The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-21
CHARTER
OF THE BORDER GAS COM
PANY.

Be it known, that on this the and day
of April A. D. 1910, before me, P. M
Welsh, notary public duly commits
stoned and qualified in for the Parish Of
Caddo, in the State of Louisiana, there
in residing, and in the presence of the
witnesses hereinafter named and under
signed, personally came and appeared
Frank J. Looney, A. D. Keeney, James
Furlong, ]. F. Slattery and E. Barnett,
all of Shreveport, Louisiana, and ]. A
Carey of Washington, District of Col
umbia, all of the ages of majority, who
to me severally declared that, ayailing
themselves of the provisions of the laws
of the State of Louisiana in such cases
made and provided, and particularly the
provisions of Act No. 70 of the Acts of
1904, they had covenanted and agreed,
and by these presents covenant and
agree and bind themselves, as also such
other persons who may hereafter be-
come associated with them in this be-
half, and who may become holders of
shares of stock herein, to constitute and
form and do hereby form corporation
and body polite for the objects and pur-
poses and under the terms, stiprlations,
agreements and conditions hereinafter
set forth and expressed, and this instru-
ment is hereby adopted as the charter of
this corporation, to-wit
ARTICLE /.
The name and title of this corporation
is BORDER GAS COMPANY. Its
domicile shall be in the City of Shreve-
port, in the Parish of Caddo, in the
State of Louisiana, and it shall have and
enjoy succession under its corporate
name for a period of ninety-nine (oo)
years from and after the date hereof
Citation and other legal process against
this corporation may be served upon the
any vice president, the secre-
tary or any assistant secretary, the treas
urer or any assistant treasurer, and at
least one of such officers shall reside at
the domicile of the corporation.
ARTICLE II.
The object and purpose for which this
corporation is created is to engage in
and conduct the business and occupation
of the production, purchase, nanufac-
ture, transportation, distribution and
sale of gas, both natural and artificial,
or either, for lighting, heating, and all
other purposes, and the construction,
owning and operating of all such pipe
lines, storage tanks, reservoirs, pumping
stations, mains and conduits as may be
incident to such business, and in fur
therance of such it may own all fran
chises, rights of way, privileges, patents
and other miscellaneous properties, and
may conduct the business of purchase
and sale of gas fixtures and appliances
and all other goods, wares, and mer-4
chandise such as may be convenient and
proper in the discharge and conduct of
its business.
ARTICLE III.
The powers and authorities which this
corporation shall have and may exercise
and enjoy are all such as are now or
may hereafter be granted under the
laws of the State of Louisiana to cor
porations created for any of the objects
and purposes above indicated; including
the authority and power to contract; to
sue and be sued in its corporate name;
to make and use corporate seal, and to
break, alter and amend the same at
pleasure; to hold, receive, rent, hire and
purchase, or otherwise acquire property
Of every kind, real, personal and mixed,
for any corporate purpose, and to sell,
mortgage, pledge. or otherwise hypothe-
cate or convey or dispose of same; to
borrow money and issue bonds, deben-
lures, notes, and other obligations; and
TO do and perform all things necessary,
reasonable, convenient or proper to car
ry ont the objects and purposes of its
organization, or any of such objects and
purposes, provided only that such things
be not repugnant to law or these articles
of incorporation, or any duly adopted
amendment thereof. And without in
any particular limiting any of the OBJ
jects, purposes and powers of the cor
poration, it is hereby expressly declared
and provided that the corporation shall
have power and authority to issue its
stock, IFS bonds and its other obligations
in payment for property purchased or
acquired BY it, or for any other object
in. or about its business; to mortgage
or pledge any stock, bonds or other
obligations, or any property which may
be acquired BY it, to secure any bonds
or other obligations by it issued or IN
CURED and to make and perform con-
tracts OF any kind and description in
carrying on its business; and for the
purpose of attaining or furthering arJ
of its objects or purposes, to do any and
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