The herald., 1913-03-27
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 thir-
teen, and of the independence of the United
States of America the one hundred and
thirty-slxth, 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 or
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. az 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-
constitute themselves into a corporation un-
der the articles and stipulations following,
to-wit:
The name and style of this corporation
shall be Acme Oil < Gas Company, and 1t
shall have and enjoy succession for period
OF ninety nine 800 years unless sooner dis
solved.
The domicile of this corporation shall be
In the city of New Orleans, state Of Lou
siana, 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 III.
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 estate to develop lands, to drill
~lvA ~ In anna
to erect houses and other Structures; to con
struct own and operate tanks: tank cars
pipe lines and oil handling machinery and
apparatus and to have all power usually
| incident TO the carrying out of the business
| specified.
| The capital stock OF this corporation Il
hereby fixed at the sum OF forty Thousand
dollars O,OO0.0O), divided into four thou
| sand shares Of the par value OF ten dollars
| $4,000 per share, payable on the call o
| the board of directors.
| This corporation shall become a goin,
| concern as soon as three thousand dollar
| (S3. OOO.OO) 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. Tn
majority Of the votes present and repr'
sented at said meeting shall elect but n
5 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 president, vice-presiden
j secretary and treasurer. Any failure I