The herald., 1916-02-24

State Of Louisiana, Parish Of Orleans, City
of New Orleans.
| Re it known. that on this the 18th day Of
| tAc month OF February, In the year Of our
! Lord one Thousand, nine hundred and SIX
/ teen and OF the independence Of the United
states 81 America the one hundred and for
| teth. before me, Charles +. Fletchiugcr. a
| notary public duly commissioned and quail
! ned IN and for the city, parish and state
aforesaid, and IN the presence OF the wit
ncSscs hereinafter named and undersigned
personally came and appeared the several
persons whose names are hercuutO SUBSCRIBED,
who declared that, avaIliug themselves OF
the provisions OF the laws OF this state rela-
tive to the formation and organization Of CO..
pDrdtl1nS, they have COveudnted and agreed
and do. by these presents. covenant and
agree and bind themselves, as well as those
who may hereafter become associated with
them, to form themselves into corporation
for the objects and purposes, with the name
and under the stipulations following, to-wit:
Article The name and style Of this
corporation shall be New Orleans Sulphur
or Co, Inc" and by said corporate name
It shall nave succession and enjoy existence
for period Of nincty-ni1e years. unless
sooner dissolved in the manner provided by
law and the articles Of this charter; and
under said corporate name it shall have
power TO contract, sue and be sued, to make
and use a corporate seal. the same to alter
or, break at pleasure, to make all necessary
rules and regulations for its corporate man
agemeut and control. and shall have and en-
JOY all the rights, privileges and immunites
which are now conferred upon, may here
after he granted TO corporations Of the same
kind and character.
Article 1.-THE domicle Of this corpora. |
ton shall be in the city of New Orleans, |
State Of Louisiana. and all citations and other |
president or, in his absence or inability to |
act, upon any other officer OF the corporation |
as provided by law.
Article Ill.-Ihe objects and purposes for |
which this corporation IS organized and the |
nature OF the business to be carried on by il |
are hereby declared TO be
Ca To acquire, by purchase, lease other
wise. in the state Of Louisiana or elsewhere,
mineral lands for the purpose of prospecting
for and obtaining oil, gas salt, sulphur or
other minerals, and TO that end to drill or
cause to be drilled oil wells, or sink or cause
to be sunk shafts for mining and to buy,
lease or otherwise acquire drilling rigs or
other machinery or apparatus necessary TO
fully accomplish said purposes: and if oil or |
other minerals found, then to market the
same to the best advantage.
CD To engage IN the distribution of oil,
produced by this corporation other persons
or corporations, by means OF pipe lines, tram
ways, railroads, boats. barges or other con
veyances, or to lease suitcase all or any
part thereof to any other persons corpo-
ratons for 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 ,
plants air plants, and all other machinery, +
apparatus and paraphernalia necessary or in
cidental thereto.
Co To build. construct, lease, purchase or
otherwise acquire buildings, machinery, and
other apparatus for refining smelling, man
ufacturing or otherwise working up the pro-
ducts of mineral lands, either produced by
this corporation or Other persons or corpora
lions; to refine. smelt, manufacture or other
wise work up by-products of said minerals
10 operate said plant and market the pro- !
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he best advantage
Id To acquire, oil and mineral lands, by 7
purchase, lease or otherwise, and to sell, !
transfer, convey and lease the same, upon | 5
such terms and under such conditions as the {
'aid corporation may deem proper and advan- q
ageous. :
(e) To carry on such other business apper- j
aiming to oil gas, salt, sulphur or other min {
rails as may be necessary or desirable or
uch as are generally engaged in by a cor :
,oration Of this character. 5
,oration is hereby fixed at the sum Of sew =
nteen thousand, seven hundred, eighty
even CS7,7S7.OO dollars, divided into two =,
thousand. FIVE hundred and forty-One 254D y
hares of the par value of seven GU dollars !,
ach, all of which shall be common stock;
ruvded that the amount TO which the cap :
tai stock OF this corporation may be m e
reased shall be fifty thousand (S50,000) dol :
ars; said stock shall be issued only for cash u
r in payment of property or services actu- >
lily received by or rendered 10 said corpor- a
tlOn. SAID STOCK Sldll ne lully pdlu lot al | D
he time Of its issuance and thereafter be s.
tC
Fifty (5OcL) per cent Of the amount of the n
apital stock shall be subscribed before the a
ling Of this act of Incorporation, and fifty n
500 per cent OF the amount subscribed p
hall be actually paid in before the corpora
ion engages in business, and the remainder ! N
the amount so subscribed shall be paid in ~
'ithn one year from and after the date here. !,
(: the residue OF the stock shall be issued >,
nd paid for subject TO the action and call ~
{ the board Of directors. in conformity with a.
he existing provisions Of law relating there o.
The parties hereto hereby subscribe for the =
lumber of shares Of the capital stock Of said !.
orporation, set opposite their respective sig II
atires hereto, so that this act of incorpora-
ion shall also serve as an original subscrip- lt
ion. ~
Article V-All the powers of this corpora Il
ion shall be vested in and be exercised by a.
board Of not less than FIVE nor more than Of
even directors, all of whom shall be bona e,
de stockholders. y
The persons so named as directors shall d.
ice-president and a secretary treasurer. The s.
rst board Of directors, with their post othce II
ddresses, are as follows:
T. J. Gaudman, New Orleans, louisiana; II
gorge s. Cox, New Orleans, Louisiana; n
rank Patin, New Orleans, Louisiana; A. :,
Iiller, New Orleans, Louisiana; Albert II. .
Collins Mississippi; Albert. V. 4
Collins, Mississippi; Edward J. -
,usillcn, Lake Charles Louisiana, with =
George s. Co: as president, Frank Patin, =
ice-president and Albert II. Easterling, sec
etary-treasurer. i
On the second Monday of October 1916 and p