The herald., 1913-03-27
CHARTER.
OF BAssETT GAS & OIL COMPANY.

OF BASSETT GAS & OIL COMPANY
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF ORLEANS
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
Be Ii known, that on this 14th day OF
February, in the year OF our Lord one thou
sand nine hundred and thirteen, before me-
Gustaf X. Westfeldt, Jr., a notary public
duly commissioned and qualified, in and for
the parish OF Orleans, and in the presence
Of the witnesses hereinafter named and IN
dersigned, personally came and appeared
the several persons whose names are here
unto subscribed, who severally declared
that, availing themselves Of the provisions OF
the laws Of this state relative to the organ
ization OF corporations, they have contracted
and agreed. and do by these presents con-
selves, well as all such other persons as
may become associated with them, to form
themselves into and constitute a corpora
ton and body polite in law, for the objects
and purposes and under the conditions and
stipulations Of the articles following, to-wit
ARTICLE /.
The name and title Of the said corporation
shall be the 'Bassett Gas & Oil Company
have power and authority and shall enjoy
succession for the full term and period of
ninety-nine (99) years from and after the
date hereof; to contract, sue and be sued,
to make and use corporate seal, and same
to break and alter at pleasure; to purchase,
receive, lease, hold and convey, as well as
mortgage and hypothecate under its corpor-
ate name, property both real and personal
to name and appoint such managers and
directors, officers, and agents as the interest
and convenience of said corporation may re-
quire, and to make and establish, as well as
alter and amend at pleasure, such bylaws,
rules and regulations for the proper man
agement and regulation of the affairs of said
corporation, as may be necessary and proper.
ARTICLE III.
l The domicile of the said corporation shall
be at New Orleans, Parish of Orleans, State
of Louisiana, and all citations or other legal
process shall be served upon the president
OF said corporation, or, In case of his abb
sence, upon the vice-president, or, In the
absence of both of these officers, upon the
secretary Of the corporation.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which this
corporation Is established and the nature of
the business to be carried on by II are de-
clared and specified to be to purchase. own,
hold, sell, mortgage, lease, ALLEVIATE, receive
and otherwise acquire and dispose of real
estate, oil and mineral land and oil and min
eral rights and any other interest in lands,
both In Louisiana and elsewhere. To buy,
sell, own, lease or otherwise acquire and to
operate and maintain as principal or as
agent In this state, or elsewhere, drilling out
hts, machinery, appliances, apparatus and
buildings Of every description used or suita-
bic for use in the extraction Of oil, gas, or
any other minerals from the earth, and for
the housing, preservation, handling, refining
and transportation of the same when so ex-
tracted, and particularly storage tanks and
pipe lines, all solely for the uses of its own
business and without power Of eminent do
main; to buy, sell or otherwise acquire and
ALLEVIATE, and to establish export or import
oil, minerals or mineral products of all kinds
and In connection with said objects to lease,
buy, sell, build, or otherwise to acquire, and
to locate and maintain warehouses, sheds,
storage tanks, tank cars, dwellings store
houses and repair shops; to sell merchan-
disc and carry on general store and COM
missary, and to conduct hotels, boarding
houses and lodging houses for its agents and
employees, and generally to hold and exercise
all such Incidental powers and privileges
not expressly excluded, as relate to the OBJ
jects herelnbefore set forth.