The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-11-01
CHARTER
CHARTER
OLE CENTURY OIL. AND REFINING Co,

OF CENTURY OIL AND REFINING CO.,
INC.
United States OF America, State OF Louisl-
ana, Parish of Orleans, City OF New
Orleans.
Be il known, that on this 9th day of the
month OF October in the year OF our Lord one
thousand nine hundred aud seventeen OVID
before me- Watts h. LeverIch, notary
public in and for the Parish of Orleans, State
of Louisiana duly commissioned and quail
fed, 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
ayailing themselves of the provisions OF the
laws of this State relative to the organlza-
ton of corporations, they hereby form them
selves into and constitute corporation, tor
the objects and purposes and under the stlp-
ulations hereinafter set forth.
Article 1.-The name and title OF this cor
poration shall be Century Oh and Kehnlng
shall enjoy succession for the term and
period of ninety-nine (99) years from and
after the date hereof; and shall have power
and authority to contract, sue and be sued;
to accept and receive mortgages, pledges, or
.ther hypOthecationS; to make and use a
corporate seal and the same to break and
alter at pleasure; to purchase, receive, lease
hold or otherwise acquire and convey, as
we'll 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 or
otherwise; to name and appoint such man.
ayers and directors, officers and agents as
the interest and the convenience OF said cor
marathon NAV require, and to make and estab-
iish. 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 as may De neces'
sarl proper or convenient.
Article 1.-THE domcile of this corpora
ton shall be in the City OF New orleans.
and all citations other legal process snail
be served upon the president OF the corpora
ton, or in his absence, upon the vice
Article III.-The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is established, and
the nature of the business to be carried or
by il, are declared and specified TO be: "a
mine. dig and drill for, or otherwise obtain
from the earth, or otherwise, oil, gas, sui
phur salt and other minerals; to manutac,
ture refine, prepare for market, buy ana sell
and transport the same in crude or Tehned
gas sulphur, salt, coal and other mineral
lands and leaseholds and other Interests OF
rights in real estate or numerals; 10 con
struct and maintain conduits and lines OF
.ubinp and piping for the transportation OF
natural gas and or oil; 20 buy, sell, hold
lease, mortgage, ALLEVIATE and deal IN rea
| estate of all sorts; to drain, reclaim, colo
nize. develop and improve lands, to erec'
buildings and other structures, anu ~ oPeI
ate, lease or otherwise handle them and u
deal therein; to construct, acquire, MAINTAIN
| and operate all railroads, tramways, tele
| graph and telephone lines. canals, water
| wavs. boats and other means of Transports
| ron necessary or convenient in prosecuting
| the business of the corporation; TO construc
| and operate hotels, warehouses and genera
| stores: to issue bonds, mortgages and hypoth
| ecations to the extent necessary or propei
| for it's business; TO acquire and hold, sell
| cucumber or dispose of stocks and bonds o
other companies TO the extent permitted By
law: TO exchange its entire capital stock, o.
any part thereof, for proerty which 1t Il
| authorized OF acquire, or TO exchange II
| entire assets and business, or any par
| thereof for property or stock or bonds o
| other obligations of other companies; TO holC
| stock in other corporations; TO perfect anC
| acquire patents, rights, improvements o
| processes; to do and transact all business
| properly connected with, incidental or con
| venient TO any Of the said objects and pur
| Article IV.-The capital stock of this cor
| poration is hereby fixed al two hundret
| thousand dollars Cs2O0,00000), 10 be divided
| into and represented by twenty thousand
| (100O0) shares of a par value of ten dollar
$50 each, which capital stock shall be pail
for in cash. or may be issued for propert,
| services rendered The capital stock ma,
be increased up to the sum of one million
dollars (sl000,OO000).
Article Vail the powers of this corpo
ration shall be vested in and exercised b,
board of not less than three more thai
nine directors, the number TO be fixed b.
The Stockholders at their annual meeting