Mohave County miner., 1900-10-06
Hrticles of Incorporation
The kingman Oil and
Mining Company.

and Howard w. kemper citizens Of Eingmon
In the county Of MOhave. and Territory of Ari
2ona, residing at said place, have this dav
voluntarily associated oursolxes together nm.
der the laws Of the Territory " Arizona for the
purpose Of becoming Incorporated and forming
| a corporation under said laws:
And we hereby adopt these presents as the
Articles OF such Incorporation and certify and
declare
FIRST. That the name OF The corporators OF
said corporation are the names Of the persons
| aforesaid, to.wit: G. W. Beecher and Howard
w. Kemper
SECOND, That the name of said corporation
shall be
The kingmIn Oil and Mining Company,
and its principal place Of transacting business
snail be in the town OF Kingman, County Of
| Mohave, and Territory OF Arizona, but said
company may establish and maintain offices
| transact its business and hold It's Directors,
and Stockholders meetings (excepting its nm.
| nual Stockholders NEE ,lng) in anv other Of
the states and territories Of the United States
of America as the Board Of Directors NAV des.
ignate.
THIRD That the general nature OF the bus.
ness proposed to be transacted by said corpora.
| ton is as follows. to-wlI:
l. To locate buy, rent, lease, purchase, ac-
quire' own hold, control, manage. sell operate
improve ana develop land and mining claims
| mill sites, water rights, mineral rights, oil
lands, oil wells and ether real estate
= To engage In and carry on the business OF
prospecting, boring. exploring for, producing
| rehhlng, distilling, treating, manufacturing
| piping carrying, handling, storing, dealing in
| buying and selling oils, petroleum natural gas
| asphaltum, bitumen, bituminuus rock. HYDRO.
carbon substances and all other ores and min
| erals.
j. To buy, erect, rent lease, or otherwise
acquire hold, own, manage and Operute rean-
| erles. pipes, pipe lines, tanks manufactures
nachinery, Wharyes tank Clrs. steam and sail.
ing vessels and other works. properties and
appliances that may be deemed necessary or
convenient by the Board Of Directors for the
| aforesaid purposes or any thereof
:. To build buy, construct own hold and
maintain telephone and telegraph lines and
such other means OF rapid communication as
may now or hereafter be in existence
D To buy and sell, hold and own shares Of
stock In this and other corporations and gen.
| orally to do and 10 perform all lawful acts that
may be necessary to the transaction Of said
| business or any part thereof
g. To locate, buy. tlke up, use, ac1uire. own
nCld and occupy such lands, premises and real
estate as may be necessary or convenient for
the above stated purposes or any thereof
FOURTH. That the amount Of capitll stoc,,
| hereby authorized TO be issued by said corpor.
| alton is ONE MILLION Oh, 10000 dollars which
| Is divided into one million OOOO.OJO shares OF
the par value Of one C3D Dollar each.
FIFTH. That Five Hundred Thousand Eight
Hundred (5JOsJO Shares may be issued. from
| time TO time as the Board Of Directors shall
designate, in the purchase and acquiring Of
mining claims oil lands and other property.
and the remaining -Four Hundred and Ninety
Nine Thousand Two Hundred 4g0. 200 Shares
shal! be issued for cash at such prices as the
Board of Directors may determine and after
issuance said stock shall be non assessable.
SIXTH. That the amount of capital stock |
which has been actually subscribed is Eight
Hundred (SsOO Dollars, and the following are
the names Of the persons by whom the same
has been subscribed and the amount Of their
subscriptions respectively, to-wit
G. w. BEEcHER, 100 shares, one hundred |
dollars
f. F. THOMPSON, 100 shares, one hundred dol. |
lars.
J. F. PHELAS, 100 shares one hundred dol. |
lars
HENRY LovIN, 100 shares, one hundred dol. |
lars
ANsoN II. SMITH, 100 shares, one hundred
dollars.
w. H. CUSHING, 100 shares, one hundred dol |
lars.
J. W. Tuck, 100 shares one hundred dollars.
HUGH F. KEMPER, fifty shares fifty dollars.
HOWARD w. KEMPER fifty shares nfty dol.
lars.
SEVENTH. That the time OF nliny of these
Articles Of Incorporation for record in the
office Of the County Recorder OF said Mohave
county shall be the time OF the commencement
OF said corporation and its termination shall
be upon the expiration Of the period of twenty.
five (25) years next following said time OF com.
mencement.
EIGHTH The officers by whom the affairs Of
said corporation are 10 be conducted shall be
five (O directors.
The following named persons shall constitute
the Board Of Directors until their successors
are elected and qualified as provided by the
bylaws OF said corporation:
c. w. BEECHER, of Kingman Mohave Coun.
ty, Arizona Territory.
3 HENRY LovIN, Of Kingman, Mohave County,
Arizona Territory
HUGH f. KEMPER, OF Kingman Mohave
County. Arizona Territory.
L. F. THOMPSON. of Kingman, Mohave Coun.
ty, Arizona Territory.
AHsoN II. SMITH, OF Kingman, Mohave Coun.
.y. Arizona Territory
Ninth. That the highest amount OF ndebt-
edness or liability to which said corporation
IS at any time TO subject itself is Fifty Thou
sand (S5OOOO) Dollars.
TENTH. That all and singular each and
.YerY the propertY Of the corpnrntors. stock