The herald., 1915-06-10
CHARTER
OE ERIIOIILIO OIL COMPANY. INC

OF FRIJOLILLO OIL COMPANY, INC.
United States of America, State of Louisiana,
Parish of Orleans, City of New Orleans.
BE it known, that this 9TH day of the
month of May, in the year OF our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and OF
the independence of the United States of
America, the hundred and thirty ninth,
before me, William John Hennessey, notary
public duly commissioned and qualified, in
and for the parish of Orleans, state of Lou
isiana, therein residing, and in the presence
of the Witnesses hereinafter named and I'M
dersigned, personally came and appeared: Ar
thur McGuirk, whose post office address is
No. 20 Audubon Boulevard, New Orleans,
Louisiana; Lavoisier l.. Lamar, whose post
office address is Monteleoue Hotel, New Or
leans, and Southern Hotel, Tampico. State of
Vera Cruz, Mexico; William p. Flower, whose
post office address is No 42l Carondelet street,
New Orleans, Louisiana: Edouard Laguerre:
whose post Office address is corner of Flood
and Levee streets. New Orleans, Louisiana;
Zebulon +. Benton, whose post Office address
is No. 90 Poydras street, New Orleans, Lou
siana. Being all of full age of majority,
who declared that they agree to form, and
do by these presents form corporation
under the laws of Louisiana, for the objects
and purposes hereinafter set out.
Article THE name of this corporation
shall be ee "Frijolilo Oil Company, Inc"
1t shall exist for thirty years. Its domicile
shall be in New Orleans, parish of Orleans,
Louisiana Citation, or other process, shall
be served on the president or upon the vice
president or upon the secretary-treasurer.
Article 1.-THE objects and purposes of this
corporation are to acquire to the extent OF two
hundred and sixty-three (265) hectares, equal
to about FIVE hundred and seventy-eight acres)
the lease upon the property described IN a
contract of lease granted by Robert F. Willy
and Edward A. Golf, in favor of Lavolsier
L. Lamar, per act passed before Pedro n.
Tinoco, notary public, Office No. of the
parish of Frijolilfo of Tuxpam, State of Vera
Cruz, Mexico, on the NTH day OF April, 1914;
certified copy whereof is annexed to and
made part hereof for reference and proof; TO
exploit the said lands for oil, gas and other
minerals under the terms of said lease; TO
dispose of the products thereof, either in the
crude or refined state; to refine said minerals;
to transport the same by all modern methods,
and to establish, own and maintain and oper-
tie all agencies of transportation, and genuI-
ally to conduct the business of producing,
refining, Transporting and marketing oil, gas
and other minerals and their products; and
to mortgage, sell or dispose of all property
belonging to the corporation.
Article III.-The capital stock OF this cor
poration shall be hundred and twenty
FIVE thousand (S125, 10000 dollars, divided into
one hundred and twenty-five thousand (l25,-
OOo) shares of one (Sl.OO dollar each, Sixty:
two thousand, FIVE hundred co., 500 shares of
said capital stock shall be issued to the said
Lavoisier L. Lamar and his associates, sub,
scribers hereto, for the purchase price OF said
lease, and the remainder of said stock shall
be paid for in cash, or in the manner and
at the time fixed by the board of directors.
All stock shall be of equal dignity and enti-
tied to the same rights In THIS COrpOrdlloi'
The capital stock may be increased to two
hundred thousand (SO0OOO dollars. The
lease acquired by this corporation comprises
the lands referred to as follows in the an
nexed contract:
a. In paragraph az a lot of land known
| under the name of Colonia Americana, situ-
| ated in that part of the old Hacienda OF San
Isidrs, known as Frijolillo Of said munich
pality, having an area of forty-hve (4S) hee.
| tares, bounded on the north and south by land
] of Mr.. Willy, east by the Tuxpam river and
west by property of the succession OF Dray-
C2) In paragraph "II," lot of land stu
ated in that part of the Hacienda of San
Isidro, called Frijolillo, having an area of
eighty-three (S3) hectares, bounded on the
north by land of Mr.. Collins, on the south by
Tuxpan river, and on the west by land OF Mr..
Drayton.
as In paragraph I'll" two lots of land in
the same hacienda, situated where the Amer,
lean colony was one of them with area OF
forty-hye (4S) hectares, two thousand, tour
hundred and seventy square meters, bounced
on the north by land of Mr.. smith: on the
south by land of the succession of Drayton
on the east by the Tuxpam river, and on the
west by lands of the succession of Drayton
The other lot has an area OF ten hectares
bounded on the north by lands OF Mr.. smith
on the south by lands of Mr.. Willy. on the
east by lands of Mr.. Collins and on the west
by lands of the succession of Drayton.
| One-third of the half of lot of land II
hectares, eight thousand three hundred
thirty-three and one-third of square meter
bounded on the north by the Tuxpam river
on the south by property OF Mr.. John Dray
ton; on the east by the property OF Mr.. I'd
ward Golf, and on the west by property al
Iotted to Mrs Louisa Thomas de Gandara.
(D In article Tenth" of said lease, 10
of land containing approximately sixty hec
tares, in the same hacienda San isidro, more
fully described in the annexed lease. AND
the said paragraphs of said lease, containing
fuller and more detailed description OF saiC
lands are marked "a" 3D." and "C' re
spectively, for further identification.
And the said lease is valued by the sub