The Caucasian., 1912-08-04
CHARTER

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CHARTER
" the lInlos ia soil snd fils Lane
ConpHss Limited
state Nt Louisiana, Pari.ss ~ Cad
do: o. Il kAt~vn That on nj. the Isl
daN Ot AuousA 4. N .ies2. tpfOre lNr,
/. J. NurE. notary public in amt for
said Parish ~ Caddo. >tat"Uf JOui.-
lana, duly commissioned and GuaN-
Ned, ana ~ the presence ~ the wit
ne.-+- hereinafter Name1 and An
.tersigned, came Gn1 appeared the
persons whose Names aye LereuNto
Subscribed. all above the age of ma
jorits. who stSerally declared that,
ayailiug themselves . fthe prOVlS-
iOn~ of the laws of the State OF
Louisiana reiative 70 the Organlza-
tioN Of corporations, they have
formed and organized, and by these
presents do form and organize
themselves and those whom they
represent, into a corporation and
body polite in law, for the objects
and purposes, and under the stlpu-
latiOns and limitations hereinafter
set forth and expressed, and to this
end, and as enbodying the objects
and purposes and stipuiations and
limitations referred to, they do
hereby formulate and adopt the fol-
lowing charter tO-Wlt:
ARTICLE |.
: The name and title of the corpOr-
alton formed by this act is declared
to be the Union Gas, Oil and Pipe
Line Company Limited. Its domicile
is declared to be and is hereby fixed
at Shreveport, State of Louisiana,
and it shall have and enjoy success
sion by its corporate name for pc
riod of fifty (50) years from date
hereof. This corporation shall have
the power and authority to contract,
sue and be sued in its corporate
name: to make and use corporate
seal; to issue shares of stock repre-
senting it's capital stock; to hold, re-
ceive, hire, lease and purchase real
and personal property, and to sell,
lease, mortgage and pledge the same
and to borrow money and issue
bonds, stocks, notes and other obli-
cations, and generally to do and per
form all acts and things essential or
necessary to the carrying out of its
main purpose of mining fer oil and
gas, or other minerals, and market
ing the products of the 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 wee
president, or in his absence of in
ability to act, the same shall be
served at the office Of the company
in accordance with the direction OF
the law.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes Tor
which this corporation is organized
and the nature of the business to be
carried on by it are hereby declared
to- be: To purchase, lease or other
wise acquire and hold and exploit
in the State of Louisiana and other
parts of the world, lands containing
OF believed to contain gas, petrO
leum and other oil deposits or pools,
or other minerals; to carry on the
business of searching for, prospect
ing, preparing, producing, refining,
piping, storing, transporting, sup
plying, buying, selling, manufacture
ing and distributing gas, petroleum
and other oils and their products
and by-products; to bore, construct,
build, operate and maintain oil
wells, building machinery, plants,
stores, warehouses; to erect, main
tain and operate refineries, mills,
works, laboratories, workshops,
dwelling houses for workmen and
others; to handle, store and trans
port oil, gas, brine and other min /
erals or mineral solutions, and to
make reasonable charge therefor; to
BUY, sell, furnish and distribute oil
and gas for lighting, heating and |
other purposes; to lay down, con
struct, maintain and operate pipe |
ines, tubes, tanks, pump stations. |
connect fixtures, storage houses and