Arizona republican., 1900-11-04
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE OIL AND DEVELOP MENT COMPANY.

| KNOW. ALL MEN BY THESE ] PRESENTS: That we, the under signed corporators, have adopted the following as and for the Articles of h. corporation of the STOCKTON OIL AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, AND WE HEREBY CERTIFY: 1 That the following are the names of the corpora tors, viz: C.. c. Swain, w. E. Johnson, F. E. Lane. Fred Buttrick and H. A Wright; that the name of the corporation is Stockton oil and | Development Company; that the prin- 1 cipal place of transacting business is 1 PHOENIX, Maricopa County, Arizona; ! that the general nature of the business i proposed to be transacted is purchas- ! ing and acquiring mines and mining 1 lands and developing oil deposits; that l the amount of Capital Stock authorized l Is Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand l Dollars divided into Two Hundred and | Fifty Thousand shares of the par value l of One Dollar per share; that the fol- 1 lowing is a statement of the times when and conditions upon which said capital stock is to be paid n,viz: One Hundred Thousand Dollars thereof within two months from the date here- of, andarhe balance thereof when and as called for by the Directors of said corporation. and upon the issuance of the shares of capital stock to persons subscribing therefor; that the time for the, commencement and termination Of the corporation is a follows: the conl- mencement thereof to be on the FIRST day of NOVEMBER 1900, and the ter animation thereof twenty-five years thereafter;
 Tha, the affairs of said corporation are to be conducted by a Board of Five l Directors, the first of whom shall be elected on the First day of NOVEM- | BBR, 1900. and their successors there after on the First day of NOVEMBER | of each year, the said Directors to hold | for one year from the time Of their , election and until their successors shall 1 have been elected and qualified That the highest amount of indebt- l edness or liability which the corpora tion Is at any time to subject itself to | Is Ten Thousand Dollars;
 That private property IS to be exempt | from all corporate debts.
 l IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals, this 10th day of OCTOBER, 1900.
 FRANK E. LANE. (Seal.) w. E. JOHNSON (Seal.) H. A. WRIGHT (Seal.) F. W. BUTTRICK. (Seal) 1 CHAS. c. SWAIN. (Sea) | State of California, County of San Joa-
 quin, ss.
 On this 18th day of October, In the | year of our Lord one thousand nine | hundred, before me. NJ. H. Orr, Mo- l tary Public In and for said County and T. CNnN Nf< | sioned and qualified, personally ap- peared Chas. c. Swain, personally | known to me to be the person described ] in and whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed, the same l IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have hereunto set, my hand. and affixed my Official Seal at. my office In the County Of San Joaquin. the day and year in thls certificate frs. above written. (Seal) -.... - NJ. H. ORR,
 Notary Public. in and for the County of
 San Joaquin, State of California.
 State of California, County of San Joa- l quin, ss. e
 On this 10th day of October, in the | year of our Lord one thousand nine | hundred, before me, lizzie Doan, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, residing therein, duly con- missloned and qualified, personally ap- peared Frank E. Lane. W. E. Johnson, H. A. Wright and F. w. Buttrfck. per- 1 sonally known to me to be the persons described In and whose names are sub- scribed to the within instrument. and acknowledged to me that they executed the same.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal at my office in the County of San Joaquin. the day and year in this certificate first above written.
 (Seal.) LIZZIE DOAN, Notary Public. in and for the County
 of San Joaquin, State of California.
 State of California, County of San JOa-
 quin. ss.
 I. Otto Grunsky,. County Clerk of the County of San Joaquin, State Of California and ex-officio Clerk of the Superior Court thereof (which Court is Court of Record, having a seaD dc l hereby certify that M. H. Orr, whose signature Is affixed to the annexed in- strument. was at the date of issuing the same and acting Notary Public ir and for the County of San Joaquin State of. California, duly commissioned and qualified. and full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such | IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Surperior Court. at my l office in said County, this 18th day ot October. 1900.
 (Seai.) OTTO GRUNSKY, County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk oi 1 Jhe Superior Court of the State oi I California. In and for the County oi
 San Joaquin.
 By J. J. DIETRICH.
 Deputy Clerk.
 State of California County of San Joa.
 duin, ss.
 I, Otto Grunsky, County Clerk of the