The Florence tribune., 1900-09-15
ARTICLES OF
 INCORPORATION
ORANGE BELT OIL COMP ANY.
OF THE

KNow ALL MEN BY THESE PREsENTs: That we. W. w. WILCOX NJ. A. MURPHY and JOHN NJ. GARDINER, of the State of Cali fornia, have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming cor poration under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and hereby adopt the following articles of incorporation:
 ARTICLE1. The name of this corporation shall be the ORANGE BELT OIL COMPANY, and its principal place of transacting busi- ness shall be Florence, inal county, Ierri- 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 l engage in and carry the business of bor- | ing and exploring for, producing. refining, | distilling, treating, manufacturing, piping, carrying, handling, storing, dealing in | buying and selling oils, petroeuins natural l gas asphaltum bitumen bituminous rock | and other mineral and hydrocarbon sub | stances; and for such purposes, to buy and otherwise acquire. hold, own, manage and | operate retineries, pipes. pipe lines, tanks, | | manufactories. machinery, wharves, tank | cars, steam and sailing vessels for water transportation, and other works, property I | sary or convenient by the board of directors; Ito purchase, acquire, own, pre-empt and Sell 1 it's stock and bonds and the stocks and bonds of other corporations; to establish and 1 carry on agencies, offices. storage tanks and | houses, and to sell articles and products i manufactured by itself, or other persons or corporations, in Arizona, California and 1 other states and territories Of the united ] States and foreign countries; to construct, 1 maintain. own and operate its own line of l railroad from it's property to the nearest r.E 1 transporting freight and the products of l said company to and from it's property; a lso ! to construct, own, maintain and operate It's | own telegraph and telephone lines. and | such other means of rapid communication | as may now or hereafter be i'll existence for the purpose of facilitating or aiding in the | convenient transaction of the Company 5 l business, and to do and perform all things necessary to transact the affairs and busi- l ness of the corporation. within and without the Territory of Arizona, and requisite and 1 proper for the purpose Of carrying out all or any of the objects herein specified. 1 ARTICLES. 3. The amount of capital stock | shal. be the sum of three hundred thou 1 sand (S300 00000l dollars, divided into three hundled thousand shares (S0e.Oo0l 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-assessaDle | for any purpose whatever, and the same 1 shall be issued at such times and upon such conditions as may Le prescribed by the l | 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 eorpora- l 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 same is forever non-assessable.
 ARTICLE 1. The time of the commence
 nent of said corporation shall be the first
 T N..T.- .Tra4aen enrsra thereof on the first day of July, 1925, un- less the same be renewed. pursuant to the lava of Arizona befores the termination hereof.
 | ARTICLE5. The highest amount of in- debtedness or liability to which the eorpora- tion shall at any time subject itself shall be the sum of twenty thousand dollars tS20,COO).
 ARTICLE 6. The affairs of this corpora ton shall be conducted and managed by l 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 us follows: J. A. Gardiner, M. 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.
 ARIICLE7. '. The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be
 
 ties of every kind, and the stockholders ot this corporation are hereby exempted from
 any liability for the debts or liabilities of
 ARTICLES. s. The capital stock of the cor
 poration shall be forever non-assessabie
 and each certificate thereof shall state upon its face the number of shares represented thereby, and that the same is fully paid up l and non-assessabie.
 ARTICLEg 3. The board of directors shall
 have power to pass bylaws and make am ffrl1pf tfe ann
 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 the
 same manner as is provided by law for the
 recording and publishing fthese articles
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereun- to set our hands and seals this 18th day Of IsEALl NJ. A. MURPHY, . lsEALl ". ". WILCOX, sI [szALI JOHN NJ. GARDINER, ! STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
 . COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINo.f s On this 18th day of June. in the year one
 thousand nine hundred 4. D.. before mo b. Johnston, a Notary Public in and for said
 County of San Bernandino, State of Callfor- mia, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared M. A. Murphy, ". ". Wilcox and John NJ. Gardiner personally r 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.
 IN WITN ESS WHEREOF, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the J day and year in this certificate first above
 written.
 l t6RALj D. JOHNSTON,
 Notary Public in and for San Bernardino
 County. State of California.
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, ss
 COUNTY OF FINAL. ~
 I, F. 4. 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, D. Reppy on the 2Sd day of June, A. D. 1900, at 2 o'clock D. m., i'll book No. l, of articles
 of incorporation.
 WITNESS my hand and official seal this
 23d day of June, 1900. -
 [sEAIl F. A. CHAMBERLIN,
 Recorder. ', THos. G. PEYToN, Deputy.
 First publication June Both, 1900
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