The herald., 1913-05-22
CHARTER OF AMERICAN GAS & OH,
CORPORATION .
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. STATE
OF LOUISIANA PARISu or on.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
| OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF OR
| LEANS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
be II known, that on this 9th day of Nav
in the year OF our Lord, one thousand nins
hundred and thirteen, before me, Gustaf r.
NeStfeldt Jr., a notary public, duly com
hlssloned and qualified, in and for the par
ish OF Orleans, and in the presence of the
witnesses hereinafter named and under
signed: personally came and appeared the
several persons whose names are hereuntC
subscribed, who severally declared that
awaiting themselves OF the provisions of the
laws OF this state relative to the organiza.
| ton or corporations, they have contra cted
ana agreed, and do by these presents con.
tract, agree and obligate themselves into
and constitute a corporation and body pol
| Inc in law, for the objects and purposes and
under the conditions and stipuatiOns of the
articles following, to-wit:
Article THE name and title Of the said
corporation shall be the AMERICAN GAS
AND OIL CORPORATION" and under It's
said corporate name IL shall have power and
authority, and shall enjoy succession for the
1ull term and period of nnety-nne 1921
years from and after the date hereof. to con.
tract, sue and be sued; to make and use a
corporate SEAL and the same to break and
aIter at pleasure; TO purchase, receive
tease. nOld and convey, as well as mOrtga pp
and hypothecate under its corporate name
property both real and personal; TO name
ana appoint such managers and directors
oncerS and agents as the interest and con-
and to make and establish, as well as alter
and amend at pleasure, such bylaws rules
ana regulations for the proper mana cement
ana regulation OF the affairs Of said corpo-
raliOn, as may be necessary and proper
Article 1.-THE domicile OF the said cor
poratlOn snail be at New Orleans, parish OF
Orleans, state OF Louisiana and all citations
or other legal process shall be served unon
me president OF said corporation, or, in case
or his absence, upon the vce-president. or.
IN the absence or both OF these officers upon
the secretary Of the corporation.
Article lll.-The objects and purposes for
winch this corporation Is established and the
nature or the business TO be carried on nv
1t are declared and specified TO be TO pur
chase, own, hold, sell, mortgage lease alien
ate, receive and otherwise acquire and dis.
pose OF real estate, oil and mineral In n,j
gas land and oil, mineral and gas rights and
any other interest in lands, both in Louisi-
ana ana ana inc elsewhere. TO buy. SELL own.
ana maintain as principal or as agent in
this state, or elsewhere, drilling outfits ma
cninery appliances, apparatus and buildings
inI every description used or suitable for use
IN the extraction OF oil, gas. or any other
minerals from the earth. and for the hons.
ing, preservation, handling, refining and
transportation OF the same when so extract
ed, ana particularly storage tanks and nine
lines, all solely for the uses of its own bnl;
ness and without power Of eminent domain !.
10 BUY sell or otherwise acquire and alien
are, and to establish, export or import oil.
anu or all kinds
and In connection with said objects 70 lease
puy; sell build, or otherwise to acquire, and
70 Iocate and maintain warehouses, sheds
storage tanks. tank cars. dwellings. store,
houses and repair shops: to sell merchan.
use ana carry on general store and com
mlssary, and to conduct hotels boardinD
houses and lodging houses for its agents and
employees, and generally to hold and eyer.
use use All such incidental powers and priyi-
reyes NOT expressly excluded, as relate IN
the OBJECTS hereinbefore set forth.
Article IV;IThe capital stock Of the said
corporation is hereby fixed at six thousand
lS6oOoOO) dollars and O0-1OO dollars. di.
vlded into and represented by one hundred
ana twenty 120) shares of fifty $50 OO1
dollars each. The whole OF the said stoct
or any part thereof may be issued and delIv.
cred TO any person. firm or corporation for
the requirement Of rights privileges fran
chises and property purchased and aconirad
oy the corporation; also in payment, settle.
ment and adjustment of the costs. fees
charges and expenses and commission In,
CURED for services rendered in the forma.
ton and organization Of this corporation.