The Florence tribune., 1900-08-25
ARTICLES OF
 INCORPORATION
ORANGE BELT OIL COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That
 we. ". w.. WILCOX. Nj. A. MURPHY and JOHN NJ. GARDINER, of the Stute of Cali
 fornia, have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a cor
 poration under the laws of the Territory of
 Arizona, and hereby adopt the following articles of incorporation:
 ARTICLEl. The name of this corporation shall be the ORANGE BELT OIL COMPANY, and it's principal place of transacting busi- | tory of Arizona, and the town of Cotton,
 and the City of Los Angeles. California. | with offices at such other places us may be designated by the board of directors of | said corporation.
 ARTICLE ?. 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 l 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, distiling, treating, manufacturing, piping, carrying, handling, storing, dealing in, | buying and selling oils. petroleums, natural gas, asphaltum, bitumen, bituminous rock | and other mineral and hydrocarbon sub l stances; and for such purposes, to buy and | otherwise acquire. hold, own, manage and | operate refneries, pipes. pipe lines, tanks
 manufactures. machinery, wharyes, tank i cars, steam and sailing vessels for water | transportation, and other works, property | and appliances that may be deemed neces- sary or convenient by the board of directors; | to purchase, acquire, own, pre-empt and sell l its 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 1 other states and territories of the United l States and foreign countries; to construct,
 maintain. own and operate its own line of ty fttr,r | connecting rail point for the purpose of l transporting freight and the products of l said company Go and from its property; 'so 1 to construct. own, maintain and operate its own telegraph and telephone lines, and | such other means of rapid communication | as may now or hereafter be ill existence for
 the purpose of facilitating or aiding in the convenient transaction of the Company s l business, and to do and perform all things necessary to transact the affairs and busi- | ness of the corporation within and without l 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.U0) dollars, divided into three l hundle ed thousand shares lS0e,000) of the par value of one dollar each, which 1 capital stock, when issued, must be fully ] paid in cash or property upon issuance of 1 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 conditions as may be prescribed by the board of directors, and said directors arc
 hereby authorized to issue any or all of 1 said stock, fully paid and non -assessable, upon the condition of the transfer to this | corporation of property, or rights in prop l erty, of any description, which said corpora l tion is hereby authorized to acquire, own 1 and deal in, and each certificate of stock | shall state upon it's face the number of | shares represented thereby. and that the | same Is forever non -assessable.
 | ARTICLE f. The time of the commence ment of said corporation shall be the first | day of July, 1900, and the termination l thereof on the first day of July, 1925, un- | less the same be renewed pursuant to tho l laws of Arizona before the termination l hereof.
 ARTiCLE5. The highest amount of in- | debtedness or liability to W hich the corpora-
 tion shall at any time subject itself shall be 1 the sum of twenty thousand dollars (S20 00OO). 1 ARTICLE 6. The affairs of this corpora l tion shall be conducted and managed by a 1 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 directors of | this corporation, until their successors are duly elected and qualified, are as follows; I J. M. Gardiner, I. i. Murphy. W. W. Wilcox, J. ". Lancaster and Howard B. Smith. The directors of this corporation shall l hereafter be elected by the stockholders at | their annual meetings, which shall be held | on the first Tuesday after the first Wednes- | day i'll January in each year.
 l '. The pflHdte property or tue 1 stockholders of this corporation shall be 1 exempt from all corporate debts and liabili- 1 ties of every kind, and the stockholders Of 1 this corporation are hereby exempted from 1 any liability for the debts or liabilities of | this corporation.
 l ARTICLE g. The capital stock oe the cor poration shall be forever Eon-assessabie, | and each certificate thereof shall state upon | its face the number Of shares represented
 thereby, and that the same is fully paid up 1 and non-assessabie-
 ARTICLE9 g. The board of directors shall
 have power to pass by-laws and make l amendments thereto and the said corpor- | ation shall have power to increase or l 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 1 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.
 1 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereun-
 to set our hands and seals this 18th day of | June, 1900.
 | [sEALl NJ. A. MURPHY,
 l [sEALl WV. WILCOX, (sEALl JOHN NJ. GARDINER, | STATE OF CALIFORNIA. | COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINo.i
 l On this 18th day of June, in the year one l thousand nine hundred, A. D., before me D.
 Johnston. Notary Public in and for said l County of San Bernandino, State of Califor- l mia. residing therein, duly commissioned and l sworn, personally appeared NJ. 4. Murphy, ". 1 W. Wilcox and John Nj. Gardiner personally l known to me to be the same persons whose names are subscribed to the within instru- ment. and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purpose and con- | sideration therein mentioned.
 l IN WITNESS WHEREOF. have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
 l [sEALi D. JOHNSTON, l Notary Public in and for San Bernardino 1 County, State of California.
 | TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, SC 1 COUNTY OF FINAL. ss 1 1, F. A. Chamberlin, Recorder in and for
 the County of Pinal. Territory aforesaid, do | hereby certify that the annexed instrument was filed and recorded at request of Chas, l D. Reppy on the 2Sd day of June. A. D. 1900, | at o'clock D. m., in book No. 1, of articles | of incorporation.
 WITNESS my hand and official seal, this | 23d day of June, 1900.
 I [sEALl F.. CHAMBERLIN, Recorder. THos. c. PEYToN, Deputy.
 First publication June S0th, 1900. TWO FOR ONE.