The herald., 1922-03-23
CHARTER.
CHARTER OF CLAIBORNE CENTRAL
OIL COMPANY. INCOkPORATED


OIL COMPANY, INCORPORATED
United States of America. State of Louis
iana Parish of Orleans, Be 1t known, that
on this ninth day of the month OF March,
in the year of our Lord, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty two, ana OF tne
Independence of the United States OF
America, the one hundred and forty
seventh, before me, Francis L. Burns,
notary public dsly commissioned ana
qualified in and for the Parish Of Or
leans, therein residing, and in the pres
ence of the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned, personally came ana
appeared the several persons whose names
are hereunto subscribed, who declared
that, availing themselves of the laws or
this state relative to the organization OF
corporations, they have covenanted ana
agreed. and do by these presents coNen-
ant, agree, bind, form and constitute
themselves, as well as such persons as
may hereafter join or become associated
with them, into corporation and body
polite in law, for the objects and pur-
poses and under the agreements and stlp-
ulatiOns, tO-wit:
ARTICLE THE name and title of this
corporation shall be Claiborne Central
Oil Company, IncOrpOrated", and under
| its corporate name il shall ENJOY success
| sion for the full term and period of nine
| ty-nine years from and after date here
| of and shall have power and authority
to contract, sue and be sued; to accept
I and receive mortgages, pledges or other
| uypOthecatiOns; to make and use cor
porate peal and the same to break or
| alter at pleasure; to purchase receive,
lease. hold, otherwise acquire and con-
vey as well mortgage and hypOthecate,
| under its corporate name, 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 corporations; to acquire,
hold and reissue shares of its capital
stock: to join or consolidate with and
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relations not in cOntraventiOn of law, with
/ any person or persons, firms. associations.
| or corporations, governmental, municipal
| or otherwise, in and about the carrying on
and accomplishment of all or any of the
! purposes of the company. to carry out
| all of the objects and purposes herein
after set out; to name and appoint such
managers and directors, officers and
| agents as the interest and convenience of
| said corporation may require; and to
make and establish, as well alter and
| amend at pleasure, such bylaws, rules
and regulations for the management and
| regulation of the affairs of the corpora
tiOn as may be necessary, proper or con-
| Venient.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this cor
poration shall be in the Parish of Orleans,
State of Louisiana, and all citations
| other legal process shall be served upon
any of the officers of the corporation.
| ARTICLE III-The purposes for which
| this corporation is formed are: AS prin-
cipal, agent, broker or otherwise in the
State, in any other states territories and
possessions Of the United States and in
foreign countries, both directly and indi-
| ractly:
To acquire by purchase, lease, license.
mortgage. franchise, concession, apprO-
priation, discovery, location, grant, bond
| option, device, conveyance agreement,
! Importation or otherwise, to manufacture
produce, prepare, work. mine, bore pros
! pect, pump, raise, separate, refine, CEN
trate, reduce, distill, convert, treat, ex-
plot patent develop operate, assay, es-
| tablish, maintain. equip. hire and to hold
| own, possess, enjoy, sell, distribute ex-
port or otherwise dispose of and generally
to handle and deal in any and every form
| of petroleum, gasses and other hydro
carbOns. minerals. bitumens. coal de-
| pOsits, and mines, oil wells, gas wells.
and mining, oil and gas lands. rights and
| properties of every description whatso-
| ever, together with any and all by-prO-
ducts thereof and any and every material
and thing in the manufacture. prepare
ton or use of which any of the fOrego
| ing is used.
For its own purposes. but not as
| public service corporation, to acquire,
own, lease erect construct, charter. build
occupy, enlarge, sink, improve, establish,
maintain and operate or otherwise pro-
mote and control factories mills and re-
| hneries, rigs, drilling machines and
| plants, We'll castings, bitches, fumes, pipes
! pipe lines. tanks, tank lines. reservoirs,
warehouses, storage plants, pumping sta
| tons, water works. electric plants. power
plants, railway and tramway lines. steam
ships, tankers, barges. lighters and other
vessels of any and every class, dry docks
wharves, docks, elevators, terminal pro-
| perties and facilities, harbOrs, ferries
| bridges, waterways and rights and canals,
| and all other structures and improve
| mentS, necessary or convenient for the
| production. manufacture, storage, sale
| and distribution of products, and of any
| goods, wares and merchandise or CON-
mOdities dealt in by the corporation. and
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and to hold. own, improve, exploit, mort
gage, sell, exchange, convey or otherwise
! dispose of the full property or other
| rights, whether real personal or mixed,
whatsoever and -wheresoever located,
| Necessary or convenient in connection
with its business in the State of Louis
lana or in any other states, territories or
Federal districts of the United States of
America ard in foreign countries
To issue stocks. bonds and other obi
cations in payment for property purchased
| or acquired by 1t for any other object in
and about its business; to purchase or
otherwise acquire. TO guarantee endorse.
become surety for, hold, sell, assign,
| transfer, mortgage, pledge. hypothecate
or otherwise dispose of shares of the CAPT
tai stock. bonds and all other evidences
| of Indebtedness and securities of any other
| corporation or corporations or associa-
| tons of this state or of any other state,
country, nation or government and to issue
in exchange therefor its stocks. bonds or
other obligations, and while the owner
of such stock and tori securities to ex-
ercise all the rights, powers and priyi-
| leges of ownership, including the right to
vote thereon as provided by law, and 10
aid in any lawful manner, and to sub
scribe, contribute to, substitute or
otherwise become interested in any
corporation corDorations, projects
works, plants, properties, structures and
tori operations necessary, useful or con-
NerleLt. in connection with its purposes,
vheresOever located in any and all parts
OF the world; and to aid in any lawful
manner any corporation or association of
which any shares of stock. bonds or other
evidences of Indebtedness or securities are
held by this corporation. and to do such
further lawful acts or things as it may
desire TO protect, preserve, improve or en-
nance the value of any such shares of
stock. bonds or other evidence of indebted
ness, and securities; and to purchase hold
sell and transfer and deal in generally
shares of its own capital stock in every
lawful manner.
To sell, convey and otherwise lawfully
transfer and dispose Of its entire property.
both real personal and mixed and rights.
privileges, concessions and franchises or |
any interest therein or any part thereof. |
TO other corporations, firms, associations.
or individuals whatsoever and whereso-
ever EXISTING and tori residing.
lt Is the intent that the foregoing
enumerations of specific powers shall not |
be held to limit or impair in any manner
the general powers of the corporation and |
the enjoyment thereof is conferred nv the |
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