The herald., 1913-05-29
CHARTER OF AMERICAN GAS & OIL
CORPORATION.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
lE LOUISIANA BARISH OF OH
leans CRY OF NEW ORLEANS

LEANS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
Be IL known, that on this 9th day Of May,
in the year OF our Lord, one thousand nine
hundred and thirteen, before me, Gustsf r.
Westfeldt, Jr., notary public, duly COM
missoned and qualified, in and for the par
lsh OF Orleans. and In the presence OF the
witnesses hereinafter named and under
signed personally came and appeared the
several persons whose names are hereunto
subscribed who severally declared: that,
availing themselves Of the provisions OF the
laws OF this state relative to the organiza-
ton OF corporations, they have contracted
and agreed, and do by these presents con-
tract, agree and obligate themselves into
and constitute corporation and body pol
itic in law, for the objects and purposes and
under the conditions and stipulations of the
articles following, to-wit:
Article 1.-The name and title OF the said
corporation shall be the AMERICAN GAS
AND OIL CORPORATION" and under Its
said corporate name 1t shall 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 con-
tract, sue and be sued to make and use a
corporate seal, and the same to break and
alter at pleasure; to purchase, receive,
lease. hold and convey, as well as mortgage
and hypothecate under Its corporate name
property both real and personal; to name
and appoint such managers and directors,
officers and agents as the interest and con-
venlence OF said corporation may require,
and to make and establish, as well as alter
and amend at pleasure, such bylaws, rules
and regulations for the proper nagement
and regulation Of the affairs of said corpo-
ration. as may be necessary and proper.
Article 1.-THE domicile OF the said cor
poration 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 absence, 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
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nature OF the business to be carried on by
it are declared and specified to be: to pur-
chase, own, hold, SELL mortgage, lease, alien
ate, receive and otherwise acquire and dis
gas land and oil, mineral and gas rights and
any other interest in lands, both in Louisi-
ana 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 outfits, ma
chinery, appliances, apparatus and buildings
OF every description used or suitable for use
in the extraction of oil, gas. or any other
minerals from the earth. and for the hous-
Ing, preservation. handling, refining and
| transportation OF the same when so extract
ed, and particularly storage tanks and pipe
| lines, all solely for the uses of its own bust
ness and without power Of eminent domain
TO buy sell or otherwise acquire and alien
ate, and to establish, export or import oil
minerals and 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 exer
leges not expressly excluded. as relate tt
the objects hereinbefore set forth.
Article Iv.-The capital stock Of the SAID
corporation Is hereby fixed at six thousand
| S60O00O) dollars and 00-100 dollars, di
vided into and represented by one hundred
and twenty (120) shares Of fifty (s50.0o'
dollars each. The whole OF the said stool
or any part thereof may be issued and deliv
cred to any person. firm or corporation To-
the requirement Of rights, privileges, fran
chises and property purchased and acquires
by 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
tion and organization OF this corporation