The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-15
CHAR T Err
ST. LANDRY OIL AND GAS COM
PANY, INC.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of St. Landry.

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Parish of st. Landry.
Be it known, That on this fifth
(5th) day of October, A. D. 1919,
before me, Allen DeaZuche, Notary
Public, in and for the above parish
and state. duly commissioned 2ob
q a);aoG IS srth. ac6 = III pr2.e~ce
Ct the witnesses hereinafter TjI21. z!
and undersigned personally came ana
appeared the persons whose names
are subscribed hereto, who declared
that availing themselves of the ger
eral laws Of the state Of Louisiana.
and particularly of Act No. 267 Of
the Acts of the General Assembly If
1914, and amendments thereto, they
have agreed and hereby agree and
bind themselves, as we'll as such
other persons as may become associ-
ated with them, and their successors,
to form and constitute a body polite
in law, for the objects and purposes
and under the conditions and stipu-
lations contained and set fo-th. 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 a full period and
term of nine4y-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 abb
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 &C
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
mineral rights or lands ard to buy
and sell leases for oil, gas and other
minerals.
ARTICLE w.
This corporation may sue and be
sued in it's corporate name, land 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 bust
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; 70
make and use a 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 ($5O,O00.OO) Dollars, repre-
scented by Five Hundred (500) shares
VI JLS PAR value VI Ou6 11uuuIGu OOI-
lars ($1000O) 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 cerpor-
ations. This corporation shall COM
mence business an soon as Twenty
five Thousand ($25, 000.00) Dollars
of the stock has been subscribed and
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 $500, 000.00) Dollars.
ARTICLE Va.
The business affairs of this cor
poration shall be transacted by and
through a Board of Directors consis-
ting of ten (10) or more stockhold-
ers, and to be elected at a meeting to
be held for that purpose on the Sec
ond Tuesday of the month of Janu-
airy Of each year.
/ The Directors thus elected shall
serve for one year until their success
ors shall have been duly elected and
qualified. The Board of Directors