The Florence tribune., 1900-05-19
ARTICLES OF
 INCORPORATION
-oF THE OPHlR OIL COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That
 we, JOHN M. GARDINER, Fl. R. HURLBUT
 and \. J. MANSON, of the State of Cali
 together for the purpose of forming cor
 poration under the laws of the Territory of
 Arizona, and hereby adopt the following
 articles of incorporation:
 ARTICLE 1. The name of this corpora
 tion shall be the OPHIR OIL COMPANY,
 and its principal place of transacting, bust
 ness shall be Florence, Pinal county. Terri
 tory of Arizona, and the City Of San Fran
 cisco, aud the City of Los Angeles, Cali
 fornia with offices at such other places as
 may be designated by the board of direc-
 tors of said corporation.
 ARTICLE2. 2. 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, distiiling, treating, manufacturing, piping, carrying, handling, storing, dealing ln. buying and selling oils. petroleums, natural
 gas, asphaltum, bitumen, .bituminous rock
 and other mineral and hydrOcarbon sup. stances; and for such purposes, to buy and otherwise acquire, hold, own, manage and | operate rehneries, pipes, pipe lines, tanks. manufaetories. machinery, wharves, tank l cars, steam and sailing vessels for water | transportation, and other works, property 1 and appliances that may be deemed neces- | sars or convenient by the board of directors; {; | to purchase, acquire, own, pre-empt and sell | it's 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 counties; to construct, | maintain, own and operate its own line of railroad from its property to the nearest connecting rail point for the purpose of l transporting freight and the products Of i said company to and from its property; a' so
 to construct. own, maintain and operate it's own telegraph and telephone lines, and | such other means of rapid communication | as may now or hereafter be ir existence for the purpose of facilitating or aiding in the convenient transaction of the Company 6
 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 i 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 six hundred and fifty ] thousand dollars (S6 i0,000), divided into six | hundred and fifty thousand shares t65e, ,o00) l of the par value of one dollar each, which capital stock, when issued, must be fully ! paid in cash or property upon Insurance of | 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 I board of directors, and said directors are l 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 1 and deal in, and each certificate Of stock
 shall state upon its face the number of 1 shares represented thereby, and that the | same is forever non-assessable.
 l ARTICLE 4. The time of the commence NOEe day of April. 1900, and the termination thereof on the 14th day of April, 1925, un- 1 less the same be renewed pursuant to the
 laws of Arizona before the termination hereof.
 | ARTICLE5 5. The highest amount of in- | debtedness or liability to which the corpora | tion shall at any time subject itself shall be | the sum of five thousand (S5.000l dollars. l ARTICLE 6. The affairs of this corpora | tion shall be conducted and managed by a
 board of seven directors, and in said board | shall be vested the corporate powers of the
 corporation. The names of the persons | who are appointed to serve as directors of l this corporation, until their successors are duly elected and d qualified, q are as follow follows Jno. Martin. Vim. B. Hooper, Warren 1 Gillelen and J. W. A. Off.
 The directors of this corporation shall hereafte. be elected by the stockholders at | their annual meetings, which shall be held ! on the first Tuesday after the first Wednes- l day in January in each year.
 ARTICLE I. The private property of the 1 stockholders of this corporation shall be ! exempt from all corporate debts and liabili- l 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 s. The capital stock ofthe cor l poration shall be forever non-assessable, | and each certificate thereof shall state upOn l it's face the number of shares represented thereby, and that the same is fully paid up and non-asSessab1e-
 1 ARTICLE g. The board of directors shall | have power to pass bylaws and make
 amendments thereto, and the said eorpor- ation shall have power to increase or 1 diminish it's capital stock by tvo-thirds | vote of tho stockholders represented at any
 regular stockholders meeting, or any l special meeting of stockholders called for | that purpose, and by filing the certificate l thereof and by publishing the same in the
 recording and publishing of these articles of incorporation.
 l IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereun-
 to set our hands and seals this 4th day of fsEALl JOHN M. GARDINER, tsEAL Fl. R. HURLBUT, [sEALl N. J. MANSON. \ STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
 COUNTY OF Los ANGELES,
 | On this 9th day of April in the year one l thousand nine hundred, before me Nina
 May. Notary Public in and for said Los | Angeles County, residing therein, duly com | missioned and sworn, personally appeared | John NJ. Gardiner personally known to me | to be the same person whose name is sub scribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the l anne.
 l IN WITNESS WHEREOF. have hereunto | set my hand aad affixed my official seal at | Los Angeles, in said county, the day and year
 in this certificate first above NTEs TEisteni Miy | Notary Public in and for Los Angeles county State of California.
 1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA. ,s | CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRAECISCo.i s'' 1 On the 4th day of April, in the year one l thousand nine hundred, before me, W. II. 1 Hess, Notary Public in and for the said | city and county, residing therein, duly com
 missioned and sworn. personally appeared | H. R. Hurlbut and N. J. Manson, known to | me to be the persons described in whose name, all subscribed to and who executed l the annexed instrument, and they acknow- l lodged to me that they executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, l have hereunto
 set my hand and affixed my official seal, at my office in the city and county of San l Francisco the day and year in this certih- IsEALl w. T. HISS,
 Notary Public in and for the city and county | of San Francisco, State of California, 1915 Claus Spreckels building.
 | TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
 CoUNTY;oF FINAL. I, F. A. ChamberiiH, Recorder in and for | the County of Pinal, Territory aforesaid, do I hereby certify that the annexed instrument 1 was filed and recorded at request of Chas, | D. Reppy on the 11th day of April, A. D. 1900, | at o'clock p. m., in book No. l, of articles of incorporation, page 1g7.