The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-10-07
CHARTER

OF THE STANDARD SULPHUR CO., INC
| United States of America, State of Louisiana
| Parish of Orleans, City of New Orleans
BE IT known, that on this second day o
| August, in the year of our Lord one thousand
| nine hundred and fifteen Q9l5), before me
Joseph Sinai. notary public, in and for tn,
parish of Orleans, state of Louisiana dull,
| commissioned and qualified, and in the pres
ence of witnesses hereinafter named and un
designed, personally came and appeared the
several persons whose names are hereinafter
subscribed, of the full age of majority, who
declared to me that availing themselves OF
the laws of this state relative to the organi
zation of corporations, including act 232 OF
1910, page 1913, of the legislative acts of this
state, they have covenanted and agreed and
o,y these presents do covenant and agree for
themselves and their successors and assigns
to form themselves into a corporation and
body polite in law for the objects and pur-
poses, and under the stipulations hereinafter
set forth, to-wit:
Article 1.-The name and title of the cor.
poration shall be, the Standard Sulphur Com
pany, Incorporated, and under such title il
shall have and enjoy succession and existence
for period of ninety nine years from date
hereof. 1t shall have the power and authority
to contract, sue and be sued, and make and
use corporate seal, the same to break and
alter at pleasure. to hold, to purchase lease
sell, mortgage, hypothecate or pledge property,
real, personal or mixed, necessary, incidental
and to that end, to further mortgage all oil
or mineral leases, grants contracts held by
it, together with all buildings, constructions
and improvements placed and erected thereon
as well as to issue bonds secured by such
mortgages, such bonds to be issued in such
amounts, at such rate of interest, and to run
for such length of time, not exceeding the
term of said leases said lessees or guar
antees may determine, to buy and to hold
stock in any other company or companies that
n lie oh, a,l
purposes, to make and issue notes and certi-
hcates OF Indebtedness; to name, elect and
appoint managers, directors and clerks or
other employees to properly conduct its cor
porate business, and to make and establish
such by laws may be found necessary or
desirable for the management of the business
and affairs of the corporation, and generally TO
do all and every other act, matter or thing
necessary for the complete and proper carry.
ing out of said business.
Article 1.-THE domicile of the corporation
shall be in the City of New Orleans, parish
of Orleans, State of Louisiana, where ali cita-
tions and other legal process shall be served
upon the president, or in his absence, upon
the vice president.
Article III.-The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is organized, and the
nature of the business to be carried on by it,
are stated and declared TO be as follows:
First: to acquire by purchase or lease or
and the same to sell, lease or
otherwise dispose of lands in the Calcasieu
oil fields of Louisiana, any other locality
for the purpose of prospecting for, and obtain
ing oil, gas, salt. sulphur or other minerals
and to that end to drill, or cause to be drilled,
oil wells, or sink cause TO be sunk, shafts
for mining. and to buy, lease or otherwise
acquire drilling rigs or other machinery or
necessary TO fully accomplish said
purposes; and if oil or other minerals are
found, then to market same 10 the best ad-
vantage.
Second: To engage in the transportation Of
oils, gas, SALT sulphur other minerals,
either produced by this corporation or other
persons or corporations, by means Of pipe
lines, tramways, railroads, boats. barges or
other conveyances or to lease or suitcase all
or any part thereof to other persons or cor
porations for the like purpose, and in order to
fully carry out said objects and purposes, to
purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire, pipe
lines, tramways, railroads, boats, barges, tank
cars, locomotives, pumping stations steam
plants, air plants and all other machinery,
apparatus and paraphernalia necessary or in
cidental thereto.
Third: To build, construct, lease, purchase
or otherwise acquire buildings, machinery and
other apparatus for refining, smelling, man
ufacturing OF otherwise working up the pro-
ducts of mineral lands, either produced by
this corporation or other persons or corpora