The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-10-06
CHARTER
OF THE GUARANTEE OIL COM
PANY, LIMITED.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
Be it known that on this the 5th day of
October A. D. 1910, before me, John D.
Wilkinson, a notary public in and for
said Parish of Caddo, State of Louis
lana, duly commissioned and qualified,
and in the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned,
came and appeared the persons whose
names are hereto subscribed, all above
the age of majority, who severally 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 /.
The name and title of the corporation
formed by this act is declared to be the
GUARANTEE OIL COMPANY LIN
TIED. It's donlici1e 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 a 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 ob1iga-
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 in his absence or
inability to act, the same shall be served
at the Office of the company in accord
ance 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
hold and exploit in the State of Louis
lana and other parts of the world,
lands containing or believed to contain
gas, petroleum, and other deposits, or
pools, 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
Ftributing gas, petroleum and other oils
and their products and by-products; to
bore, contract, build, operate and main
tain oil wells, buildings, machinery,
plants, stores, warehouses; TO erect,
maintain and operate refneries, mills,
works, laboratories, workshops, dwelling
houses for worknen and others; to han
lie, 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
lures, storage houses and such ma
chinery, apparatus and devices as may
be necessary to operate such pipes and
pipe lines between various points. Also,
whenever permitted by law, to have the
right and power to enter upon private
Tight-of-way, easements and properties
Of all persons and corporations, and to
have the right of laying its pipes and
pipe lines across and under any street
OF alley il any incorporated street OF
town, with the consent and under the
direction Of the proper authorities of
such cities or towns. Also, to carry on
the business of producing, refining and
storing petroleum products and vege-
table and mineral oils and oil products
Also to buy, rent and install tank cars
and loading tracks for the transportation
of oil in crude or refined form.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at the sum of three hun
bred and fifty thousand ($35o,ooooo)
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