Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1922-01-07
CHARTER
OF THE
ARkANSAS-LOUISiANA CO.
INC,
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of st. John the Baptist.

L saA iSil vi ~ vim biiS
BE IT KNOWN, That on this 9Th
day OF December 1921, before me
w. S. Frazee, Notary Public, in ant
for 1.-THE Parish of st. John the Bap
tist, State of Louisiana, duly commls
stoned and e.alified, and IN the pre-
sence of Inc witnesses hereinattel
named and undersigned, personally
came and appeared the several par
ties whose names are hereunto SUD
scribed, who severally declared tina,
availing themselves of the genera
laws of the State of Louisiana rela-
tive to the organization of corpora
tons, and particularly Act 2b7 OF
1914 they have contracted ano
agreed and ddo by these presents CO
venant and agree and bind and oph-
gate themselves, as well such otnef
persons as may hereafter become as
sociated with them or their success
crs, to form and constitute corpora
ton and body polite in law for the
objects and purposes and under the
agreements and stipulations as fol-
lows, to-wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name of the corporation snall
be ARkANSAS-LOUISIANA COM
PANY, INC, and under its corporate
name it shall exist and have success
sion for period of n Gety-nine t99)
years from the date hereof and IL
shall have and exercise for the pur-
poses of its business all of the pow,
ers, rights and rvileges conferred
or which may hereafter be conferred
by law on similar corporations, and IL
shall be and is further author zed TO
do and perform any act or thing ana
conduct any and all business not es-
pecially prohibited by law usually
connected w til and pertaining to the
carving on of the affairs and busl-
ness set forth in Article III. of th-s
charter.
ARTICLE II.
The donnie lie of this corporation
shall be at Garyville, st. John the
Baptist Parish, Louisiana, and all cl,
tat on and other legal process shall
be served on the President, and IN his
absence the Vice-President, OF in tue
absence of both, on the Secretary or
Treasurer of sad corporat on.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes of tbs
corporation and the hatufeso< the BIZ
siness to be carried on by it are herr
hv declared to be: To buy, sell and
ease real estate and personal proper
" and to develop same; to locate, ,lpuf
,hase, lease and acquire lands,,W Is
he r ght to prospect, drill, mine, bore
md sink wells and shafts; to produce
convey, and transport oil. petroleum
and gas; to carry on the business OF
,toring and prospecting for mineral
,roduets. and refining, manufactur-
ng, and preparing, transporting pus
NO and selling petroleum and other T
Il products and by-products; toope-
ate. build, construct, pump and malh
ain oil and gas wells. to bulid, coh-
truct, and operate machinery, ware |.
ouses. pumping plants, p pc lines,
efinerie s,mil1s, workshops, 1ahoFato,, /,
les dwelling houses fer laborers ana
thars retail stores for laborers ana !
theirs, and factor es for the pfoaue
on of articles convenient Tor use IA
onnection with min ing and drilling
or oil and gas; to manufacture, Duy' 1t
I'll. import aad EXPORT; to deai ~
umps. drills, fuses, caps, candles
dynamite, and the ne,
,ssary engines, machinery, drills ana
.Iey appliances and convenlences
- use in connection with MINING
ID drilling for oil and gas and IN
neral to do ali things incidental TO
a NECESSARY 10 to carry out the oo-
ots ~ "a and purposes of this corpofa, !.
IN r,s Nothing herein, however, shall + +
, construed as limiting the powers h
this corporation granted by tne +
,ys of the state now ex sting or mere q
ter enacted. l.
ARTICLE ". Il
he capital stock OF this corpou,a o Q
~ s hereby fixed at the sum Of one 2
,ndrad - Forty Thousand Dollars
lao fC,n OO), divided into and re- h
esented by Twenty-Eight Hun /
cd shares of the par value OF fl1Iy
,Ilars (s50.00) each, which snail W
IA for in cash or property I anu
the property ltem.zed ln
, statement hereto attached as
II time and IN such manner as the
ard of Directors may. determines
issued Tor SeTVlCSo ~
,ar valuable consideration, and tne
rnoration may commence business .
soon poo as fifty per cent Of the cap
stock has been subscribed and
~ ner cent thereof has been paw
= The capital stock, however, r, MAY
;ncreased to Five Hundred Ihou
i'd Dollars. :,
= ARTICLE V. L,
he corporate powers OF thS colpE to
ION shall be vested in and erereE 4,
hv 4 Board of Directors compos-
If not less than five nor more than
q members. The sad Board shaii
. . full right to make and ameha
hv.laws of the corporation. 4
;orjty of said board, as same may
constituted from time to me-
II constitute a quorum ANY u
Tor t. may by written proxy appo-at ~
'tier sJ member to represent b M a. -,
|, meeting of the said board Win d p,
mower Of his constituent. -, q. D.
- directors shall be elected py & nal 0'
Of the stockholders n the .hird
,eday % in October of each year.
y stakeholder shall at every
\ .lbolders' meeting be emitted 70