The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-10-23
CHARTER
or THE GUARANTEE OIL COM
PANY, LIMITED.

AseotS VI 1oulSldEld, PaT1Sh OF CaddO :.
BE It known that on this the 9Th day of
October A. D. 1910, before me, John D.
Wilkinson, notary public in and for
said Parish of Caddo, State of Louis
lana, duly commissioned and qualified,
and IN the presence of the witnesses
fereina fer named and undersigned.
cams ahd appeared the persons whose
names are hereto subscribed, all above
the age of majority, who severa11y de-
clared that, availing themselves of the
provisions of the laws of the State of
louisiana relative to the organization of
corporations, they have formed and or
gained and by these presents do form
and organize themselves and those
whom they represent into corporation
and body polite in law, for the objects
and purposes, and under the stipulations
and limitations hereinafter set forth and
expressed, and to this end, and as en-
bodying the objects and purposes and
.stipulations and limitations referred to,
they do hereby formulate and adopt the
following charter, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.
The name and title of the corporation
formed by this act is declared to be the
GUARANTEE OIL COMPANY LINZ
TIED. It's domicile is declared to be
and is hereby fixed at the city of Shreve-
port, State of Louisiana, and it shall
have and enjoy succession by its corpor-
ate name for period of fifty (5o) years
from and after the date hereof. This
corporation shall have the power and
authority to contract, sue and be sued
in its corporate name; to have and to
use a corporate seal; to issue shares of
stock representing its capital stock; to
hold, receive, hire, lease and purchase
real estate and personal property, and
to sell, lease, mortgage and pledge the
same, and to borrow money and issue
bonds, stocks, notes and other obliga-
tons, and generally to do and perform
all acts and things essential or neces-
sary to the carrying out of its main
purpose of mining for oil and gas, or
other minerals, and marketing the pro-
ducts of their enterprise. All citations
or other legal process shall be served
upon the president of the company, or
in his absence or inability to act, upon
the vice president. or III his absence or
inability to act, the same shall be served
at the Office of the company in accord
anee with the direction of the law.
ARTICLE II.
The object and purpose for which this
corporation IS organized, and the ma
ture Of the business to be carried on by
it are hereby declared TO be: To pur-
chase, lease or otherwise acquire and
bold and exploit in the State Of Louis
lana ana other parts Of the world,
ans containing or believed to contain
gas, petroleum, and other deposits, or
R9ois, or other minerals; to carry on
the business of searching for, prospect
ing, preparing, producing. refining, pip
ing. storing, Transporting. supplying,
buying, selling, manufacturing and dis
tributing gas petroleum and other oils
and their products and by-products; to
bore, contract build, operate. ard main.
tain oil wells. buildings, machinery,
plants, stores. warehouses to erect
maintain and operate reineries, mills
works, laboratories, workshops. dwelling
houses for worknen and others; to ham
die, store and transport oil, gas, brine
and other minerals, or mineral solutions,
and to make reasonable charge there
for to buy, sell, furnish and distribute
oil and gas for lighting, heating and
other purposes to lay down, construct
maintain and operate pipe lines, tubes,
tanks, pump stations, connections, fix
tires. storage houses and such ma
chinery, apparatus and devices as may
be necessary TO operate such pipes and
pipe lines between various points. Also
wherever permitted BY law. to have tf1e
right and power to enter upon private
figfltzof way. easements and properties
81 all persons and corporations, and to
have the right of laying its pipes and
pipe lines across and under any street
ii alley III any Incorporated street OF
town. with the consent and under the
direction Of the proper authorities Of
ssch cities OF towns Also. TO carry on
5 tbs business of producing, refining and
storing petroleum products and vege-
table and mineral oils and oil products.