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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.9

                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

                                       OF

                        THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                            CITY GAS SERVICE COMPANY

         The location of the principal office in this State is at No. 117 Main
Street, in the Borough of Flemington, County of Hunterdon.

         The name of the agent therein and in charge thereof upon whom process
against this corporation may be served is Scott Scammell, II.

         The Board of Directors of CITY GAS SERVICE COMPANY, a corporation of
the State of New Jersey, at a meeting held on the 2nd day of March, A.D. 1966,
adopted a resolution declaring it advisable that the name of the corporation be
changed and that the Certificate of Incorporation be amended to read as follows:

        "(a) The name of the corporation is

             UTILITY PROPANE COMPANY.";

and said Board of Directors does hereby direct that this matter be presented to
the shareholders of the corporation at the annual meeting of the stockholders to
be held at the Elizabethtown Service Center of the Elizabethtown Consolidated
Gas Company, Green Lane, Union, County of Union, State of New Jersey, on the 8th
day of March, 1966, at 3 o'clock p.m. (e.s.t.), to take action thereon.

                              CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE

         City Gas Service Company, a corporation of the State of New Jersey,
does hereby certify that it has amended Article FIRST of the Certificate of
Incorporation to read as follows:

                      "(a) The name of the corporation is:

                           UTILITY PROPANE COMPANY.";

said amendment having been declared by resolution of the Board of Directors of
said corporation to be advisable and having been duly and regularly consented to
by the unanimous vote of all of the shareholders of all of the stock of the
corporation issued and outstanding at a meeting duly called by the Directors for
that purpose.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said corporation has made this certificate under
its seal and the hand of its President and Secretary, this 8th day of March,
1966.

                                               /s/ Stewart B. Kean
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                                               Stewart B. Kean, President

         (corporate seal)

ATTEST:

/s/ Harry L. Graham
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Harry L. Graham, Secretary<PAGE>
                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.10

                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

                                       OF

                        THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                             UTILITY PROPANE COMPANY

                       PURSUANT TO SEC. 14A:9-2(4) OF THE

                      NEW JERSEY BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT.

                                    * * * * *

         UTILITY PROPANE COMPANY, a corporation of the State of New Jersey, does
hereby certify that:

         (a) The name of the corporation is:

             UTILITY PROPANE COMPANY

         (b) On October 26, 1989 the directors did, by resolution, amend the
Certificate of Incorporation by eliminating the present Article "FIRST" and
substituting in place thereof the following:

             "FIRST: The name of the corporation is:

             PROLIQ, INC."

         (c) On October 26, 1989, the aforesaid amendment to the Certificate of
Incorporation was unanimously consented to by the shareholders of the
corporation, pursuant to Sec. 14A:5-6(1) of the New Jersey Business Corporation
Act.

         (d) On October 26, 1989, three thousand (3,000) shares of the capital
stock of UTILITY PROPANE COMPANY were outstanding, were entitled to vote and
were voted for the aforesaid amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF UTILITY PROPANE COMPANY has executed this
certificate this 9th day of November, 1989.

                                              UTILITY PROPANE COMPANY

                                              By: /s/ JAMES W. CHRISTMAS
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                                                 JAMES W. CHRISTMAS,
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                                                                   EXHIBIT  4.11

                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                                  PROLIQ, INC.

Proliq, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation
Law of the State of New Jersey (the "Corporation") does hereby certify that
provision for the making of the following amendment to the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation is contained in an Order, a copy of which is
attached, (the "Order") dated January 30, 2001 of the United States Bankruptcy
Court for the District of Delaware (the "Bankruptcy Court") in In re KCS Energy,
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Inc., et al., Debtors, Case No. 00-0028 (PJW) and Case Nos. 00-0310 (PJW)
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through 00-0318 (PJW) confirming the KCS Energy, Inc. et al., Debtors Chapter 11
Plan of Reorganization:

                  A new Article (h) is hereby added to the end of the
                  Certificate of Incorporation:

         "(h)     Notwithstanding anything contained in this Certificate of
                  Incorporation to the contrary, the Corporation shall not
                  authorize or issue any non-voting equity securities or
                  authorize or issue any classes of securities possessing voting
                  power, in either case without complying with the provisions of
                  Title 11 United States Code Section 1123(a)(6)."

                  The undersigned persons certify that, pursuant to the Order of
the Bankruptcy Court, the Corporation, this 15th day of February, 2001, has
caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its President and attested
by its Secretary, and affirm that the statements contained herein are true.

ATTEST:                                     PROLIQ, INC.

/s/ Frederick Dwyer                         /s/ James W. Christmas
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Frederick Dwyer, Secretary                  James W. Christmas, President<PAGE>
                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.13

                            KCS Energy Services, Inc.

                       Incorporated Under the Laws of the

                                State of Delaware

                                RESTATED BY-LAWS

                                    ARTICLE I
                                     OFFICES

                  The principal office of the Corporation shall be located in
the State of Texas. The Board of Directors may change the location of the
principal office of the Corporation and may from time to time designate other
offices at such other places, either within or without the State of Delaware, as
the business of the Corporation may require.

                                   ARTICLE II
                                  STOCKHOLDERS

                  Section 1. Annual Meeting: The Annual Meeting of Stockholders
for the election of Directors and the transaction of any other business as may
properly come before such meeting shall be held on such day, at such time and at
such place as shall be designated by the Board of Directors. If said day be a
legal holiday, said meeting shall be held at the same hour on the next
succeeding business day. At the Annual Meeting any business may be transacted
and any corporate action may be taken, whether stated in the notice of meeting
or not, except as otherwise expressly provided by statute or the Certificate of
Incorporation.

                  Section 2. Special Meetings: Special Meetings of the
Stockholders for any purpose may be called as provided in the Certificate of
Incorporation. Special Meetings shall be held at such time and place as shall
from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors and stated in the
notice of such meeting. At a Special Meeting no business shall be transacted and
no corporate action shall be taken other than that stated in the notice of the
meeting.

                  Section 3. Notice of Meetings: Written notice of the place,
date and hour of any Stockholders' meeting, whether annual or special, and, in
the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is
called shall be given to each Stockholder entitled to vote thereat, by mailing
the same to him at his address as the same

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appears upon the records of the Corporation not less than ten (10) nor more than
sixty (60) days prior to the date of such meeting. Notice of any adjourned
meeting need not be given other than by announcement at the meeting so
adjourned, unless otherwise ordered in connection with such adjournment. Such
further notice, if any, shall be given as may be required by law.

                  Section 4. Waiver of Notice: A written waiver of notice signed
by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the meeting, shall be
deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a Stockholder at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when a Stockholder attends
a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting,
to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting shall not
have been lawfully called or convened.

                  Section 5. Quorum: Any number of Stockholders, together
holding at least a majority of the capital stock of the Corporation issued and
outstanding and entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy at
any meeting duly called, shall constitute a quorum for all purposes at a meeting
of Stockholders except as may otherwise be provided by law.

                  Section 6. Adjournment of Meetings: If at the time for which a
meeting of Stockholders has been called less than a quorum is present, the
meeting may be adjourned to another time or place by a majority vote of the
Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote
thereat, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting except as may
otherwise be required by law. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall
be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at
the meeting as originally called.

                  Section 7. Voting: Each Stockholder entitled to vote at a
meeting of the Stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of
stock registered in his name on the books of the Corporation on the date fixed
as a record date for the determination of its Stockholders entitled to vote.
Each Stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of Stockholders may authorize
another person or persons to act for him by proxy, duly appointed by instrument
in writing subscribed by such Stockholder and bearing a date not more than three
years prior to said meeting, unless said proxy provides for a longer period. At
all meetings of Stockholders all matters shall be determined by a majority vote
of the Stockholders entitled to vote thereat present in person or represented by
proxy except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or
these By-Laws.

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                                   ARTICLE III
                                    DIRECTORS

         Section 1. Qualifications: Directors need not be stockholders.

         Section 2. Duties and Powers: The Board of Directors shall have control
and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation, and, unless the
vote of a greater number is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or
these By-Laws, the vote of the majority of the Directors present at a meeting
shall be the act of the Board of Directors in the transaction of business,
provided a quorum is present. The Directors may exercise all such powers of the
Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as they may deem proper and
as are consistent with law, the Certificate of Incorporation and these By-Laws.

         Section 3. Election and Term: Directors shall be elected by the
stockholders at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to hold office until the next
Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are elected and
qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal. If the election of
directors shall not be held on the day designated by or pursuant to authority
granted in these By-Laws, the Directors shall cause the same to be held as soon
thereafter as may be convenient. The Board of Directors shall consist of not
less than two (2) persons. The number of directors may be changed from time to
time, within the limitations stated in the immediately preceding sentence,
exclusively by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a
majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there
exists any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any such
resolution is presented to the Board for adoption.) The election of directors
need not be by ballot. Except as may otherwise be provided by the General
Corporation Law, any director or the entire board of directors may be removed,
with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled
to vote at an election of directors.

         Section 4. Resignation of Directors: Any Director may resign at any
time upon written notice to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect
at the time specified therein, and if no time be specified, at the time of its
receipt by the Chairman of the Board, if any, the President or the Secretary.
The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective,
unless so specified therein.

         Section 5. Meetings: The Board of Directors shall hold an annual
meeting for the purpose of organization and the transaction of any business
immediately after the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders, provided a quorum is
present. Other regular meetings may be held at such times as may be determined
from time to time by resolution

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of the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be
called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or by the President.

         Section 6. Notice and Place of Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board
of Directors may be held at such time and place as shall be designated by
resolution of the Board of Directors. No notice need be given of any regular
meeting of the Board. Notice of any special meeting specifying the time and
place of such meeting and the business to be transacted thereat shall be served
upon each Director by mail at his residence or usual place of business at least
two (2) days before the day on which such meeting is to be held, or sent to him
at such place by telegraph or cable, or transmitted by way of a guaranteed
overnight courier service, or delivered personally or by telephone not later
than 24 hours prior to the time at which the meeting is to be held. No notice of
the annual meeting shall be required if held immediately after the annual
meeting of the Stockholders and if a quorum is present. Notice of a meeting need
not be given to any Director who submits a signed waiver of notice before or
after the meeting, nor to any Director who attends the meeting without
protesting prior thereto or at its commencement the lack of notice.

         Section 7. Business Transacted at Meetings: Any business may be
transacted and any corporate action may be taken at any regular or special
meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum shall be present, whether
such business or proposed action be stated in the notice of such meeting or not,
unless special notice of such business or proposed action shall be required by
law.

         Section 8. Quorum: A majority of the entire Board of Directors shall be
necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum is
not present at a meeting of the Board of Directors, a majority of the Directors
present may adjourn the meeting to such time and place as they may determine
without notice other than announcement at the meeting until enough Directors to
constitute a quorum shall attend. When a quorum is once present to organize a
meeting, it shall not be broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any Directors.

         Section 9. Action Without a Meeting: Any action required or permitted
to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof
may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or such committee, as
the case may be, consent in writing to the adoption of a resolution authorizing
the action. Such resolutions and the written consents thereto by the members of
the Board or a committee shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of
the Board or such committee as the case may be.

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         Section 10. Participation By Telephone: Any one or more members of the
Board or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board or such
committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment
by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other
at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in
person at a meeting.

         Section 11. Compensation: The Board of Directors may establish by
resolution reasonable compensation of all Directors for services to the
Corporation as Directors, including a fixed fee and expenses, if any, incurred
in attending each meeting. Nothing herein contained shall preclude any Director
from serving the Corporation in any other capacity, as an officer, agent or
otherwise, and receiving compensation therefor.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                                    OFFICERS

         Section 1. Number: The officers of the Corporation shall be a
President, Secretary and such Vice-Presidents and other officers as the Board
may deem advisable. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may also elect a
Chairman of the Board of Directors.

         Section 2. Election, Term of Office and Qualifications: The officers
shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors immediately after the Annual
Meeting of stockholders and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. Any two or
more offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of the President
and Secretary.

         Section 3. Removal of Officers: Any officer of the Corporation may be
removed from office, with or without cause, by a vote of a majority of the Board
of Directors.

         Section 4. Resignation: Any officer of the Corporation may resign at
any time. Such resignation shall be in writing and shall take effect at the time
specified therein, and if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by
the Secretary. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary in order
to make it effective, unless so specified therein.

         Section 5. Filling of Vacancies: A vacancy in any office shall be
filled by the Board of Directors.

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         Section 6. Compensation: The compensation of the Officers shall be
fixed by the Board of Directors, or by any committee or Officer upon whom power
in that regard may be conferred by the Board of Directors.

         Section 7. President: The President shall have responsibility for the
general direction of the business affairs and property of the Corporation, and
of its several Officers, and shall have and exercise all such powers and
discharge such duties as usually pertain to the office of President. He shall
perform such duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the Board of
Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the President shall
perform and carry out the functions of the Chairman of the Board.

         Section 8. Vice-Presidents: During any absence or incapacity of the
President, the officers in the following order shall perform the duties and
exercise the powers of the President, and shall perform such duties and
functions as the Board may prescribe: (a) the Vice-President (or if there shall
be more than one, the Vice-Presidents in the order determined by the Board of
Directors); (b) the Assistant Vice-President (or if there shall be more than
one, the Assistant Vice-Presidents in the order determined by the Board of
Directors). Each Vice-President shall perform such other duties as may be
assigned to him by the President or the Board of Directors.

         Section 9. Secretary: The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the
Board of Directors and of the Stockholders and record all votes and the minutes
of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose. He shall give or cause
to be given notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the
Board of Directors and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by
the Board of Directors. He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the
Corporation and affix it to any instrument when so authorized by the Board of
Directors. In the absence of a Secretary, an Assistant Secretary may act in his
place.

                                    ARTICLE V
                                  CAPITAL STOCK

         Section 1. Issue of Certificates of Stock: Certificates of capital
stock shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board of Directors.

         Section 2. Registration and Transfer of Shares: The name of each person
owning a share of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be entered on the
books of the Corporation together with the number of shares held by him, the
numbers of the certificates covering such shares and the dates of issue of such
certificates. The shares of

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stock of the Corporation shall be transferable on the books of the Corporation
by the holders thereof in person, or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal
representatives, on surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number
of shares, accompanied by an assignment of power of transfer endorsed thereon or
attached thereto, duly executed, and with such proof of the authenticity of the
signature as the Corporation or its Agents may reasonably require. A record
shall be made of each transfer.

         The Board of Directors may make other and further rules and regulations
concerning the transfer and registration of certificates of stock.

         Section 3. Lost, Destroyed and Mutilated Certificates: The holder of
any stock of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any
loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of the certificates thereof. The
Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate
theretofore issued by it alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the
Board of Directors may, in its discretion, require the owner of the lost, stolen
or destroyed certificate, or his legal representatives, to give the Corporation
a bond, in such sum not exceeding double the value of the stock and with such
surety or sureties as they may require, to indemnify it against any claim that
may be made against it by reason of the issue of such new certificate and
against all other liability in the premises, or may remit such owner to such
remedy or remedies as he may have under the laws of the State of Delaware.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

         Section 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the Corporation shall
commence on the first day of January and end on the last day of December.

         Section 2. Corporate Seal: The corporate seal shall be in such form as
approved by the Board of Directors and may be altered at their pleasure. The
corporate seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed,
affixed or otherwise reproduced.

         Section 3. Notices: Except as otherwise expressly provided, any notice
required by these By-Laws to be given shall be sufficient if given by depositing
the same in a post office or letter box in a sealed wrapper with first-class
postage prepaid thereon and addressed to the person entitled thereto at his
address, as the same appears upon the books of the Corporation, or by
telegraphing or cabling the same to such person at such address or by
transmitting the same by way of a guaranteed overnight courier service; and

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such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time it is mailed, telegraphed,
cabled or so transmitted.

                                   ARTICLE VII
                                   AMENDMENTS

         These Restated By-Laws may be amended or repealed, or new By-Laws may
be adopted, at any annual or special meeting of the Stockholders, by vote of the
Stockholders entitled to vote in the election of Directors; provided, however,
that the notice of such meetings shall have been given as provided in these
By-Laws, which notice shall state that amendment or repeal of these By-Laws, or
the adoption of new By-Laws, is one of the purposes of such a meeting; and
provided further, that By-Laws adopted by the Stockholders shall not be
rescinded, altered, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors if such
By-Laws adopted by the Stockholders so express. These Restated By-Laws may also
be amended or repealed, or new By-Laws may be adopted, by the Board of Directors
at any meeting thereof; provided, however, that notice of such meeting shall
have been given as provided in these By-Laws, which notice shall state that
amendment or repeal of the By-Laws, or the adoption of new By-Laws, is one of
the purposes of such meeting; and provided further, that By-Laws adopted by the
Board of Directors may be amended or repealed by the Stockholders as hereinabove
provided.

Dated:  February 20, 2001

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