The herald., 1917-10-11
CHAR TER
IHAK I Elk
OF CENTURY OIL AND REFINING co

OF IENlOkf OIL AND RtflNlNb ~
United States of America, State OF Lousi
ana, Parish Of Orleans, City OF New
| Orleans.
BE II known. that on this 9th day of the
month Of July, in the year OF our Lord one
| thousand nine hundred and seventeen U9l7
| before ne, Watts \. Leverich, notary
| public in and for the Parish of Orleans State
| OF Louisiana duly commissioned and quail
| ned, and IN the presence OF the witnesses
| hereinafter named and undersigned. person
! ally came and appeared the several persons
whose names are hereunto subscribed, all OF
the age OF majority, who declared that
availing themselves OF the provisions of the
laws OF this State relative 10 the orgauiza
| ton of corporations, they hereby form them
| selves into and constitute a corporation, FOL
! the objects and purposes and under the stip
ulatIons hereinafter set forth.
Article 1.-The name and title of this cor.
poratiOn shall be Century Oil and Refining
Co., Inc, and under its corporate name ii
shall enjoy succession for the term and
period of nnety-nine (99) years from and
after the date hereof; and shall have power
and authority to contract sue and he sued
to accept and receive mortgages, pledges, OF
ether hypOthecatIons to make and use
corporate seal and the same 10 break and
alter at pleasure; TO purchase, receive, lease
hold, or otherwise acquire and convey, as
VII as mortgage and hypothecate. under its
corporate name, property, both real, personal
and mixed; to borrow money, and make and
issue bonds and other evidences of debt
and 10 secure the same by mortgages OF
otherwise: to name and appoint such man.
ayers and directors, officers and agents as
the interest and the convenience of said cor.
poration may require, and 10 make and estab-
llsh, as well as to alter and amend at
pleasure, such bylaws, rules and regulations
for the management and regulation of the
affairs OF the corporation may be neces-
Sarl, proper convenient.
Article 1.-THE domicile OF this corpora
ton shall be in the City of New Orleans.
and all citations or other legal process shall
be served upon the president of the corpora
ton: or in his absence, upon the vice
president.
Article IIl.-The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is established, and
the nature OF the business to be carried on
by II, are declared and specified to be: 10
mine, dig and drill for, or otherwise obtain
from the earth, otherwise, oil, gas, sui
phur, salt and other minerals to manufac-
ture, rehne, prepare for market, buy and sell
and transport the same in a crude or refined
condition; TO acquire for these purposes oil,
gas. sulphur, salt, coal and other mineral
lands and leaseholds, and other interests or
rights in real estate or minerals; 10 con-
struct and maintain conduits and lines of
tubing and piping for the transportation of
natural gas and or oil; TO buy, sell, hold.
lease mortgage, ALLEVIATE and deal in real
estate OF all sorts; TO drain, reclaim, colo
ME, develop and improve lands. TO erect
ate, lease or otherwise handle them and TO
deal therein; to construct acquire maintain
and operate all railroads, tramways tele-
graph and telephone lines, canals water
ways, boats and other means of transpo-ta-
non necessary or convenient in prosecuting
the business Of the corporation; to construct
and operate hotels, warehouses and general
stores; to issue bonds mortgages and hvpoth
ecatlonS 10 the extent necessary or DroDer
Tor It's business; to acquire and hold sci.
cucumber or dispose Of stocks and bonds of
DINER companies to the extent permitted nv
law; ~ exchange its entire capital stock or
any part thereof, for proerty which il is
authorized NJ acquire, or TO exchange i.s
entire assets and business, or anv part
thereof. for property or stock or bonds or
"ther obhgations of other companies 10 hold
s.oeN IN other corporations; to perfect and
acquire patents, rights, improvements or
processes; TO do and transact all business
properly connected with, incidental or con-
venient to any of the said objects and pur-
poses. F"l
Article IV.-The capital stock of this cor.
porauon IS hereby fixed at two hundred
thousand dollars (S1O0OOO0), to be divided
i ny and represented by twenty thousand
tHtUOO) shares Of a par value of ten dollars
$50 each, which capital stock shall be maid
LOT IN cash. or may be issued for property
actually received by the corporation. or fo-
services rendered. The capital stock NAV
De increased IN 70 the sum of one million
dollars (S1.OOO.OOOOM.
Article N.-All the powers OF this corpo-
ra,ion shall be vested in and exercised bv
a board Of not less than three nor more than
The stockholders at their annual meeting.
The board shall elect from their number
a President, two Vice Presidents Secretary
ana a treasurer, and shall elect but not