The Florence tribune., 1900-09-22
ARTICLES OF
 INCORPORATION
ORANGE BELT OIL COMPANY.
-oF THE

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That JOhN NJ. GARDINER. of the State of Cali fornia, have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming u cor poration under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and hereby adopt the following articles of incorporation:
 ARTICLE 1. The name of this corporation shall be the ORANGE BELT OIL COMPANY, and it's principal place of transacting busi- ness shall be Florence, r Pinal 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
 ARTICLE2. 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 i'll. buying and selling oils, petroleums, natural gas, asphaltum, Ditumen. bituminous rock and other mineral and hydrocarbon sub | stances; and for such purposes, to buy and otherwise acquire. hold, own, manage and l operate rehneries, pipes, pipe lines, tanks, manufaetories, machinery, wharves, tank cars, steam and smiling vessels for water l transportation, and other works, property l and appliances that may be deemed neces- sary CT convenient by the board of directors; to purchase. acquire. own, pre-enpt and sell l its stock and bonds and the stocks and bonds | of other corporations; to establish and l carry on agencies, offices, storage tanks and l houses, and to sell articles and products 1 manufactured by itself, other persons or l corporations, in Arizona, California aud 1 other states and territories of the United l States and foreign countries; to construct, maintain, own and operate its own line ot railroad from its property to the nearest connecting rail point for the purpose of | transporting freight and the products of said company to and from it's property; a so to construct, own, maintain and operate its own telegraph and telephone lines, and such other means of rapid communication 1 as may now or hereafter be in existence for the purpose of facilitating aiding in the convenient transaction of the Company's | business, and to do and perform all things necessary to transact the affairs and busl- ness of the corporation, within and without 1 the Territory of Arizona, and requisite and proper for the purpose of carrying out all or any of the objects herein specified. ARTICLE9 3. The amount of capital stock l shalt be the sum Of three hundred thou l sand (SS90, ,00a.00) dollars divided into three | hundl ed thousand shares (s00000) of the par value of one dollar each, which capital stock, when issued, must be fully paid in cash or property upon issuance of i the same, and shall forever be non -assessable | for any purpose whatever. and the same 1 shall be issued ut such times and upon such ! board of directors, and said directors are hereby authorized to issue any or all Of | said stock, fully paid and non n-assessable upon the condition of the transfer to this | corporation of property. or rights in prop erty, of any description. W hieh said corpora | tion is hereby authorized to acquire, own and deal in, and each certificate of stock shall state upon it's face the number of shares represented thereby. and that the 1 same is forever non -assessable.
 ARTiCLE4 1. The time of the commence 1 ment of said corporation shall be the first 1 day of July. i9OO. and the termination 1 thereof on the first day of July, 1895, un- less the same be renewed pursuant to the laws of Arizona before the termination | hereof.
 | ARTICLE ]. The highest amount of in debtedness or liability to which the corpora l tion shall at any time subject itself shall De the sum of twenty thousand dollars tS2O,OCo)-
 ARTICLE G. The affairs of this corpora tion shall be conducted and managed by q board of five directors, and in said board shall be vested the corporate powers of the 1 eorpor ation. 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: J. NJ. Gardiner, NJ. A. Murphy, W. W Wilcox. J. w. Lancaster and Howard B. Smith.
 The directors of this corporation shall | hereafter be elected by the stockholders Ut their annual meetings, which shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Wednes- day in January in each year.
 ARTICLE '. The private property Of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from all corporate debts and liabih- 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 The capital stock ofthe cor poration shall be forever non-assessable, and each certificate thereof shall state upon its face the number of shares represented thereby, and that the same is fully paid up | and nOn-assesSabie. .
 ARTICLE g. The board of directors shall l have power to pass bylaws and make l amendments thereto, and the said corpor- ation shall have power to increase CT | diminish it's capital stock by tvo-thirds vote of the stockholders represented at any regular stockholders meeting, or any l special meeting of stockholders called foi 1 that purpose, and by fling 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 l of incorporation.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. we have hereun. to set our hands and seals this 18th day oi . l June, 1900.
 [sRALl NJ. A. MURPHY, IszALl ". W. WILCOX, ; [sEALI JOHN Nj. GARDINER,
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA. ss COUNTY OF SAN BERgARDINo.i On this 10th day of June, in the year one
 thousand nine hundred A. D.. before me D Johnston. a Notary Public in and for sale County of San Bernandino, State of Califor
  i, i sworn, personally appeared NJ. A. Murphy, "
 ". Wilcox and John NJ. Gardiner personal, known to me to be the same persons whos'
 names are subscribed to the within lnstru ment, and acknowledged to me that the, , executed the same for the purpose and con- sideration therein mentioned
 : IN WITNESS WHEREOF, l have hereuntt
 set my hand and affixed my official seal th' day and year in this certificate first above
 written. ..u.s.- lsEALi D. JOHNSION,
 Notary Public in and for San Bernardins
 County, State of California.
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, ss
 COUNTY OF FINAL.
 l. F. A. Chamberln. Recorder in and fo the County of Pinal Territory aforesaid, d'
 hereby certify that the annexed iustrumen was filed and recorded at request of Chas
 D. Reppy on the 23d day of June, A. D. ls0O
 at o'clock p. in., in book No. l, of article
 of incorporation.
 WITNESS my hand and official seal, thi
 2Sd day of June, 1900. -
 IsEAI1 FA. CHAMBERLAIN,
 Recorder. THos. G. PEYToN, Deputy.
 First publication June 30th, 1900.
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