The Florence tribune., 1900-07-28
ARTICLES OF
 INCORPORATION
ORANGE BELT OIL COMP ANY.
oF THE

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we w. w. WILCOX, M. A. MURPHY and JOHN NJ. GARDINER, of the State of Cali fornia, have this day associated ourselves poration under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and hereby adopt the following articles of incorporation:
 ARTICLE1. l. The name of this corporation shall be the ORANGE BELT OIL COMPANY, and its principal place of transaeting busi- ness shall be Florence Pinal county, Terri tory of Arizona, and the town of Colton, and the City of Los Angeles, California, with offices at such other piuces as may be designated by the board of directors of said corporation.
 ARTlCLE2. The nature of the business to be transacted by said corporation is to 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, distilling, treating. manufacturing, piping, carrying, handling. storing, dealing in, buying and selling oils, petroleums, natural gas, asphaltum, bitumeu, bituminous rock and other mineral and hydrocarbon sub stances; and for such purposes, to buy and otherwise acquire. hold, own. manage and operate refineries, pipes, pipe lines, tanks, manufactories. machinery, wharYes tank cars, steam and sailing vessels for water transportation, and other works, property
 
 sary or convenient by the board of directors; to purchase, acquire, own, pre-empt and sell its stock and bonds and the stocks and bonds of other corporations; to establish and carry on agencies, offices. storage tanks and houses, and to sell articles and products manufactured by itself or other persons 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 ot railroad from it's property to the nearest l 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 its 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 or aiding in the | convenient transaction of the Company's
 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 3. The amount of capital stock | shall be the sum of three hundred thou sand tS300, ,00000) dollars, divided into three l hundled thousand shares lS0o,000) of the par value of one dollar each, which I capital stock, when issued, must be fully ! paid ill cash or property upon Issuance of 1 the same, and shall forever be non-asseSsable ] for any purpose whatever, and the same | shall be issued at such times and upon such
 conditions as may Be prescribed by the | board of directors, and said directors are
 hereby authorized to issue any or all of
 said stock, fully. paid and non -assessable,
 upon the 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 its face the number of | shares represented thereby, and that the | same is forever -assessable.
 ARTICLE 1. The time of the commence afC clYa 10 l 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.
 ARTICLE 5. The highest amount of in- debtedness liability to which the corpora-
 tion shall at any time subject itself shall be the sum of twenty thousand dollars lS20,0O0).
 ARTICLE 6. The affairs of this corpora tion shall be conducted and managed by u | board of five directors, and in said board
 shall be vested the corporate powers ot the corporation. The names of the persons who are appointed to serve as directors of | this corporation, until their successors are duly elected and qualified, arr. us follows: J. M. Gardiner, M. A. Murphy, W. W. Wilcox, | J. w. Lancaster and Howard E. 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.
 | ARTICLE 2. The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be | exempt from all corporate debts and Habili-
 ties of every kind, and the stockholders of | this corporation are hereby exempted from
 any liability for the debts or liabilities of | this corporation.
 ARTICLE 8. The capital stock of the cor l 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 non-asSessabie-
 ARTICLE 3. The board of directors shall l have power to pass bylaws and make
 amendments thereto, and the said corpor- | ation shall have power to increase or
 diminish it's capital stock by two-thirds l vote of the stockholders represented at any
 regular stockholders meeting, or any | special meeting of stockholders called for that purpose, and by filing the certificate thereof and by publishing the same in the
 same manner as is provided by law for the | recording and publishing of these articles
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereun-
 to set our hands and seals this 18th day of l June, 1900.
 [sRALl NJ. A. MURPHY,
 lsEALl W. W. WILCOX, | tsEALl JOHN NJ. GARDINER, STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
 COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINo.8
 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- 1 nia, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared M. A. Murphy, ". 1 W. Wilcox and John NJ. Gardiner personally 1 known to me to be the same persons whose
 names are subscribed to the within instru-
 ment. and acknowledged to me that they l executed the same for the purpose and con- | sideration therein mentioned.
 l IN WITNESS WHEREOF. have hereunto
 set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above l written.
 [sEALi D. JOHNSTON, l Notary Public in and for San Bernardino 1 County, State of California.
 l TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, ss COUNTY OF FINAL.
 l, F. 4. Chamberlin, Recorder in and for | tho County of Pinai, Territory aforesaid, do
 hereby certify that the annexed instrument l was filed and recorded at request of Chas, D. Reppy on the 25d day of June, A. D. 1900, | at o'clock p. m. in book No. 1, of articles of incorporation.
 l WITNESS my hand and official seal, this | 2Sd day of June, 1900.
 tsEALl F.A. CHAMBERLAIN, Recorder. I THos. G. PEYToN, Deputy.
 | First publication June Seth, 1900.