The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-01-14
CHARTER.
OF LOUISIANA SULPHUR DRILLING
COMPANY INCORPORATIVE

OF LOUISIANA SULPHUR DRILLING
COMPANY INCORPORATIVE.
United States of America, State of louisiana
Parish of Orleans
BE II known that on this 9TH day of January
IN the year of Lord one thousand nine
hundred and fefteen, before me, Francis =
Burns, notary public, in and for the Par
ish of Orleans. Safe of Louisiana duly COM
mlSsioned and qualified, and in the presence
OF the undersigned witnesses, personally came
and appeared: The several persons whose
names are hereinafter subscribed. of the full
age of majority, who declared to me that avail
ing themselves. of the laws of this State rcla-
tive to the organization of corporations and
more especially of Ac 267 of the Acts of 1914.
page PSI, of the legislative Acts of this Safe,
and Act 2S2 of 1910, page 3qS, they have cove
nanted and agreed, and by these presents do
covenant and agree for themselves and their
successors and assigns to form themselves into
a corporation and body polite for the objects
and purposes and under the stipuations here
matter set forth, towit:
Article 1.-The name and title of this cor
poration shall be LOUISIANA SULPHUR
DRILLING COMPANY, INCORPORATED
and under such title it shall have and enjoy
succession and existence for period of ninety
nine years from date hereof; it shall have
power and authority to contract, sue and be
sued, make and use a corporate seal, the same
to break and alter at pleasure; to hold sell,
lease, mortgage, hypOthecae pledge property
real, personal mixed, necessary, incidental
or proper for the carrying on of its business,
ana, 10 tndt end 10 1urtner mortgage all oil or
mineral leases, grants contracts held by it.
together with all buildings, constructions and
improvements placed and erected on said
lands, or to be placed erected thereon, as
well as to issue bonds secured by such mot
cages, such bonds to be issued in such amounts
at such rate of interest ard to run for such
length of time not exceeding the term of said
leases, said lessees grantees may de-
termine; to buy and to hold stock in any other
company or companies that may assist this
company in its objects and purposes; to make
and issue notes and certificates OF indebted
ness; to name, elect and appoint managers,
directors and clerks other employees TO
properly conduct its corporate business and to
make bylaws, rules and regulations may
be found necessary desirable for the
agement and business affairs of this corpora
ter or thing necessary for the complete and
proper carrying out of said business.
Article 1.-The domicile of this corporation
shall be in the City of New Orleans, Parish of
Orleans, State of Louisiana, where all citation
and other legal process shall be served upon
the president, or in the absence of the presi-
dent, upon the vice-president, or, in the alb
sence of both. upon tn Secretary-treasurer.
Article 3.-The objects and purposes of this
corporation are hereby stated and declared to
be:
~ To acquire by purchase or lease, or other
wise, lands in the Calcasion Sulphur and OIL
fields of Louisiana, or in my other location
in this State, or elsewhe--, for the purpose of
prospecting for and Obtaining oil, gas, salt,
sulphur or Other minerals, ana 10 tnat era 10
drill or cause to be drilled oil wells, or sink,
or cause o be sunk shafts for mining and TO
buy, lease, or otherwise acquire drilling rigs
or other machinery or apparatus necessary 10
fully accomplish said purposes; and If oil or
other minerals found then TO market the
same to the best advantage.
(2) To engage in the distribution of OIL, gas,
salt, sulphur other minerals either produced
by this corporation, or other persons or cor
porations by means of pipe lines, tramways,
railroads, boats, barges or other conveyances,
or to lease or suitcase all or part thereof
like purpose, and in order to fully carry out
said objects and purposes to purchase, lease, or
otherwise acquire pipe lines, tramways, rail-
roads, boats, barges, tank cars, locomotives,
all other machinery, apparatus and parapher-
MALTA necessary or incidental thereto.
90 To build, construct, lease. purchase or
otherwise acquire buildings, machinery and
other apparatus for refining, smelling, manu-
featuring, or otherwise working up the pro-
corporation or other persons or corporations,
and to refine, smelt, manufacture, or other
wise work up by products of said minerals to
operate the said plant and market the products
or by-products, as manufactured, TO the best
advantage.
"a To carry on such other business apper-
tanning to oil, gas, salt, sulphur or other min
erals as may be necessary or desirable, or
such as are generally engaged in by cor
poration of this kind
ton is hereby fixed at the sum of Eleven
thousand nine hundred Sll,o00.00 Dollars, di-
vided into seventeen hundred shares of the
par value of Seven Dollars each; provided that
the amount to which the capital stock of this
corporation may be increased shall be one
Fifty per cent of the capital stock OF this
corporation must be subscribed for before the