The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-29
CHARTER
vi Che Union Gas, Oil and Pipe Line
Company Limited.

Company Limited.
State of louisiana, Parish of Cad
do: Be it known that on this the Isl
day of August A. D 1912, before me
A. J. Murff, notary public in and fol
said Parish of Caddo, State of Louis
lana, duly commissioned and quail.
fled, and in the presence of the wit
nesses hereinafter named and I'm,
dersigned, came and appeared the
persons whose names are hereuntC
subscribed, all above the age of ma
jorlty, who severally declared that
availing themselves o fthe provis-
ions of the laws of the State of
Louisiana relative to the organiza-
ton of corporations, they have
6ormed and organized, 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 stipu-
lations and limitations hereinafter
set forth and expressed, and to this
end, and as embodying the objects
and purposes and stipulations and
limitations referred to, they do
hereby formulate and adopt the fol-
lowing charter to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
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. It's 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 a Pc
riod of fifty 500 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 a corporate
seal; to issue shares of stock repre-
senting its 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 for 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 vice
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 II.
The objects and purposes for
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
or 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, manufactur-
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, man
tain and operate refineries, mills,
works, laboratories, workshops,
dwelling houses for workmen and
others; to handle, store end trans
port oil, gas, brine and other min
erals or mineral solutions, and tol
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 plpe
lines, tubes. tanks, pump stations,
connect fixtures, storage houses and
such machinery, apparatus and de-
vices as may be necessary to ope-
rate such pipe and pipe lines be-
tween various points. Also, when
ever permitted by law, to have the
right and power to enter upon prl-
vate rights of wsy, easements and
properties of all persons and cor
porations, and to have the right OF
laying its pipes and pipe lines
across and under any public road,
railroad. right of way, street rail-
road. canal or stream, or bed OF
lake; to lay it's pipes and pipe lines
across and under any street OF alley
:, opy incornorated CITY. or town,