Arizona republican., 1900-12-17
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of Normal Oil Company.

corporation under the laws of the ter ritory Of Arizona.
 And we do hereby certify as fol lows:
 First. That the ndme of said corpa- ration shall be Normal Oil Company" and its principal place of transacting business shall be at the city of Phoe- nix, territory of Arizona, with branch offices ih the city and county of San Francisco, state of California, and at such other place CT places as may be hereafter determined by the board of directors of the company; that the names Of the incorporators are J. L. Geary, Jr, w. Ii. Langdon G. S. Con- her r. II. Allen, D. II. Mosteiler, G, Nj. Kelly. Frank H. Mills.
 Second: That the general nature of the business for which said corporation Is formed is the acquiring possessi5n of and title to oil and mineral lands by location. purchase, bond, lease or gift; the holding and owning said lands, and the disposal of the same by sale, bond. lease or gift; the development and inl- provement of lands acquired by the corporation by the boring or sinking
  driving of tunels or drifts and erect ing of buildings, hoisting works, bor- ing anl drilling machinery, warehouses, factoriesf furnaces, mills and re- finsries necessary to .he prop CT conduct of the business of the corporation the construction of trams and other roads, pipe lines, fumes, ditchas, dams, tanks, and ev-
 
 per conduct of tEe business of the cor poration the buying and selling cf merchandise, oils, minerals, metals, timber. lumber and agricultural pro- ducts; and to do and perform all other acts and things pertaining thereto or connected herewith which may be proper or necessary or useful to the main purpose of this corporation mt inconsistent with the laws of the ter ritory of Arizona made and provided for the government of corpora tions.
 Third: That the amount of &he cap ital stock of said corporation is seven hundred and fifty thousand ($750,00) dollars; that Lha number of shares into which it is divided is seven hundred and fifty thousand C75O,O00) of the par value of one CD dollar each.
 That the capital stock of the com pany shall be paid in at such times and in such manner as the board of direc- tcrs shall determine and authorize.
 Fourth: That the term for which said corporation is to exist is twenty five (25) years from and after the date of it's incorporation.
 Fifth: That the business of said corporation shall be managed and con- trolled by a board of seven directors, who shall be elected at a meeting of the stockholders of said corporation to be held on the fifth (5) day of Deceu- Der in each year, and shall serve for one year from the date of their said election, and until their successors are elected and qualified.
 Si,rh: That the indebtedness of the corporation shall not exceed two thirds (2-3) of the amount Of its capital stock. Seventh: That the private property of the stockholders is to be exempt from corporate debt.j
 In witness whereof we nave hereunto set our hands and seals this - day of December, 1920.
 W. H. LANGDON.
 J. L. GEARY, Jr.
 FRANK H. MILLS.
 F. H. ALLEN.
 GEO. M. KELLY.
 G. s. CONNOR.
 D. H. MOSTELLER. State of California, City and County of San Francisco, ss.
 On this Sth day of December, in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred, be- f5Te me, A. K. Daggeitt, a notary pub lie in and fer the said city and county, residing therein duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared w. H. Langdon, J. l.. Geary, Jr., Frank H. Mills, F. H. Allen, Geo. M. Kelly, G. s. Connor and D H. Mosteller, known to me to be the persons described in and whose names are subscribed to the an- nexed instrument, and they acknowl- edge that they executed the same.
 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official of s an Francisco, the day and year ir this certificate first above wrltten.
 (Seal) A. K. DAGGETT. Notary Public in and for the city and county of San Francisco state Of California.
 State Of California. City and County of San Francisco, ss.
 I, Wm. A. Deane, clerk of the said city and county of San Francisco, and clerk of the Superior Court of said slate in and for said city and county of San Francisco, the same being a court of record, and having by law a seal,
 Do Hereby Certify, That A. K. Dag gett. whose name is subscribed to the certificate of acknowledgement of the foregoing instrument, and thereon writ ten. was, at the time of taking such acknowledgement, a Notary Public in and for the said state of California du- ly commissioned and sworn, and resid- | ing in the said city and county of san | Francisco, and an officer duly author ized by the laws of the said stae of | California to take acknowledgement or | proof of deeds CT conveyances for lands | tenements and hereditaments in said | state of California, and further that | am we'll acquainted with the hand | writing of said Notary Public, and yer