The herald., 1917-04-19
CHARTER
CHARTER
OF THE NATIONAL SULPHUR Ian

OF THE NATIONAL SULPHUR LAND
COMPANY, INCORPORATED.
United States OF America, State of Lou
Orleans.
Be it known, that on this, the 3Ist 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 -hrst, before me, Alexis Brian, a
notary public commissioned and qualified
within and tor 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
herepnto subscribed, who declared, that
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, I'M
der the covenants, agreements and stipua-
tIons, following to-wit:
Article 1.-The nam: of this corporation
shall be the National Sulphur Land Com
Pany, Incorporated" and under such name
It shall ENJOY corporate existence for term
OF ninety-nine years from date hereof I'M
less sooner dissolved according TO law. Its
domIclle shall be in the City of New Or
leans, State OF Louisiana, where all legal
process directed against II 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 u.-Sad corporation may have
hoId, 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 and be sued, and may
nave and use a corporate seal. 1t may have
ana ENJOY all such other rights, powers and
preT0gatlves, as are now or may hereafter
De 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 TINS 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 TO 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 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
10 operate sulphur mines, oil wells and other
mineral properties, rehneries, pipe lines.
and their appurtenances; or to contract for
deal IN the stocks. bonds and securities OF
other corporations, and generally 10 do any
and all acts and things that NAV be neces-
saTy, convenient or incidental to the carry
ing out of these purposes.
Article lV.-The capital stock of this cor
poration is hereby fixed at five hundred
thousand dollars (S5OO,OOOOO), divided into
hve thousand 5000 shares of the par value
OF one hundred dollars $4,000 per share,