The Florence tribune., 1900-09-29
ARTICLES OF
 INCORPORATION
ORANGE BELT OIL COMP PANY.
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, ". w. WILCOX, NJ. A. MURPHY and JOHN NJ. GARDINER, of the State of Cali fornia, have this day associated ourselves poration under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and hereby adopt the following articles of incorporation:
 ARTICLE1. The name of this eorporation shall be the ORANGE BELT OIL COMPANY, and it's principal place of transacting busi- ness shall be Florence, r final 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.
 ARTICLE 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, distilling, treating, manufacturing, piping, carrying, handling, storing, dealing in. buying and selling oils. petroleums, natural gas, asphaltum, bitumeu, bituminous rock and other mineral and hydroearbon sub stances; and for such purposes, to buy aud otherwise acquire. hold, own, manage and operate rehneries, pipes. pipe lines, tanks, manufactories. machinery, wharves, tank cars, steam and sailing vessels for water transportation, and other works, property
 
 sary 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. ill 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 said company to and from its property; also to construct, OWE. maintain and operate it's 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 hundl ed thousand shares (300.000) of the par value of one dollar each, which capital stock, when issued, must be fully paid in cash or property upon issuance of the same, and shall forever be non-assessable for any purpose whatever, and the same shall be issued at such times and upon such 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 corporation of property. or rights in prop erty, of any description, which said corpora tion is hereby authorized to acquire, own and deal in, and each certificate of stock shall state upon its face the number of shares represented thereby. and that the same is forever non-assessable.
 ARTICLE 4. The time of the commence ment of said corporation shall be the first day of July, 1900, and the termination thereof on the first day of July, lvZ3, un- less the same be renewed pursuant to the laws of Arizona before the termination hereof.
 ARTICLE5. The highest amount of in- debtedness or liability to which the corpora tion shall at any time subject itself shall be the sum Of twenty thousand dollars (S20,OO0).
 ARTICLE 6. The affairs of this corpora tion shall be conducted and managed by board of five 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 directorsof this corporation, until their successors are duly elected and qualified, are as follows: J. M. Gardiner, NJ. A. Murphy,W. w. Wilcox. J. ". Lancaster and Howard B. Smith.
 The directors of this corporation shall hereafter be elected by the stockholders at their annual meetings, which shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Wednes- day in January in each year.
 AhllC4E {. The prlVatc property Oi tne stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from all corporate debts and liabili.. ties of every kind, and the stockholders of 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 npOn it's face the number of shares represented thereby, and that the same is fully paid up and non-assessabie.
 ARTICLE 9. The board of directors shall have power to pass by-laws and make amendments thereto, and the said corpor- ation shall have power to increase or 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 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- to set our hands and seals this 18th day of June, 1900.
 [sRALl NJ. 4. MURPHY, [sEALl W. W. WILCOX,