The herald., 1917-04-12


| CT THE NATIONAL SULPHUR LAND
| COMPANY, INCORPORATED.
| United States Of America, State of Lou
isiana, Parish OF Orleans, City of New
Orleans.
| BE it known, that on this, the 3lst day
| Of the month OF March, in the year of Our
| Lord, 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
a corporation and body polite in law, I'M
der the covenants, agreements and stipula-
tons, following, to-wit:
Article The nam: of this corporation
shall be the National Sulphur Land Com
pany, Incorporated" and under such name
1t shall enjoy corporate existence for term
of nInety-nine years from date hereof, I'M
less sooner dissolved according TO law. Its
domicie 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 vice-president, and in the absence OF
both OF said officers, 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; TO borrow or lend money upon
security; 1t may sue and be sued, and may
have and use corporate seal 1t may have
and enjoy all such other rights, powers and
preTogatives, as are now or may, hereafter
be enjoyed by corporations generally and by
corporations of like character, organized
under the general and special laws of this
State.
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 hereby declared to be: To purchase,
lease, or otherwise acquire, 10 sell and gen
orally TO 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, discov-
cry, development smelling, mining, and re-
Inning OF sulphur, oils and other mineral
substances, or to contract for the same; 10
acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise, and
10 operate sulphur mines. oil wells and other
mineral properties, rehneries, pipe lines,
and their appurtenances; or 10 contract for
the same; to purchase, sell and generally TO
deal IN the stocks, bonds and securities of
and all acts and things that may be neces-
sary, convenient or incidental TO the carry
ing out OF these purposes.
Article IV.-The capital stock of this cor.
poratIon Is hereby fixed at five hundred
thousand dollars CS5O,O0OOO), divided into
I'VE 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, ISL
OCO,O0OO) n W.
The subscriptions opposite the names of
the subscribers hereto show that the entire
amount OF said capital stock has been sub.
scribed. The said subscriptions are 10 be
paid for by the transfer and delivery 10 this
corporation OF an undivided three-fourths in
terest IN the following lands, and all the
placer and non-metallic mineral rights there
on, to-wt:
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 Ses-
sion OF the Thirty-Third Legislature OF the
upon two hundred COO acres of land, situ-
ated in the east half of Section p. Block
III, public school land, in Culbertson county,
Texas; the said two hundred acres of land
consisting of five mineral claims, designated
as Gregory No. |, Gregory No. 2, Gregory
No. !, Gregory No. 4, consisting of forty
acres each; Gregory No. 5, consisting of
thirty-slx. and 4l0 $3.50 acres; and
strip OF land off the eastern edge of Greg
Dry No. 10, Of three and 1910 $40 acres;
as per field notes and plan of the said min.
eral surveys and claims made by w. p
Thaxton, Surveyor of Culbertson County.
Texas, dated January 3lst, 1917, on file in
the Records of the General Land Office, at
Austin, IN the State of Texas