The herald., 1917-05-10
CHARTER

OF THE NATIONAL SULPHUR LAND
COMPANY, INCORPORATED.
United States of America, State OF Lou
isiana. Parish OF Orleans, City Of New
Orleans.
BE II known, that on this, the 3lst day
Of the month OF March, in the year of Our
Lord, one thousand, nine hundred and sew
enteen. and OF the independence OF the
United States OF America, the one hundred
and forty first, before me, Alexis Brian, a
notary public commissioned and qualified
within and for the parish of Orleans, State
OF Louisiana, therein residing, and in the
presence OF the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned: personally came and ap-
pared the several persons whose names are
hereunto subscribed, who declared, that
angling themselves Of the provisions OF
the laws of this State relative to the organ
ization OF corporations, they have organized
and do by these presents organize and form
themselves and such other persons as may
hereafter join them, and their successors into
corporation and body polite in law, un-
der the covenants, agreements and stipula-
tions, following, to-wit:
Article THE nam; Of this corporation
shall be the National Sulphur Land Com
pany, incorporated" and under such name
II shall enjoy corporate existence for a term
OF ninety-nine years from date hereof, un-
less sooner dissolved according to law Its
donIicile shall be in the City of New Or
leans, State Of Louisiana, where all legal
process directed against it shall be served
upon its president, or in his absence, upon
its ice-prcsident, and in the absence OF
both OF sad othcers, upon its secretary
Article ll.-Said corporation may have
hold, lease, purchase, sell, convey, mortgage
or pledge property, real or personal, or
mixed, rights, franchises and chooses in action
and stocks, bonds and securities Of other
corporations; 10 borrow or lend money upon
security; II may sue and be sued. and may
have and use corporate seal. Ii may have
and enjoy all such other rights, powers and
pre'ogativeS, as are now or may hereafter
be enjoyed by corporations generally and by
corporations OF a like character, organized
under the general and special laws OF this
State.
Article III.-The objects and purposes for
winch this corporation IS organized and the
nature of the business 20 be carried on by
It, are hereby declared to be: To purchase
lease, or otherwise acquire, to sell and gen
orally 10 deal in lands, real estate mineral
rights, and minerals; to construct by contract
or otherwise, or acquire works and appli.
ances necessary for the exploiting, discoy.
cry, development, smelling, mining, and re.
Inning OF sulphur, oils and other mineral
substances or to contract for the same; to
acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise, and
TO operate sulphur mines, oil wells and other
mineral properties, Tehnerics, pipe lines
and their appurtenances; or to contract for
the same; to purchase, sell and generally to
deal in the stocks, bonds and securities OF
other corporations, and generally to do any
and all acts and things that may be neces-
sary, convenient or incidental 20 the carry
Article Iv.-The cspitA stock of this cor,
porstion is hereby fixed at five hundred
thousand dollars s5oOOOO.OO, divided into
hive thousand 5000 shares of the par value
OF one hundred dollars $4,000 per share,
with the right to increase the capital stock
by complying with the requisites OF the law,
to not more than one million dollars, 81.
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The subscriptions opposite the names of
the subscribers hereto show that the entire
amount OF said capital stock has been sub
scrlbed. The said subscriptions are 10 be
paid for by the transfer and delivery TO this
corporation Of undivided three-fou in
terest in the following lands, and all the
placer and non-metalhc mineral rights there
on, tO-wit:
The fee simple title to an undivided three.
fourths interest in the land, and all the
placer and non-metallic mineral rights 10
which the original locators and applicants
therefor are entitled, under the provisions of
the mining law adopted by the Regular SEES
sion OF the Thirty-Third Legislature OF the