The Arizona sentinel., 1900-03-14
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION 
 of the WESTERN COAST GIL COMPANY.


 EA T1at we, the undersigned Frank :. Daggett, H. fl. Markham, G. D. Palten, E. F. Brooks, Pcrly LangdeI Frank c. Bolt and c. D. Daggett desiring to become incorporated under the provisions Of Title 2 of the Revised Statutes of the Territory o Arizona as approval March 9th 1897 do hereby asso- cates ourselves together for the purpose Of incor- porating under the said Statute, and In pursuance thereof do hereby make, declare and adopt the fol- lowing as our articles of incorporation: ARTICLE l.
 The name Of this corporation shall be the West crn Coast oil Company and tho principle place Of business shall be in the City of Yuma Territory Of Arizona and in the City of Pasadena, State of Cali fornia The stockholders of the corporation meet ing in the former place. and the board of directors as hereinafter constituted, meeting in the latter place. and the corporation shall have power to estab fish branch offices for the transaction of business at other places to be designated by the Bj Laws ARTICLE2
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by the Corporation:
 First-To acquire by purchase or otherwise and to hold, sell, exchange or otherwise dispose fo real and personal property.
 1 Second-To develop oil, water or gas by mears Of digging, boring, tunnelling other means, and to ,tsposs of the same for the benefit of the Corpora tlon.
 = Third-To construct and maintain such reservoirs. tanks, ditches, pipes and p,pe lines may be con venien or necessary for the storage sal7 or di;trou tion of the oil water or gas that may belong to the Corporation.
 Fourth--To refine oil, to manufacture all oil pro- ducts and to purchase sell and deal in crude and refined oil and oil products.
 Ffth-To carry general mercantile business such as is proper and usual for the purpose Of pur- chasing and selling goods articles or merchandise to its em ployees others desiring the same in the locality of its general business.
 Sixth-To transact any manner of lawful business that may be necessary useful or convenient for the purpose of carrying the general purpose of the Corporation.
 ARTICLE3
 The amount of the Capital Stock authorized by the Corporation shall be the of $l 100000, divided into One million shares of the per value of One dol lar each, and the time when and the conditions upon which it is to be paid in follows to wit: The entire amount thereof has been subscribed and will @ paid in full upon the fling of these articles with e County Recorder of the Said County of Yuma, by the subscribers assigning and transferring to the Corporation certain leases, options and other prop erty now owned by the subscribers ill the State Of California.
 ARTICLES. The time of the commencement of this Corpora tion shall be when these articles of Incorporation re filed in the County Recorders Office of the ,ounty of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, and the termination shall be twenty five years thereafter. ARTICLE ,. The corporate power of the Corporation shall be vested in Board of seven Directors who shall be chosen annually by the stockholders in the meeting assembled for that purpose in the City of Yuma, Territory of Arzona on the first day of February of 3ach and every year. The said Board of Directors shall choose a President Vice President. Secretary and Treasurer whose term of office and duties shall be specified by the Bylaws. The said Board of directors shall be chosen by the sockhodres by | cumulative voting, each Stockhoder being permit | to cast many votes he holds shares ot stocF multiplied by the number of directors to be elected and shall be permitted to cast all of said votes for anyone person. or to distribute said votes as he may d sire.
 ARTICLE 6. The highest amount of indebtedness or liability | to which the Corporation is to at any time subject 1 itself is the sum Of Twenty Five thousand dollars
 ARTiClE7.
 Private property shall be exempt from corporate debts.
 ARTICLE 8.
 These articles of incorporation may be amended at any annual meeting of the stockholders, at any special meeting thereof led for that purpose, by a maiori vote of the stock of the corporat on and by if ing certificate of said amendments, dull cer tifed by the proper officers of the Corporation, in the same ma, ner as provided by law for filing the original articles.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 29th day of Jar uary l900
 FRANK S. DAGGETT, [Seall
 H.H MARKHAM, [Seall
 G. D. PALTEN, [Selll
 EF BROOKS, [Seall
 PERLY LANG DELL, [Seall
 FRANK c. BOLT, [Seail