The Florence tribune., 1900-10-06
ARTICLES OF
 INCORPORATION
ORANGE BELT OIL COMPA
OF THE

Ksow ALL MEN BY THESE PREsENrs: That we. ". ". 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:
 ARTICLEI l. The name of this corporation shall be the ORANGE BELT OIL COMPANY, and it's principal place of traEsaeting busi- ness shall be Florence. Pinai county. Terri tory of Arizona. and tho town of Cotton, 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 tho business to be transacted by said corporation is to purchase, acquire, lease. own, hold, control, manage, sell. operete, 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, distiliing, treating, misunderstanding. piping, carrying, handing, storing, dealing in.
 buying and selling oils. petroieums, natural gas, asphaltum. bitumeu. b1tumlnous rock and other mineral and hydrocarbon sub- stances; and for such purposes to buy and
 otherwise acquire. hold, own, manage and
 operate rehneries, pipes. pipe lines, tanks,
 manufactofie5, machinery, wharYes, tank cars, steam and sailing vessels for water
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 and appliances that may be deemed neces- sarS or convenient by the board of directors; to purchase, acquire, own, empt and sell
 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
 corporati8ns, in Arizona, California and
 other states and territories of the United
 States and foreign countries; to construct, maintain. own and operate it's own line ot
 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 a so 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 in existence for the purpose Of facilitating or aiding in the
 convenient transaction of the Company s business, and to do and perform ali 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 ofthe objects herein specified. ARTICLE 3. The amount Of capital stock shalt be the sum of three hundred thou
 sand ts3090J0.O0) dollars, divided into three hundred thousand shares l3ub,0J0l 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 WhateFer, and the same Sfltli De issued &E StlSh IAfEeH anu upon stGH
 conditions as may be prescribed by the board of directors, and said directors are hereby authorized to issue any or all of said stock, fully paid and non -assessabie, upon the condition of the transfer to this i corporation of property, or rights in prop
 erty, of any description, which said corpora l 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 nor-assessabie.
 ARTICLE 1. 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, 1925, un-
 less the same be renewed pursuant to the
 laws of Arizona before the termination 1 hereof.
 ARTICLE5 5. The highest amount of in-
 debtedness or liability to which the corpora- | tion shall ct any time subject itself shall be
 the sum of twenty thousand dollars (S2UOO0. ARTICLE G. The aiItiTS of this corpora | tion shall be conducted and managed by a | board of five directors, and in said board l shall be vested the corporate powers of the corporation. The names of the persons
 who are appointed to serve as directors oi l this corporation, until their successors are | duly elected and qualified, are as follows , J. N. Gardiner, M. 1. Murphy. W. ". Wilcox, ] J. W. 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 Medues- | day III January III Caeh year.
 1 ARTICLE [. The private property of the
 stockholders Of this corporation shall be 1 exempt from ali corporate debts and liabiii-
 ties of every kind, and the stockholders of
 this corporation arc hereby exempted from any liability for the debts or liabilities of i this corporation.
 l ARTICLEs. The capital stock of the cor | poration shall be forever non-assessable, l and each certificate thereof shall state upon | 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 1 have power to pass bylaws and make
 amendments thereto, and the said corpor- ation shall have power to increase or | diminish its capital stock by a 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 l 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 oi | June, i900.
 | lsEALl II. A. MURPHY, | [sEALl ". ". WILCOX, lsEALl JOHN NJ. GARDINER,