The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-11-22
CHARTERS.
ARTICLES OF Incorporation
OF ATLANTIC OIL COMPANY OF LOU
ISIANA INCORPORATED.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans.
Be it known, That on this, the seventeenth
day of October, 1917, before me, Thos. Z.
Furlow, duly commissioned, qualified and
acting notary public in and for the Parish
Of Orleans State of Louisiana, and IN the
presence Of the hereinafter named and I'M
dersigned witnesses, personally came and ap-
peared the several persons whose names are
hereunto subscribed and severally declared
that, availing themselves of the general laws
Of the State of Louisiana in such cases made
and provided, they have formed and organ
lied and do by these presents form them
selves and such others as may hereafter
become associated with them in a corpora
ton and body polite in law, for the objects
and purposes in the following articles set
forth and expressed, which they adopt as
their Charter.
Article 1.-The name and title of this cor
poration shall be, Atlantic Oil Company of
Louisiana, incorporated, and 1t shall exist
and enjoy succession by its corporate name
for period of ninety-nine (99) years from
date hereof, with all the rights and powers
now hereafter conferred upon stnllar cor
| poratons. Its domicile shall be in the City
| of New Orleans, Louisiana, and all cita-
upon the President, and in the event of
| his absence, upon the Vice President, or
Secretary, in the order named.
Article 1.-THE capital stock of this cor
| poration is hereby fixed at seventy-hve thou
| sand (S75,0OO) dollars, divided into and rep
| resented by seven hundred fifty G50) shares
| of the par value of one hundred dollars
| (Sl00) each. Stock may be paid for in money,
| services rendered to the corporation or in
| property and good will regularly transferred
| TO the corporation.
| Article III-The purposes of this corpora
tion are, to engage generally, as principal
| or mandatory, in: Buying, selling, leasing
and otherwise dealing in lands; prospecting
| for oil, gas, sulphur, salt and all other min
| erals; drilling wells and sinking shafts
| perating wells and mines, refining, smelt-
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| products and by-products of mineral lands
| constructing, owning, leasing and operating
| railroads, tramways, pipe lines, canals, wa
| ter craft OF every description, rolling stock
| and other means of transportation necessary
| or incident to the proper conduct of its
| business but not for public service; buying
| and selling, at wholesale and retail, and
| generally dealing in all manner of real and
personal property; and it shall have au-
thority TO own, lease and operate buildings
| and machinery and equipment for any of
| said purposes, and it shall have authority
generally TO do all things necessary in
| cident to the proper conduct of its affairs,
whether specifically enumerated herein or
not
Article IV-The corporate powers of this
corporation shall be vested in Board Of
Three Directors, two of whom shall consti-
| tute a quorum for the transaction OF bust
ness. The first Board of Directors shall be
composed Of Henry G. Young, NJ. c. Baker
and L. Ney Hughes, with Henry G. Young
dent, and L. Ney Hughes as Secretary
| Treasurer. which officers and directors shall
| serve until their successors are duly elected
and qualified. Annual meetings of stock
| holders shall be held on the second Tues
| day in January of each year.
Thus done and signed in the presence of
Warren V. Miller and Joseph Rosenberg, COM
petent witnesses, who have signed their
names hereto, together with said appearers
| and me, Notary, the day and date first
above written.
Names of subscribers and amounts of sub
scriptions omitted)
Witnesses: Warren V. Miller, Joseph Ro-
senberg.
THOS. E. FURLOW. Notary Public.
I, the undersigned Recorder of Mortgages,
| in and for the Parish of Orleans, State of
Louisiana do hereby certify that the above
| and foregoing act of incorporation Of the
| Atlantic Oil Company of Louisiana, Incor-
porated, was this day duly recorded in my
| Office, in Book 1912, folio -.
| New Orleans, October IS, 1917
(SigneD EMILE J. LEONARD, Dy. Rec.
- THoS. E. FURLow, Notary Public.
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