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Register of legal documents [35v] (75/406)
The record is made up of 1 volume (198 folios). It was created in 11 Jan 1950-31 Dec 1950. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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KNOT: ALL MEN THESE PRESENTS that PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT
(
TRUCIAL COAST
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
)LIMITED (hereinafter referred to as tt the Company")
whose registered office is at 214 Oxford Street, in the County
of London HEREBY APPOINT their Managing Director HORACE STEPHEN
GIBSON to be the ATTORNEY and legal representative of the Company
and grant t o him full and ample powers in the name and on behalf
of the Company for the purposes hereinafter mentioned that is to
say
1. To apply to any authority, corporation, firm or person
for any concessions licences privileges and rights which in the
opinion of the said Attorney it shall be advisable for the Company
to acquire upon such terms and conditions and for such period or
periods as the said Attorney shall think fit and to negotiate for
and arrange the terms and conditions on which and to whom the
same shall be granted and to obtain and carry into effect any such
concessions licences privileges and rights as aforesaid,
2, To sign cheques and to open and operate banking accounts
in the Company's name and endorse cheques bills bills of lading
and othercommercial documents
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5. Upon receipt of moneys and these presents to deposit
the same with any bankers or other person on the Company’s behalf
and either in his own name or otherwise to withdraw the same and
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invest the same or any part thereof in or upon any such investments
and securities in such manner as the said Attorney shall think fit
with power to sell such investments as he thinks fit
4. To open a branch or brances and in connection therewith
to engage employees at such remuneration as he shall think fit and
such employees to dismiss at will
5, To adjust settle and compromise all accounts claims
disputes and matters which are now pending or may hereafter subsist
or arise between the Company and any authority corporation firm
or person
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- Content
The volume is a register of legal documents, deposited at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain. Most of the documents are certified copies of the originals. Many of the documents have been stamped as 'cancelled'. Many of the agreements and resolutions involve oil companies, including the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), Petroleum Concessions Ltd, California Texas Oil Company (Caltex), and the Texas Company (China) Ltd.
The types of document include:
- tenancy and lease agreements;
- powers of attorney;
- corporate resolutions;
- partnership agreements;
- certificates of delivery;
- certification of notary publics.
The last 82 folios are blank.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (198 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically from the front of the file to the back.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 201; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Pagination: the file has been paginated using a combination of black ink, blue crayon, and pencil.
- Written in
- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/2021
- Title
- Register of legal documents
- Pages
- 23r:24r, 25v:26v, 28r:29r, 30v:31v, 33r:34r, 35v:36v
- Author
- Gibson, Sir Horace Stephen
- Copyright
- ©Margaret Guyer
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