The Florence tribune., 1900-07-07

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That
 we, ". W. WILCOX, NJ. A. MURPHY and fornia, have this day associated ourselves
 together for the purpose of forming cor
 poration under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and hereby adopt the following
 articles of incorporation:
 ARTICLE 1. The name of this corporation | shall be the ORANGE BELT OIL COMPANY, 1
 and it's principal place of transacting busi-
 ness shall be Florence. Pinal county, Terri | tory of Arizona. and the town of Cotton,
 and the City of Los Angeles, California, | with offices ut such other places as may be | designated by the board of directors of | said corporation.
 | ARTICLE2. The nature of the business
 to be transacted by said corporation is to l purchase, acquire, lease, own, hold, control. manage, sell, operate, improve and develop | land and mining claims, mineral rights, oil | wells and other real estate, and interests and rights in any of said properties; to | engage in and carry on the business of bor | ing and exploring for, producing. refining, 1 distilling, treating, manufacturing, piping, | carrying, handling, storing, dealing in.
 buying and selling oils, petrolenms, natural | gas asphatuIn bitumen, bituminous rock | and other mineral and hydrocarbon sub
 stances; and for such purposes, to buy and
 otherwise acquire. hold, own, manage and ! operate refneries, pipes, pipe lines, tanks. | manufactories, machinery, wharyes, tank cars, steam and sailing vessels for water | | and appliances that may be deemed neces- sary or convenient by the board of directorss to purchase, acquire, own, pre-empt and sell it's stock and bonds and the stocks and bonds l of other corporations; to establish and
 carry on agencies, offices. storage tanks ant
 houses, and to sell articles and products
 manufactured by itself, or other persons or
 corporations, in Arizona, California and
 other states and territories of the United
 States and foreign countries; to construct,
 maintain. own and operate its own line of
 ! Ar. aea rnnECt
 connecting rail point for the purpose of
 transporting freight and the products of
 said company to and from its property; also
 to construct own, maintain and operate it's
 own telegraph and telephone lines, and
 such other means of rapid communication
 as may now or hereafter be in existence for } the purpose of facilitating hiding in the
 convenient transaction of the Companys business. and to do and perform all things
 necessary to transact the affairs and busi-
 ness of the corporation, within and without
 the Territory of Arizona, and requisite and proper for the purpose of carrying out all , , or any of the objects herein specified.
 ARTICLE 8. The amount of capital stock ! shalt be the sum of three hundred thou sand (sS00 000.00) dollars, divided into three hundred thousand shares (SOO,OOO) of the par value of one dollar each, which l capital stock, when issued, must be fully ! paid in cash or property upon issuance of the same, and shall forever be non -assessable l for any purpose whatever, and the same shall be issued at such times and upon such conditions as may be prescribed by the
 l board of directors, and said directors are hereby authorized to issue any or all of , said stock fully paid and non -assessable. , upon he condition of the transfer to this ] corporation of property, or rights in prop erty. of any description, which said corpora tion is hereby authorized to acquire, own ? and deal in, and each certificate of stock shall state upon it's face the number of shares represented thereby, and that the same is forever non-assessable.
 ARIlCLE4 f. The time of the commence $ ment of said corporation shall be the first ? day of July, 1900 and the termination thereof on the first day of July, 1925, un- less the same be renewed pursuant to the laws of Arizona before the termination
 hereof.
 ARTICLES. 5. The highest amount of in- debtedRess or liability to which the corpora- 1, tion shall at any time subject itself shall be the sum of twenty thousand dollars tS20.000 . ARTICLE 6. The affairs of this corpora : tion shall be conducted and managed by a l board of five directors and in said board I shall be vested the corporate powers of the corporation. The names of the persons : who are appointed to serve as directors Of 1: this corporation, until their successors are duly elected and qualified, are as follows: 1. J. M. Gardiner, NJ. A. Murphy. ". W. Wilcox, ! J. W. Lancaster and Howard B. Smith. The directors of this corporation shall hereafter be elected by the stockholders at
 their annual meetings, which shall be held . on the first Tuesday after the first Wednes- day in January in each year.
 ARIlCLE7. The private property or the 7 l stockholders of this corporation shall be | exempt from all corporate 0eDtS ana llhDlA- , ties of every kind, and the stockholders of this corporation are hereby exempted from any liability for the debts or liabilities Of ] this corporation.
 , ARTICLEs. s. The capital stock of the cor poration shall be forever non-assessable. and each certificate thereof shall state upon . it's face the number of shares represented } thereby, and that the same is fully paid up and uon-assessabie.
 ARTICLE g. The board of directors shall . have power to pass bylaws and make ! amendments thereto, and the said corpor- 3 ation shall have power to increase or diminish it's capital stock by two-thirds
 vote of the stockholders represented at any regular stockholders meeting, or any
 special meeting of stockholders called for l that purpose, and by filing the certificate { thereof and by publishing the same in the
 same manner as is provided by law TOT 1ne
 | of incorporation.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereun- 1; to set our hands and seals this 18th day of
 lsEALl NJ. A. MURPHY,
 tsEALl wv. WILCOX, (sEALl JOHN NJ. GARDINER, STATE OF CALIFORNIA. COUNTY OF SAN BEREARDINo.i On this 18th day of June, in the year one . thousand nine hundred, A. D.. before me D. Johnston. a Notary Public in and for said \ County of San Bernandino, State of Califor- B mia, residing therein, duly commissioned and . sworn, personally appeared M. A. Murphy, w. f ". Wilcox and John NJ. Gardiner personally 3 known to me to be the same persons whose 3 names are subscribed to the within instru- mert, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purpose and con- sideration therein mentioned.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above fsEALi D. JOHNSTON, Notary Public in and for San Bernardino l County State of California.
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, ss COUNTY OF FINAL.
 LEA Chamberlin, Recorder in and for f the County of Pinal, Territory aforesaid, do ; hereby certify that the annexed instrument , was filed and recorded at request of Chas,
 D. Reppy on the 2Sd day of June, A: D. 1900, at o'clock D. m. in book No. 1, of articles 3 of incorporation.
 WITNESS my hand and official seal, this
 IsEXil F. A. CHAMBERLIN, Recorder. THos. c. PEYToN, Deputy.
 First publication June S0th, 1900. TWO FOR ONE.