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<br />secured, the term "Company" includes and means not
<br />only the party of the first part hereto, but also its suc-
<br />cessors and assigns.
<br />SEc. ?. The words "individual Trustee" mean the
<br />said AVilliam T. Abbott, and his successors in trust here-
<br />Under; the words "Trust Company" mean the Central
<br />Trust Company of Illinois, and its successors in trust
<br />hereunder, and the «-ord "Trustees" means the Trustee
<br />or Trustees for the time being acting, and qualified to
<br />act, hereunder, whether one or more and whether origi-
<br />nal or substituted.
<br />SEC. 3.
<br />The words "note" and "noteholder" shall
<br />include the plural as v-ell as the singular number, unless
<br />otherwise specified, and shall include corporations and
<br />associations ownin- any of said notes. The word "cou-
<br />pons" refers to the coupons attached to the notes secured
<br />hereby.
<br />SEc. 4. Each and every estate, right, title, interest,
<br />lieu, claim, demand and came of action expressed or in-
<br />tended by this Indenture to be vested in or conveyed to
<br />the Trustees shall («-hether or not the same shell be law-
<br />fully conveyed to or vested in the Central Trust Coun-
<br />pany of Illinois, and its successors in trust hereunder)
<br />in any event hereby vest in and be conveyed to William
<br />T. Abbott, and his suec(�,sors in trust hereunder, and
<br />each and every covenant or obligation expressed or in-
<br />tended by this Indenture to run in favor of, and each
<br />and evert right power, remedy and duty expressed or
<br />intended by this Indenture to be conferred upon or en-
<br />forcible hy, the Trustees shall (�v-Iiether or not the same
<br />Shall lawfully rum in favor ol'.or be conferred upon or
<br />be enforeible by the Central Trust Company of Illinois,
<br />and its successors in trust hereunder) in any event run
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<br />in favor of, be conferred upon and be en €oreible by Will-
<br />iam T. Abbott, and his successors in trust hereunder, with
<br />like effect, in each and every such case, as though this
<br />Indenture were originally entered into between the party
<br />of the first part and the said William T. Abbott as sole
<br />Trustee.
<br />This Indenture may be executed in any number of coun-
<br />terparts, each of which is, and shall be taken, accepted and
<br />received by the parties named and recited herein, and by
<br />all public officers for recordinIg deeds and other instru-
<br />ments, and by all other persons whomsoever, in any- busi-
<br />ness or proceeding whatever, legal or otherwise, based
<br />hereon or transacted in connection herewith, as, an
<br />original.
<br />IN AVI-r-NESS WHEREOF, the said Southern Counties Gas
<br />Company of California lhas caused this Indenture to be
<br />executed in its name and behalf by- its President, and its
<br />corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, and to be attested
<br />by its Secretary, and the said Central Trust Company of
<br />Illinois, to evidence its acceptance of the trust hereby
<br />created, has caused this Indenture to, be executed in its
<br />name and behalf by its Vice- President, and its corporate
<br />seal to be hereunto affixed, and to be attested by its As-
<br />sistant Secretary, and the said William T. Abbott, to evi-
<br />dence his acceptance of the trust hereby created, has
<br />hereunto set his hand and seal, all on the clay and year
<br />above written.
<br />SOUTHERN COUNTIES GAS COMPA_N T OF CALIFORNIA4
<br />,
<br />President.
<br />Attest:
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