The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-08-29

TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
CERTIFICATE OF COMPARISON.
/, Nathan jana, Secretary Of the
Territory Of New Mexico. do hereby
certify that there was filed for record
in this office at Two o'clock P. NJ, on
the Thirtieth day Of July, A. D. sos,
Certified Copy
Articles Of Incorporation
Of
THE TEXAS COMPANY.
(No. 556s).
and also, that I have the
following copy Of The same with the
original thereof now on file, and de-
clare II to be a correct transcript
therefrom and Of the whole thereof.
Given under my hand and the
Great Seal OF the Territory
OF New Mexico, at the City
fSeaD of Santa Fe, the Capital on
this 30th day Of July, A. D.
1908.
NATHAN JAFFA,
Secretary OF New Mexico.
ORIGINAL CHARTER FILED APRIL
The State o, Z Ha asos. County of Ma.
varro.-
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That we, l.. H. Lap.
ham and Arnold Schlaet, of New
York State, and John ". Gates and
]. C. Hutchins,. Of the State OF Illinois
]. s.. Cul1inam, Rod Oliver, w. T.
Campbell, r. e. Brooks and E. j.
Marshall, Of the State OF Texas, do by
these presents associate and form our
selves and associates and successors
into a body corporate, acting under
and by virtue of b General Laws OF
the State of Texas, n hereby adopt
and declare this instrument to be the
charter Of said corporation as follows,
to-wtt:
1. The name Of this Corporation
shall be 1.-THE Texas Company"
2. Said Corporation is organized
for the purpose Of storing and trans
porting Oil and gas, brine and other
minerals Solutions, and to make reas-
enable charges therefor, to buy, sell
and furnish oil and gas for light, heat
and other purposes. to lay down, con-
struct, maintain and operate pipe
lines, tubes, tanks, pump stations, con-
nections, fixtures, storage houses, and
such machinery, apparatus, devices
and arrangements as may be necess-
airy to operate such pipes and pipe
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State; to own, hold, use and occupy
such lands, rights of way. easements.
franchises, buildings and structures
as may De necessary to the purpose
OF such corporation.
8. The Home Office and h~eadquart-
ers OF this Corporation shall be in
the City Of Corsicana, Navarro Coun-
ty, Texas, but its right to establish
other, offices and transact business
shall be c~o-extensive with the limits
Of the State of Texas and may main
tain branch Offices at Beaumont, Port
Arthur, Sabine Pass, Galveston, Hous-
ton, and at such other places as may
be allowed by law and in such foreign
jurisdictions to which 1t may be law
fully admitted.
4. The term for which this Corpora
ton is to exist shall be for fifty (50)
years from the date OF the filing here
OF in the Once of the Secretary of
State.
s. The management of this Corpor-
alton shall, for the first year., be vest
ed in a board Of nine (9) Directors.
their names and residences hereinaf-
ter stated as follows:
l.. H. Lapham. Of the City and State
of New York.
Arnold Schlaet, OF the City and
State Of New York.
John w. Gates, OF Chicago, Illinois.
J. C. Hutchins, OF Chicago, Illinois.
J.. 8. Cullinan, of Corsieana, Texas.
Rod Oliver, OF Dallas, Texas.
r. q. Brooks. OF Beaumont, Texas
W. T. Campbell, Of Beaumont, Tex
as.
n. ]. Marshall, OF Beaumont, Texas.
McKie & Autry. OF Corsicana, Tex
Ga law hrm composed Of ". J. Nc
Kie and Jas. L. Autry) are herein des-
as the General Counsel OF the
Corporation.
6. The amount of the capital stock
IS hereby fixed at the sum of Three
Million Dollars $4,000, 000.o0} divided
into Thirty Thousand GEO. 000) shares.
each Of the par value Of One Hundred
Dollars ($1o0 .00).
q. We. the undersigned. present TIA
Charter and respectfully pray the
same to be at once fled in the Once
Of the Secretary Of State and an an-
copy thereof be furnished
the directors Of the Company.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF We have
.hereunto set our hands on this, the
LIST day OF April, A. D. 1902.
II. OLIVER,
J. g. PULLMAN,
e. J.. MARSHALL.
The State Of Texas. County Of JET,
'erson.-
Before me the undersigned author
ty on this day personally appeared
s.. Culfnan, Rod Oliver and =. J..