The Florence tribune., 1900-09-01
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INCORPORATION
ORANGE BELT OIL COMPANY.
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, W. W. WILCOX, NJ. A. MURPHY and JOHN NJ. GARDINER, of the State of Cali
 fornia, have this day associated ourselves
 together for the purpose of forming a cor
 poration under the laws of the Territory of
 Arizona, and hereby adopt the following
 articles of interpretations
 shall be the ORANGE BELT OIL COMPANY,
 and it's principal place of transacting 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 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
 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 or sald 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 bitumen, bituminous rock
 and other mineral and hydrocarbon sub-
 stances; and for such purposes, to buy and
 otherwise acquire hold, own, manage and
 operate retineries, pipes, pipe lines, tanks, manufactories, machinery, wharves, tank
 cars, steam and sailing vessels for water transportation, and other works, property
 
 sarS or convenient by the board of directors; to purchase, acquire. own. -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 or corporations, in Arizona. California and other states and territories of the United States and foreign countries; to construct,
 maintain. own and operate it's own line of railroad from it's property to the nearest | connecting rail point for the purpose of | transporting freight and the products of l said company to and from its property; also | to construct, own, maintain and operate it's l 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 shalt be the sum of three hundred thou sand (S300, ,000.00) dollars, divided into three l hundred thousand shares ls00,000) of the | par value of one dollar each, which | capital stock, when issued, must be fully ] paid in cash or property upon Issuance Of 1 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 l conditions as may Le 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 l corporation of property, or rights in prop erty, of any description, which said corpora | and deal in, and each certificate of stock
 shall state upon its face the number of
 shares represented thereby. and that the 1 same is forever non-assessabe.
 1 ARTi(IE 1. The time of fha e0mmeQeR- | ment of said corporation shall be the first | day of July. 1900. and the termination
 thereof on the first day of July, 1925, un- l less the same be renewed pursuant to the
 laws of Arizona before the termination | hereof.
 1 ARTICLES. The highest amount of i'm | debtedness or liability to which the corpora
 ton shall at any time subject itself shall be | the sum of twenty thousand dollars (S20 .O00) | ARTICLE 6. The affairs of this corpora
 tion shall be conducted and managed by 3 1 board of live directors, and in said board
 shall be vested the corporate powers of the | corporation. The names of the persons 1 who are appointed to serve us directors of
 this corporation, until their successors are J. Nj. Gardiner NJ. A. Murphy. ". ". Wilcox, | J. W. Lancaster and Howard B. Smith. l The directors of this corporation shall hereafter be elected by the stockholders at l their annual meetings, which shall be held | on the first Tuesday after the first Wednes- l day in January in each year.
 | ARTICLE '. The private property ot the l stockholders of this corporation shall be l exempt from ali corporate debts and liabiii- | ties of every kind, and the stockholders of 1 this corporation are hereby exempted from any liability for the debts or liabilities of | this corporation.
 | ARTICLEs 8. The capital stock of the cor | poration shall be forever non-assessable. | and each certificate thereof shall state upon | its face the number of shares represented | thereby, and that the same is fully paid up | and non- -assessabie.
 ARTICLE g. The board of directors shall | have power to pass by-laws and make | amendments thereto, and the said corpor- l ation shall have power to increase or 1 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 for the
 recording and publishing of these articles | of incorporation.
 | IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereun- l to set our hands and seals this 18th da y of l June, 1900.
 l (sEALl M. A. MURPHY, l lsEALl wv. WILCOX, [sEALl JOHN NJ. GARDINER, | STATE OF CALIFORNIA. L.. l COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINo.i