The herald., 1914-08-13
CHARTER
ChARI TER
OF ALPHA OIL COMPANY

N,
Parish Of Orleans, City OF New Orleans
he II known, That this eighth day OF
! the month OF July. in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and
OF the independence OF the United States Of
America the one hundred aud thirty-ninth,
before me, William Mcclellan FaysSoux a
notary public. duly commissioned and quail
fed in and for this city and the parisb Of
Orleans. therein residing and in the presence
OF the witnesses hereinafter named and I'M
derslgned, personally came and appeared the
several parties whose names are hereunto sub
Scrlbed, who Severally declared that. availing
themselves Of the laws of the state of LouSi-
ana, in such cases made and provided thew
have covenanted and agreed, and do by these
presents covenant and agree and bind them
selves, as well as such persons may here
after become associated with them, to form
a corporation and body polite in law for the
objects and purposes and under the articles
and stipulations following, to-wit:
Article The name of this corporation
shall be ALPHA. OIL COMPANY. and by
that name It shall have power and authority
to exist and enjoy succession for a full term
and period of ninety nine (o9) years, COM
menCIng on and to be computed from and
after the date hereof.
Article 1.-THE domicIIe of this corporation
shall be in the city of New Orleans, state OF
Louisiana. All citations and other legal proc
ess shall be served upon the president OF this
corporation, or, in case of his absence or in
ability to act, upon the vice pre- Sident, or in
case OF the absence or inability of both the
president and the vice president. upon the
treasurer of this corporation.
Article lll.-Ihe objects and purposes for
which this corporation VS. organized and the
nature of the business to be carried on by il
hereby declared to he:
To locate. purchase, lease and acquire lands,
with the exclusive rights to prospect, drill
mine bore and sink wells and shafts: to buy
and sell real estate and personal property,
and to fully develop the same: to purchase.
convey and transport oil, petroleum, gas and
other minerals; to carry on the business of
prospecting for. storing. mining. producing
refining, manufacturing. piping, Transporting
buying and selling petroleum, gas and other
oil products: to buy, sell and supply petrOe
um, gas and all other oil products and min
era Is; to operate. build. construct, pump and
maintain oil, petroleum and gas wells ::
10 build, construct and operate pipe lines.
barge lines, steamship lines and railroad lines
necessary for the proper transportation and
conveyance of oil, petroleum, gas and other
mineral products: TO build, construct produce
maintain, erect and operate warehouses, pump
ing plants. rehneries, factories. mills, work
shops and laboratories and dwelling houses foi
workmen and others; to manufacture, buy,
sell, import export and deal in pumps, drills
fuses, caps, candles, nitroglycerine. dynamite
and all necessary machinery, engines. drills
and other appliances and Conveniences for the
and operation in connection with the
mining and drilling of petroleum. oil, gas and
other minerals and generally to do all things
necessary and incidental to the carrying out
OF the objects and purposes for which this cor
poration is organized; and for such purpose
to engage in business in the state of Louisi-
ana and within any other state or territory
or possession of the United States or foreign
country that will permit the same
Article IV.-It shall have all the rights and
privileges granted by law to such corporations
and shall have the power to contract, sue
and be sued in its corporate name; to make
and use a corporate SEAL the same to break
and alter at pleasure; to buy, own. hold, lease
receive, convey, mortgage, hypothecate or
pledge property. both real, personal and
mixed: to issue bonds, notes and other obIiga-
a et,cb of
GERS, managers and employees as the business
may require; to make adopt and establish by
laws, rules and regulations in the corporate
name, not repugnant to the charter of this
corporation or the laws ~ the state of Louisi-
ana, or other states, territories or possessions
Of the United States foreign countries in
management of the corporations affairs, as
the stockholders and board of directors NAV
deem necessary and expedient.
Article V.-The capital stock of this corpora
ton shall be twenty-five thousand dollars
(S25,00O represented by two hundred and fftv
(25Ql shares Of hundred dollars (slO0
each The said stock shall be paid for in
cash when subscribed for and shall not al
anv time be issued for less than par.
This corporation may become a going con-
Germ and shall be authorized to commence
business when and as soon as ten thousand
dollars $4,000 of its capital stock shall have
been subscribed for.
Article VI.-All the corporate powers of this
corporation shall be vested in and exercised
by board Of directors, to be composed Of
FIVE stockholders. to be elected annually on
the second Tuesday in June of each year
All such elections shall be by ballot. and
shall be held and conducted at the office
of this corporation. under such regulations as
may be established by the board of directors
Notice of such elections shall be given by
the secretary of this corporation by publica-
ton for not less than (1O) DAYS prior thereto
in daily newspaper published in the English
language in the city Of New Orleans
At all such elections and at all corporate
meetings every stakeholder shall be entitled
to one vote for each share of stock standing
in his name on the books Of this corporation
TO be cast by him in person, or by written
proxy, and the majority of such votes cast
shall elect
ANY vacancy occurring among the director.
Of this corporation by death. resignation or
otherwise shall be filled by selection for
the unexpired term by the remaining direc-
tors. A failure to elect directors on the date
above specified shall not dissolve the corpora