The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-01
CHARTER
ST. LANDRY OIL AND GAS CON-
PANY, INC.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of st. Landry.

and state, duly commissioned and
qualified as such, and in the presence
of the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned personally came and
appeared the persons whose names
are subscribed hereto, who declared
that availing themselves of the gem
eraI laws of the state of Louisiana,
and particularly of Act No. 267 of
the Acts of the General Assembly Of
1914. and amendments thereto, they
have agreed and hereby agree and
bind themselves, as well as such
other persons as may become associ-
.ated with them, and their successors,
to form and constitute body polite
in law, for the objects and purposes
and under the conditions and stipu-
lations contained and set forth in
the following articles, to-wit:
ARTICLE |.
The name, style and title of this
corporation shall be "ST. LANDRY
OIL AND GAS COMPANY, INC. :"
and it shall exist for full period and
term of ninety-nine (99) years from
the date hereof, unless sooner dis
solved and liquidated as hereinafter
provided for.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this Company shall
be in the City of Opelousas, Parish of
st. Landry, State of Louisiana, and
all citations or other legal process
shall be served upon the President of
said corporation, or in case of his alb
sence or inability to act, upon the
Vice President, and in case of his alb
sence or inability of both the Presi-
dent and Vice President, then upon
the Secretary.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is formed, and the
business it is engaged in, are hereby
declared to be: To grant and ac-
quire leases, to buy and sell lands and
leases, to buy, sell, own, and hold
leases of the oil and mineral
rights on lands, to drill for oil, gas
or any other mineral on its own land
or on any land leased or owned or
leased, to build pipe lines tanks, der
ricks, railways, buildings, and to do
any or any other thing or act Incl
dental to or necessary for the opera
ton and growth of this corporation
delineated above. To buy and sell
leases, to buy and sell the oil and
mineral rights on lands and to buy
and sell leases for oil, gas and other
minerals.
ARTICLE Nv.
This corporation may sue and be
sued in its corporate name, and by
and through its President or in his
absence through the Vice President,
who may appear and act in court pro-
ceedings for and on behalf of this
corporation without the necessity OF
any further authority from the stock
holders or directors thereof, and
through its President, or by authority
of it's Board of Directors this corpor-
alton may buy, sell, hypothecate,
pledge, lease, suitcase, land, lands,
leases, wells, derricks, pipe lines,
tanks, railways, stock and stocks, Sc
curities and other chattels usual to
the business of this corporation,
though this grant of authority shall
in no way curtail or interfere with
the authority of the managing Off
GERS to carry out the ordinary busi-
ness of this corporation land to make
contracts respecting the conduct of
the business for which this corpora
ton has been organized; to borrow
money in furtherance of the objects
and purposes of this corporation, and
to pledge, hypothecate or mortgage,
as security for lein or leins, any Of
the property of any kind or descrip-
ton belonging to the corporation, to
accept mortgages, to pledge same; TO
make and use q corporate seal and
the same to break or alter at pleas
ure; to name and appoint such man
ayers, directors, officers, agents,
clerks and assistants as the interests
or convenience of said corporation
may require.
ARTICLE v.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at Fifty Thou
sand ($50,OO0.OO) Dollars, repre-
scented by Five Hundred 5000 shares
of the par value of One Hundred Dol
lars ($1OO.00) each, to be paid for
in cash or for property, leases, labor
or services rendered to said corpora
ton, and on such terms and condi-
tions as the Board of Directors may
deem proper and in conformity with
the laws of the State of Louisiana,
governing the organization of corpor-
ations. This corporation shall COM
mence business as soon as Twenty
five Thousand 1925, 000.0O) Dollars
u
paid either for in cash, or as herein
above provided for.
By a vote Of this majority OF the
stockholders, the capital stock of this
corporation may be increased to an
amount not exceeding One Hundred
Thousand (s1OO, 00O.00) Dollars.
ARTICLE vi.
The business affairs of this cor
poration shall be transacted by and
through a Board of Directors consis-
ting of ten (10) or more stockholo-
,ers. and to be elected at meeting TO
be held for that purpose on the sec
ond Tuesday of the month OF Janu-
ary of each year.
The Directors thus elected snail
serve for one year until their success,
sors shall have been duly elected and
qualified. The Board of Directors
shall elect from their number Pres,
ident and a Vice President, and shall
choose a Secretary and treasurer
who need not be a stakeholder or
Director, and a majority OF tne
Board shall have the power to MI any
vacancy occurring in that BODY OF
among the officers, and to make sucn
bylaws. rules and regulations as Gney
same at pleasure; to appoint ana TX
salaries of all officers, clerks ana en-,