The herald., 1919-11-06
CHARTER OF SHAKESPEARE OIL
COMPANY, INCORPORATED.
(Seal)
Oct. 30-Dec. 4.

United States of America, State of Lou
isiana, Parish of Orleans. Be it known,
that on this twentyfourth day of the
month of October, in the year of our
Lord one thousand, nine hundred and
nineteen, and of the Independence of the
United States of America, the one hundred
and forty fourth; before me, Francis p.
Burns, Notary Public, duly commits
stoned and qualified in and for the Par
ish of Orleans, therein residing, and in the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned personally came
and appeared the several persons whose
names are hereuntO subscribed, who de-
clared that, availing themselves of the
laws of this State relative to the Organi-
zation of corporations, they have cove
nanted and agreed, and do by these pres
ents covenant, agree, bind, form and
constitute themselves, as well as such
associated with them, into a corporation
and body polite in law, for the objects
and purposes and under the agreements
and stipulations following, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of
this corporation shall be: shakespeare
Oil Company, Incorporated and under
its corporate name it shall enjoy success
ninety nine years from and after the date
hereof, and shall have power and au-
thOrity to contract, sue and be sued; to
accept and receive mortgages, pledges
corporate seal and the same to break
and alter at pleasure; to purchase, re-
ceive, lease, hold, or otherwise acquire
| and convey, as well as mortgage and hy-
property both real and personal and
| mixed; to borrow money and make and
| issue bonds and other evidences of debt
| and to secure the same by mortgage and
| otherwise; to hold stock in other cor
porations; to acquire, hold and REISSUE
| shares of its capital stock; to join OF
| consolidate with and enter into agree.
ments and cooperative relations not In
| contravention of law, with any person OIL
persons, firms, associations or corpora
wise, in and about the carrying on and
| accomplishment of all or any of tn,
purposes of the company, to carry Out
all of the objects and purpose:
appoint such managers and directors
| officers and agents as the interest and
convenience of said corportiaon may re
quire; and to make and establish, as wei
as alter and amend at pleasure, such by
| laws, rules and regulations for the man
agement and regulation of the affairs O
| the corporation as may be necessary
proper or convenient.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this cor
poration shall be in the Parish of Or
leans, State of Louisiana, and all cita
lions or other legal process shall b.
served upon any of the officers of tn
corporation.
ARTICLE III.-The purposes for which
the corporation is formed are As prin
cipa1, agent, broker or otherwise in thi
State, in any other States, territories an,
possessions of the United States and il
foreign countries, both directly or in
directly.
To acquire by purchase, lease, Ii
cense mortgage, franchise, concession
appropriation, discovery, location, grant
bond, option, device, conveyance agree
ment, importation or otherwise to manu-
facture, produce, prepare, work, mine
bore, prospect, pump, raise, separate, re
fine. centrate, reduce. distill, convert