New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-10-23
CHARTER OF
Macmillan Oil Co., Inc.
State of Louisiana. Parish of Iberia.

Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty, he
fore me. J. G. Leblanc, Notary Public
in and for the said Parish and State,
personally came and appeared John A.
Madden, w. H. BONN, E. S. Fulton, (
w. Scully. H. H. Collins, Emile Willie
mot and S. o. Nuckols. each of whom
declared unto me in the presence of the
! hereinafter named and undersigned
competent witnesses, that availing them
selves of the provisions of Act No. 267
of the General Assembly of the State Of
Louisiana for the year 1914 as well as
the laws of the State in general relative
to the creation of corporations, they do
hereby form themselves into and consti-
tute body polite in law and adopt the
| following articles as a Charter to gov
ern themselves and such others may
| become associated with or succeed them
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of this corporation
shall be the Maximillian Oil Company
Incorporated, under which name and title
it shall enjoy a succession of property
and all rights privileges and immunities
granted by law unto corporations in the
State of Louisiana, for a period of Ninety
Nine years from date hereof. The DOM
icicle of this corporation is fixed in the
! City of New Iberia, Parish of Iberia,
State of Louisiana.
ARTICLE II.
The purpose for which this corporation
is organized and the nature of the bust
ness to be carried on by it are declared
to be: To undertake exploration for the
purpose of discovering oil, gas or other
minerals; to operate oil, gas or other
| mineral wells or mines; to engage in The
! buying and selling of oil, gas or other
minerals; to acquire, construct and ope-
| rate pipe lines, tramways, storage plants
barge lines, loading stations and all
things connected with or appertaining to
the production storage, sale, disposal and
transportation of oil, gas or other min
erals with authority to acquire by pur-
chase, lease or otherwise such franchises
! as may be necessary for or connected
with the conduct of the business here
inabove outlined and generally to do all
things necessary Of incident to or con-
nected with said business in any OF its
! departments, sESe.t1 IN
ARTICLE III. y
The capital stock of this corporation 10
fixed at One Hundred Thousand Dollars.
($100,00000) divided into and represented
by One Hundred Thousand (100,000i
shares of the par value of One Dollar
each. This corporation shall be au-
thorized to commence business as soon
as Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) of
its capital stock shall have been sub
scribed and paid for. The remaining
portion of the authorized capital stock
may be issued from time to time and in
such manner as the Board of Directors
may deem to be to the best interest of
this said corporation.
ARTICLE "
The corporate powers of this corpora
ton shall be vested in and exercised by
a Board of Directors composed of Seven
q stockholders, which Board shall be
elected at its annual meeting of stock
holders of said corporation to be held on
the First Tuesday of September of each
year. The first annual meeting of the
said stockholders to be held on the first
Tuesday of September 1921. Until the
first annual meeting of said stockholders
the Directors of this corporation are
hereby declared to be: John A. Madden,
w. H. BONN, E. w. Scully, E. S. Fulton,
H. II. Collins, Emile Vuillemot and S. 0.
Nuckolls.
The officers of this corporation shall be
President, a Vice President Secretary
and Treasurer, who shall be elected from
among the Directors on the same day as
the election of Directors, and imme-
diately following the annual election held
by the stockholders, until the election to
be held on the first Tuesday of Septem-
Der 1921, the following shall be the Off
GERS of this corporation, E. S. Fulton,
President; W. H. BONN, Vice President;
John A. Madden, Secretary Treasurer.
ANY vacancy. on the Board of Directors
shall be filled by the remaining members
Of the Board of Directors for the unex-
PRED term. Any vacancy in any office
shall be filled by the Directors for the
unexpired term.
ARTICLE "
The capital stock of this corporation
may be increased in accordance with law
to the sum of One Million Dollars,
Isl 000, 0O0.00.)
ARTICLE VI.
No stakeholder of this corporation shalt
ever be held liable or responsible for the
contracts or faults of this corporation in
any further sum than the unpaid balance
scribed for herein; nor shall any mere
informality in the organization have the
effect of rendering this Charter null and
void, or Of exposing a stakeholder TO any
liability other than herein provided.
Thus done and signed in the City of
New Iberia, Parish Of Iberia, State Of
Louisiana, in the presence of Messrs.
w. o. Hugonin and r. A. Hugonin, good
and competent witnesses, who have here
unto signed as Such, together with said
appearers and me, the undersigned
Notary.
Name Address No. of shares
E. S. Fulton, New Iberia ......... rs
E. Vuillemot New Iberia, La. 100
Jno. A. Madden, New Iberia, La. rs
E. w. Scully, New Iberia, La. .....2s
S. O. Nuckolls, New iberia, La. us
w. H. BONN, Jeanerette, La. ........25
H. H. Collins, New Iberia, La. .....25
Witnesses: