Mohave County miner., 1900-10-27
Hrticles Of Incorporation
The kingman Oil and
Mining Company.


y That we, the undersigned, G.. w. Beecher
and Howard w. kemper, citizens of Kingman
in the county Of Mohave, and Territory of Ari-
iona, residing ut 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
u 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 KingmIn Oil and Mining Company,
and Its principal place of transacting 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
nual Stockholders meeting) in any other Of
the states and territories OF the United States
of America as the Board of Directors may des-
ignate.
THIRD. That the general nature OF the busi
ness proposed TO be transacted by said corpora
tion is as follows. to.wit:
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.
p To engage In and carry on the business Of
prospecting, boring. exploring for, producing
refining, distilling, treating, manufacturing,
piping carrying, handling, storing, dealing in,
buying and selling oils, petroleum, natural gas,
| asphaltum bitumen, bituminous rock, hydro
, carbon substances and all other ores and min.
| erals.
3. To buy, erect rent, lease, or otherwise
acquire, hold, own, manage and operate rein,
cries, pipes, pipe lines, tanks, manufactures,
machinery, wharves, tank cars, steam and sail.
| ing vessels and other works, properties and
! appliances that may be deemed necessary OF
, convenient by the Board OF Directors for the
aforesaid purposes or any thereof.
| 4. To build, buy construct, own, hold and
maintain telephone and telegraph lines and
such other means of rapid communication as
may now or hereafter be in existence
s. To buy and sell, hold and own shares OF
stock in this and other corporations and gen
orally to do and to perform all lawful acts that
may be necessary TO the transaction OF said
business or any part thereof.
g. To locate buy, take up, use acquire, owl
hold and occupy such lands, premises and rea
estate as may be necessary or convenient FOL
the above stated purposes or any thereof.
FOURTH. That the amount OF capital stocl
hereby authorized to be issued by said cOrpor
ation is ONE MILLION (fI,OO 900 dollars, which
is divided into one million O,OO0,OoO) shares o
the par value Of One (sD Dollar each
FIFTH, That Five Hundred Thousand Eigh
Hundred (5OOsOG Shares may be issued, from
time to time as the Board OF Directors shal
designate, in the purchase and acquiring o
mining claims oil lands and other property
and the remaining Four Hundred and Ninet!
Nine Thousand Two Hundred $4,000 Share
shall be issued for cash at such prices as tn
Board of Directors may determine, and afte
issuance said stock shall be non asscssable.
SIXTH. That the amount of capital stocl
which has been actually subscribed is Eigh
Hundred $500 Dollars, and the following ar
the names Of the persons by whom the sam
has been subscribed and the amount OF thei
subscriptions respectively, to-wit:
, G. w. BEECHER, 100 shares, one hundre
dollars.
Il. +. THOMPSON, 100 shares, one hundred do
lars.
J. F, PHELAS, 100 shares, one hundred do
lars.
HENRY LovIS, 100 shares, one hundred do
lars.
ANsoN II. SMITH, 100 shares, one hundre
dollars.
w. II. CUSHING, 100 shares, one hundred do
, lars.
, J. w. TUCK, 100 shares, one hundred dollars
, HUGH F.. KEMPER, fifty shares fifty dollar.
, HOWARD w. KEMPER, fifty shares, fifty do
lars.
SEVENTH. That the time OF filing Of thes
Articles OF Incorporation for record In tn
Office OF the County Recorder Of said Mohav
county shall be the time of the commencement
of said corporation and its termination sha
be upon the expiration Of the period OF twent!
= five (s5) years next following said time OF con
|, mencement.
EIGHTH The officers by whom the affairs {
', said corporation are to be conducted shall b
five (5) directors.
The following named persons shall constitut
the Board OF Directors until their successor
are elected and qualified as provided by th
!, bylaws OF said corporation:
:, G. w. BEEcHER, Of Kingman. Mohave Coul
:, ty, Arizona Territory
HENRY LovIS OF Kingman, Mohave Count
Arizona Territory.
HUGH f. KEMPER, of kingman, MohaN
County Arizona Territory.
EFF. THOMPSON. of Kingman, Mohave Cou
= ty, Arizona Territory.
ANsoN II. SMITH, OF Kingman, Mohave Cou
ty, Arizona Territory.
). NINTH. That the highest amount OF tndeb
n edness or liability to which said corporate
), is at any time to subject itself is Fifty Tho