. Esnard, Star
Overing, and they shall hold Office unit
the first election provided for In this cha
ter or until their successors shall have bee
duly elected and qualified.
OIL ARTICLE vi.
I'll This charter cannot be amended and tn
z corporation cannot be dissolved except
the vote Of the majority of the outstandi1
shares at a meeting called for that pu
n ter shall have been given to each stoc
q holder at the last address left by him wit
y the secretary-treasurer. At the termln
e ton of this charter by limitation or othe
be liquidated by one liquidator to be electC
l. at general meeting Of stockholders CALI
Il for that purpose after notice shall have be-
d given in accordance with this article.
" ARTICLE VII.
J. No stakeholder shall ever be held II
II BILE or responsible for the contracts
n faults of this corporation in any furth
lie sum than the unpaid balance due 70 the CO
r poration on the shares owned by him, n
lie shall any mere informality in organizati,
Id have the effect of rendering this chart
~ null. or OF exposing any stakeholder to al
N liability beyond the amount of his stock
n The subscribers hereto have placed OPT
N site their names the number Of shares su
he scribed by each, so as to constitute {
re original subscription made for the purpo
In of organizing this corporation.
III Thus done and passed in my office at Y,
~ Orleans, on the date aforesaid, in the Or,
~ ence OF Rosa Klar and Sidney Moray, CO
C. petent witnesses of lawful age, residing
this city, who have signed with the appe,
is ers and me, notary, after reading Of {
Id whole
I'll Original signed George T. overing a
Id others.
Witnesses: Rosa Klar. Sidney Moray.
lgI FRANK z. RAINOLD, Notary Publ
CT |, the undersigned recorder of mortgae
It, In and 70 rthe parish Of Orleans, state
Of Louisiana, do hereby certify>that the abe
D. and foregoing act OF Incorporation of
Id Acme OIL & Gas Company was this day d,
n recorded in my ONCE, in book 1898, folio :
be New 0rlenas. March goth, 1913.
oil (Signed) EMILE LEONARD, by. z.