St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-04-03
CHARTER
of The Opelousas Petroleum Oil
and Mineral Company.
United States OF America,
Gfafa af TnI1iciana

pLdtt 0l LDulSldIld,
Parish Of st. Landry,
City of Opelousas.
BE IT KNOWN, That on this goth
day Of the month of March, in the
year One Thousand Nine Hundred
and. Fifteen, before me, Louis La
strapes Perrault, a Notary Public,
in and for this City and the Parish
of st. Landry, State of Louisiana,
therein residing, duly commissions
ed and qualified, and in the pres
enee of the witnesses hereinafter
named, personally came and ap-
peared the several persons whose
names are hereunto subscribed, all
of full age and majority, who de-
clared that, availing themselves OF
the provisions of the laws of the
State of Louisiana, relative to the
organization of corporations, they
do hereby form themselves into
and organize a corporation for the
objects and purposes, and under the
stipulations hereinafter set forth.
ARTICLE /.
The name and title OF this cor
.poration shall be the "Opelousas
Petroleum and Mineral Company"
and by that name shall have and
enjoy succession for the period OF
Ninety-nine ~yearsfrom the date
hereof, unless sooner dissolved.
It shall have power to Il and
be sued, to borrow money, hold,
purchase, lease, sell and hypothe-
cate real and personal property;
and to make and use a corporate
seal; to elect. name and appoint
directors, managers and agents, and
to establish such bylaws, rules
and regulations for. the manage
ment of the business and affairs
of said corporation as may be nee
'essary, the same to alter at pleas
ure; also to make and issue bonds
and other evidences Of debt, and to
secure the same by mortgage or
otherwise.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile OF this corporation
shall be in the City of Opelousas,s
State Of Louisiana, and all citations
or other legal process shall be
served on the President, and in
his absence on the Vice-President
and IN the absence Of both on the
Secretary-Treasurer.
ARTICLE III.
These objects and purposes OF
this corporation shall be to develop
mineral, gas, oil and other lands; to
lay pipes to convey oil and gas, or
to barge same, and to deal gener-
ally in land, minerals, gas and oil,
and mineral gas oil and other lands
in the State of Louisiana or else
where, and for these purposes it
shall have the power to buy, sell
and lease mineral, gas; oil and 9TH
er lands; to erect buildings; to bore
wells; to purchase lease and erect
and operate machinery, to produce
and market the products of this cor
to borrow money; to buy,
make and operate and lease tank
cars and tanks; and generally to
do all things necessary, requisite
convenient to carry out the pur-
poses above set forth, as we'll as
powers inherent in and to corpora
ARTICLE Nv.
The capital stock of this corpor-
is hereby fixed at Twenty
Five Thousand Dollars 1925, 100000,
to be divided into Two Hundred
and Fifty shares of the par value
of one hundred dollars each, pay
able either in cash or for proper
or labor or services rendered TO
said corporation, and on such terms
and conditions as the board OF di-
rectors may deem proper and IN
conformity with the laws OF the
State of Louisiana governing the
organization of corporations.
The capital stock, however, may
be increased to Fifty Thousand
Dollars (s5o,000.M) by a two-thirds
vote of the stockholders Of the
stock of the said corporation vot-
ing for such increase at a meeting
IF the stockholders called for that
purpose.
This corporation shall become a
going concern when Twelve Thou
(si2, 10000 are subscribed to It's
capital stock and fifty per cent OF
he said amount actually paid into
he treasury thereof.
ARTICLE Y.
All the powers OF this corpora
ion shall be vested in a board OF
directors composed Of not more
han five directors, a majority OF
whom shall constitute a quorum
or the transaction Of business.
The first board of directors shall
,e composed of Or. John A. Haas,
1r. Chas. F. Boagni, G. J. Thomp-
;on, Harry A. Genung, and James
L. Sanders, with DR.. John A. Haas,
PRESIDENT; DR.. Chas. F. Boagni, Vice
PRESIDENT and Dudley Guilbeau,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. They shall
lold office until the second We'd
,esday of March, 1916, or until