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 by said association is at the city of Titusville, in the county of Crawford, and state of Pennsylvania, where the principal office or place of business of said association is established and shall be maintained.

Fourth.—The name of the said association is the Tidewater Pipe Company (Limited).

Fifth.—The contemplated duration of said association is twenty years from the date of this statement.

Sixth.—The names of the officers of said association selected in conformity with the provisions of said act are as follows:

The managers of said association so elected are: Byron David Benson, Hascal Ledger Taylor, Alanson Ashford Sumner, Robert Emmet Hopkins, and John Hahn Dilks, of whom said Byron David Benson is so selected chairman of said association; said Robert Emmet Hopkins is so selected treasurer of said association; and said Alanson Ashford Sumner is so selected secretary of said association.

In Witness Whereof, the persons named in this statement have hereunto severally signed their names, this thirteenth day of November, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight: