The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-22
CHARTER
ST. LANDRY OIL AND GAS COM.
PANY, INC.
ELLA WHISTLER WlLCOX,
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of st. Landry.

Parish OF st. Landry.
Be it known, That on this fifth
(5th) day of October, A. D. 1919,
before me, Allen Deazuche, a Notary
Public, in and for the above parish
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
eral 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 EST. LANDRY
OIL AND GAS COMPANY, INC, :"
and it shall exist for a full period and
term of ninety-nine 1927 years from
the date hereof, unless sooner dis
solved and hquidated as hereinafter
provided for.
ARTICLE III.
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 abb
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 its 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 and 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 LENS, any Of
the property of any kind or descrip-
ton belonging to the corporation, to
accept mortgages, to pledge same; TO
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 ".
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at Fifty Thou
sand ($50,000.0O) Dollars, repre-
sented by Five Hundred 5000 shares