The herald., 1922-04-27

State of Louisiana, Parish Of Orleans.
CITY of New Orleans, Be II known, that Oh
this 18th day of April 1922, before M
W. Morgan Gurley, a notary public dul!
commissioned and qualified IN ana Iol
the Parish of Orleans, state or LoulSland
and in the presence of the witnesses her1
matter named and undersigned, personal
IN came and appeared the several persons
whose names are hereunto subscribed WHO
seyeralIy declared that, awaiting them
selves of the laws of the state OF LOUIS
lana. relative to the organization OF co e-
porations and particularly Act NO. -
of the General Assembly or lSlf' anu
Acts amendatory thereof, they nave COW
nanted and agreed and by these presth.S
covenant and agree and blnd themselves
as well as all other persons VINO may
hereafter become associated with them
20 form a corporation and BODY polltlc III
law for the objects and purposes anu uh
der the stipulations hereinafter set forth,
which they hereby ADOPT as the chdi''i
of this corporation.
ARTICLE THE name and style of
this corporation shall be Bienville ON
| Company Incorporated, and Its doniCile
| is hereby fixed in the City OF New Ut
leans. Parish of Orleans state OF Louis
| lana. where by said name it shall exist
| and enjoy corporate existence and success
| sion for a period of ninety nine C?)
| wears. from this date, unless sooner as
solved by law or in the manner hereih-
| after stipulated.
| ~
| s.yIs said corporation shall have che
| power to contract, sue and be sued, 10
| make and use a corporate SEAL Ihe shii.c
| to alter change or amend at pleasure 10
| adoDt make and enforce such bylaws
| rnles and regulations for its government
| as il may choose, nos contrary 10 tne
laws of the United States, the laws OF tne
| State of Louisiana, or this charter' !"
employ and fix the compensation OF such
| officers employees or agents as the IN
| terest of the corporation may require; 10
| purchase lease, hold, receive, hypothe-
| cate. convey. sell, pledge or mortgage
real estate and personal property; TO DOT
| row money: to issue negotiable paper or
| notes or other evidence OF dent ana
| generally to do and perform any and al
| other acts and things necessary ana pro
per. or incident to the successful opera
ton and CARRYING out of the business out
lined in the objects and purposes OF thls
| CORPORATION. all according to law, ana as
may be deemed necessary and proper d!
the board of directors.
ARTICLE III-The objects and pur'
poses of this corporation are hereby de-
clared 70 be: to buy and sell real estate
| and personal property ana 10 ueNeiol
same: and TO locate, lease ana acquIl'
lands with the exclusive right TO pros
poet, to drill, mine. bore ana s,nk ,r Mvr'
and shafts: to produce, convey ana trans
port oil, petroleum and gas; to savage
reclaim. clean. operate and maintain OF
wells: to carry on the business OF storiht
and prospecting for; mining; producing
refining, manufacturing, piping. trans
porting. buying and selling petroleum
and other oil products and by-products
to buy. sell, furnish and supply I'M
same: to operate, build. construct, puinl
and maintain oil and gas wells; to bullo
and construct purchase maintain and
operate warehouses, pumping plants. plp
lines refineries, factories, mills. WORK
shops, laboratories and dwelling house
for workmen and others; and general!
| 10
{ things necessary and incident to the car
! rying on and operating of a general OF
and gas producing and marketing busi
= ness.
ARTICLE Iv-An citations and othe
legal process shall be served upon IN
president of the corporation, or in his aD
sence upon the secretarytreasurer, or. II
the absence of both of these officers, upol
. the vice-president, at the domlcile OF SAT-
, corporation. as herein fixed.
ARTICLE V-The amount of capita
, stock of this corporation is hereby de
clared to be SlOO.OOO.O0 Zone hundre'
thousand dollars) to be divided into lOoo
Z shares of the par value of $1,000 ten doi
{ iarsl each, all of which shall be common
stock
| That more than fifty per cent of salt
CAPITAL stock has been subscribed for an
more than fifty per cent OF that SUP
5 scribed for has been paid in by transte
: of property as shown on statement an
resolution of appraisement attached mere
to and made part hereof.
e ARTICLE VI-All power Of this cor
1 poration shall be vested in board Of oil
Z rectors, composed of seven stockholder'
? except that the officers of said corpora
, ton have and exercise the power granite
: to corporate officers by section 10 of Ac
: No 267 of 1914. A majority of the boar
, of directors shall constitute a quorum TO
. transaction of all business, and a ma
: jority vote of the quorum present at an
ha no pmnOWprp6
and corporate acts. Said directors sha