Arizona republican., 1900-12-15
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of Normal Oil Company.

Know all men by these presents:
 That We, the undersigned, this day voluntarily associate ouI selves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the ter- ritory of Arizona.
 And we do er-by certify as 9oi- lows:
 First: That the name of said corp1- ration shall be Normal Oil Company" and its principal place of transacting businoEs shall be at the city of Phoe- nix, territory of Arizona. win branch offices in the city ard county of San Francisco, state of California, ani ac such other place or places as may be hereafter determined by the board of directors of the company; that the names of the incorpora .ors are J. L. Ge1ry. Jr., w. H. LaHgdor. c. g. Con ner. F. II. Allen. D. H. Mosteller. c. lT. Kelly, Frank II. Mills.
 Second: That the genaual nature of the business for which said corporation is formed is the acquiring pOzsessi-n of and title Jo C;l and mineral lands by location, purchase. bond, le1se or gift: the holding and owning said lands, and the disposal Of the sam by sale, bond. lease or gift; the development and i'm provemCrit of lands acquired by the corporati-n n by the boring or sinking of wells OF shafts, or by the digging or driving Of Iunels or drifts and erect ing of buildings. hoisting works. bor- ing an1 drilling machinery, war houses, factoricsf furnaces, mills and re- finzIies necessary to the prop ar conduct Of the business of inc corporation; the construction Of trams and other roads. pipe lines, fumcs, ditChzs, dams, tanks, and ev- cry other thing necessary to the pro- per conduct Of the business Of the cor poration; the buying and selling ce merchandise. oils, minerals. metals timber. lumber and agricultural pre- ducts; and to do anI perform all other acts an1 things p1rtainng thereto or connected herewith which may ba proper or necessary or useful to the main purposa of this corporation mt inconsistent with the laws of the ter ritory Of Arizona made and provided for the governm mt Of corpora tionS.
 Third: That .,ha amount Of ,he cap ital stock of said corporation is seven hundred and fifty thousand t$750.Go dollars that lha number f shares into which it is divided is seven huudr-d and fifty thousand G50,G00) of the par value of one CD dollar each.
 That the capital stock of tho com pany shall be paid in at such times and in such manner as the board of direc- tors shall determin- and authorize.
 Fourth: That the term for which said corporation is 10 exist is twenty five (25) years from and after the dIte Of it's incarceration.
 Fifth: That the business Of said corporation snail he managed and con- trollcJ by board of seven directors, who shall b. elected at meeting If tho stockholders Of said corporation to be he'd on the fifth @ day of Deem Der in each year, and snail serve for one year from the date of their said election. and until. their successors are elected and qualified.
 sixth: That the indebtedness Of tho corporation shall not exceed two thi.3s (2-&) of the am-unt If its capital stock. Sevoata: That the private pro2.r,y of tho -foe ekhoIdors is to be ezemr. from corporate debt.
 h witness whsroor we nave her,un,o .rt our haaIs and s.als this -- day of December 1900.
 w. II. LANGDON.
 J. l.. GEAHY. Jr.
 FRANK II. MILLS.
 r. II. ALLEN.
 GEO. M. KELLY.
 q. <. CONNOR.
 D. F. NOSTELLER State of California, City and County If san Francisco. ss.
 On tiis th day or December. in the var Cnn Thousand Nine Hundred, h-- fire me, .t. K. DJgg,Dt. a notary pu,- lie in and for the said city ana county residing therein duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared W. H. Lansdon, J. l.. Geary. Jr., Frank II. Mills, F. II. Allen. Geo. NJ. Kelly, G. $. Connor and D II. MoSteller known to| me to be the persons described in and