The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1913-04-17
RENECKY SELLS THE FAMOUS
BUSTER BROWN SHOES FOR THE
CHARTER
OF ACME OIL & GAS COMPANY.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF ORLEANS,
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
Be ii known, that on this nineteenth day
Of the month Of March, In the year Of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and thlr-
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 commissioner 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 seyerally declared that availing them
sel;es OF all the laws Of the state OF Lou
isiana, and especially of the provisions OF
Act No. IS 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 ana
constitute themselves into corporation IN
der the articles and stipulations following,
to-wit:
The name and style OF this corporation
shall be Acme Oil K Gas Company, and II
shall have and enjoy succession for period
Of ninety nine (99) years unless sooner dis
solved.
The domcile 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 IL are
hereby declared TO be as follows, to-wit:
To engage In buying and selling, renting
| leasing, mortgaging and dealing In lands
| and real estates 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
pipe lines and oil handling machinery anC
/ apparatus and to have all power usually
incident to the carrying out of the business
specified.
i The capital stock of this corporation Il
/ hereby fixed at the sum Of forty Thousand
i dollars (S4O, 900. 00), divided into four thou
sand shares Of the par value OF ten dollar
$4,000 per share, payable on the call o
l the board of directors.
l This corporation shall become a goint
i concern as soon as three thousand dollar
($3. 00O.00) OF the capital stock Is SUI
: 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 or this corpoi
: alton and the control and management o
. its affairs shall be vested in and exercise
by a board Of directors to be composed Q
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 az
dress left by him with the secretary. IN
e majority Of the votes present and repr'
E sented at said meeting shall elect, but y
), election shall take place unless the ma1orlt
: OF the entire stock Is present or Representa-
5 at the meeting.
The board Of directors shall, at its fir:
5 meeting. elect a president, yice-presiden
|, secretary and treasurer Any failure
J. elect shall not vacate any office and u
d board OF directors and officers shall hol
i over until their successors are duly electe
: and qualified.
d The first board of directors shall bt
e William c. LovejOy. John b. Esnard, sta
k lev ID. Graham, Ernest Dionne, George
Overing and they shall hold office unit
S the first election provided for in this cha
e ter or until their successors shall have bee
= duly elected and qualified.
o ARTICLE VI.
It This charter cannot be amended and tn
e corporation cannot be dissolved except
the vote of the majority Of the outstandil
y shares at a meeting called for That pu
e pose after ten days notice by registered IL
n ter shall have been given to each stoc
d holder at the last address left by him wi
y the secretary treasurer. At the termln
le ton of this charter by limitation or Otne
wise, the affairs of this corporation shi
be liquidated by one liquidator to be elect
a. at a general meeting of stockholders call
1t for that purpose after notice shall have be
ID given in accordance with this article.
Of ARTICLE VII
n No stakeholder shall ever be held
III BILE or responsible for the contracts
n faults of this corporation In any furtf
be sum than the unpaid balance due to the c.
r. poration on the shares owned by him, 7
ne shall any mere informality In organizati
Id have the effect Of rendering this char
By null, or of exposing any stockholder to a
en- liability beyond the amount OF his stock
en- The subscribers hereto have placed op
yn site their names the number OF shares s.
he scribed by each, so as to constitute
re original subscription made for the purp'
In of organizing this corporation.
all Thus done and passed In my ONCE at
nv Orleans, on the date aforesaid, In the pr
nv ence Of Rosa Klar and Sidney Moray, CO
&C. petent witnesses of lawful age, residing
this city, who have signed with the appe
MS ers and me, notary, after reading OF
nd whole
til Original signed: George T. overing {
I'D others.
witnesses: Rosa Klar, Sidney Moray.
ngl FRANK f. RAIN0LD, Notary Pub
act /, the undersigned recorder of mortga
Mt, in and 70 rthe parish OF Orleans, state
of louisiana do hereby certify that the alb
ap- and foregoing act Of Incorporation OF
nd Acme OIL & Gas Company was this day d
on- recorded In my ONCE, In book 1OSS, folio
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