Mohave County miner., 1900-09-22
Hrticles Of Incorporation
The kingman Oil and
Mining Company.

l.,
y That we, the undersigned, G, W. Beecher =
and Howard W. Kemper, citizens Of Kingman, =
in the county of Mohave, and Territory of Ari, :,
zona, residing at said place, have this day .
voluntarily associated ourselves together un. =
der the laws OF the Territory Of Arizona for the
purpose of becoming incorporated and forming
a corporation under said laws:
And we hereby adopt these presents as the
Articles of such Incorporation and certify and
declare,
FIRST That the name Of the corporators OF
said corporation are the names of the persons
aforesaid, to-wit: G. W. Beecher and Howard
| W. Kemper.
SECOND, That the name of said corporation
shall be
The Kingman Oil and Mining Company,
and its principal place of transactnR business
shall be in the town OF kingman, County OF
Mohave, and Territory of Arizona but said
company may establish and maintain Offices,
transact its business and hold its Directors
and Stockholders meetings excepting its an
nual Stockholders meeting) in any other of
the states and territories OF the United States |
, OF America a. the Board Of Directors may des. /
ignate.
THIRD. That the general nature OF the bust |
ness proposed TO be transacted by said corpora
ton is as follows. to-wit:
I l. To locate buy, rent, lease, purchase, ac
, Quire own hold, control manage sell, operate
improve and develop land and mining claims
mill sites, water rights, mineral rights, oil
= lands, oil wells and other real estate.
/. :. To engage in and carry on the business of
l prospecting, boring. exploring for, producing
refining, distilling, treating, manufacturing.
piping, carrying, handling storing, dealing in,
d buying and selling oils, petroleum, natural gas,
e asphaltum bitumen, bituminous rock, hydro
h. carbon substances and all other ores and min
! erals.
g. To buy erect. rent lease. or otherwise
l. acquire, hold, own, manage and operate rein
IL cries, pipes, pipe lines tanks manufactures,
~ machinery, wharves, tank cars, steam and sail.
i. ing vessels and other works. properties and
d appliances that may be deemed necessary or
Dt convenient by the Board Of Directors for the
D. aforesaid purposes or any thereof.
o. 4. To build, buy construct, own, hold and
maintain telephone and telegraph lines and
" such other means OF rapid communication as
ly may now or hereafter be in existence.
he A To buy and sell, hold and own shares OF
no stock in this and other corporations and gen
80 orally to do and to perform all lawful acts that
~ business or any part thereof
H. g. To locate, buy. take up, use. acquire owl
ut hold and occupy such lands premises and rea
=, estate as may be necessary OF convenient fo
the above stated purposes any thereof
hs FOURTH. That the amount Of capital stool
al hereby authorized TO be issued by said corpor
pg alton is ONE MILLION (sl.OOOOOO dollars, whicl
10. is divided into million u,0OOOOW shares o
the par value OF One tsD Dollar each.
FIFTH. That Five Hundred Thousand Eigh
Hundred (5OO,SOO) Shares may be issued, from
time TO time as the Board Of Directors shal
TO designate, in the purchase and acquiring O
i'll mining claims oil lands and other property
,.l and the remaining -Four Hundred and Ninet
Nine Thousand Two Hundred (499 2OO Share
ieI shall be issued for cash at such prices as tn
~ Board Of Directors may determine, and afte
III issuance said stock shall be non assessable
uS' SIXTH. That the amount OF capital stoc
ny which has been actually subscribed is Eigf
Hundred $500 Dollars, and the following al
80 the names OF the persons by whom the san
- has been subscribed and the amount Of thel
subscriptions respectively, to-wit
c. w BEECHER, 100 shares, one hundrt
dollars.
vs. e. F. THOMPSON, 100 shares, one hundred dc
lars.
O J. f. PHELAN 100 shares, one hundred dc
lars.
HENRY LovIN, 100 shares. one hundred dc
a,,r lars
'Uy ANsoN H. SMITH 100 shares, one hundr'
,.o dollars.
W. H CUSHING, 100 shares, one hundred dc
- lars
J. w. TUCK 100 shares, one hundred dollar
,u HUGH F. KEMPER, fifty shares, fifty dollar
HOWARD w. KEMPER, fifty shares, fifty Dc
49,. lars.
SEVENTH That the time Of iiling Of the
Articles of Incorporation for record in &
- :, once Of the County Recorder Of said Moha
~ county shall be the time OF the ccmmenceme
-, Of said corporation and its termination sh
o'' be upon the expiration Of the period Of twent
1--WE (25) years next following said time of co
80, mencement.
EIGHTH. The officers by whom the affairs
said corporation are TO be conducted shall
~ five is) directors.
The following named persons shall constitJ
., the Board Of Directors until their successC
~ are elected and qualified as provided by
by laws Of said corporation:
q. w. BEECHER, Of Kingman, Nohave Coz
20 ty, Arizona Territory.
HENRY LovIN, Of Kingman, MOhave Coun
Arizona Territory
no HUGH F. KEMPER, Of Kingman, Mohi
County, Arizona Territory.
E. r. THOMPSON, OF Kingman, MohaVe Co
go ty, Arizona Territory
ANsoH II. SMITH, OF Kingman, Mohave Co
~ ty, Arizona Territory
Ninth. That the highest amount OF inde
edness or liability to which said corporal
is at any time to subject itself is Fifty IN
the salin Vi'V'''V -, "a io,,,,lar each