Arizona republican., 1900-08-03
ARTICL ES OF INCORPORATION
 of the FEARLESS OIL AND WATER COM
 PANY.

Know All Men by These Presents: | That We, the undersigned, have this | day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming,
 and do hereby form, corporation un-
 der the laws of the Territory of Ari- zona, United States of America, and we
 do hereby certify and declare:
 First.-That the name of this cor poration shall be and is Fearless Oil
 and Water Company" and the name
 of the corporators are: w. s. Peters, H. K. Snow, Charles H. Fish, B. s.
 Hubbard, George Burbeck. R. M. An
 thony, D. P. Hooking; and the princi- pal place of business of this corpora
 ton shall be and is Phoenix, Arizona, with a main branch office at Oakland, Alameda county. California, at which
 last mentioned place any business of the corporation may, with the consent of a
 majority of the directors of this cor poration, be done.
 Second.-The general nature of the
 business to be done by this corpora ton
 and the purposes for which 1t $ formed. are: To explore for, acquire. | exchange. develop and deal in oil and
 gas and oil and gas lands minerals and lu.
 operate and dispose of ditches and pipe lines for conveying and conducting oil,
 gas, water and fluids of every descrip- | tlon; to acquire. hold, enjoy and dis
 pose of rights ( f way for the purpose
 thereof. and for other purposes; to pur- chase. sell. lease. deal in. exchange.
 convey and accept conveyances of real
 and personal property. and to mort ! oA and bUnDt bac1t tz b- mo. tp inn
 prove. develop and cultivate lands whether mineral or agricultural, or fit ted for any use whatever; to refine. manufacture. buy, sell and deal in oil and min ral products of
 every description; to buy sell.
 dsal in agricultural products and 1 personal property of every de- scription; to borrow and loan money
 and to purchase. sell and deal in sure
 ties. bonds and stocks of every de- scription; and generally to acquire, hold, manage. improve and dispose of
 real and personal property. and to do such other things as may be necessary and proper for the full and complete ex- | ecution of the purposes set forth above and for the exercise of the powers and the transaction of the business of the corporation. including mining. manu- featuring. road building; for which we have hereby associated ourselves Third.-That the amount of the cap ital stock is and shall be Five Hund- red thousand dollars ($500 O0O), and the
 number of shar=s into which it Is di- vid5d is and shall be five hundred thousand (5O0,O ,O00), of the par value of one dollar Cs1.0O each, sixty per cent of which shall be taken by said cor porators, their assigns or associates, within sixty days of the organization
 of this corporation. and forty per cent of which shall remain in the treasury of said corporation, to be disposed of by the directors of this corporation in
 the interests of and for the benefit of this corporation, and the capital of this corporation shall consist of the proceeds of said stock and the real and personal property that may be ac-
 quired with the proceeds of the sale of
 stock, and which may be acquired in the conducting of the business and lines of business for which it is or- ganized.
 Fourth.-That the term for which this corporation is to exist Is twenty five years, commencing with the next following the filing of thesc articles of lncOrpO1aLlOn.
 Fifth.-That the affairs of this cor
 poration are and will be conducted and
 managed by a board of seven directors, who shall be elected by the stockhold-
 CTS on the second Monday in August of each year, the corporatOrs hereinbe- fore mentioned to be and constitute the board of directors until the election of their successors by the stockholders and by the other officers of this cor poration, tO-wit: A pre sident. vice . president, a secretary and a treasurer. Sixth.-That the highest amount of | indebtedness or liability that this cor poratiOn is at any time to subject it.
 self is fifteen thousand dollars ($15,00O) | Seventh.-That the private property | of stockholders is and shall be exempt
 from execution on claims against this | corporation and that demands against
 this corporation shall not constitute | claims against the stockholders pro- | tanto or otherwise.
 | Eighth.-Tbat the amount of capital stock that has been subscribed is
 Three Hundred Thousand Dollars | ($3OO, OOOO)
 | Tn Witness Whereof We have here
 unto set our hand and seals this 24th
 day of July. A. D. poo.
 [seaII W. AETERs.