Cochise review., 1900-05-30
Articles of Incorporation
 0T THE Santa Paula Gravity OH
 Company.

Company.
 Know. all men by these presents that we Edward Dunham, G. W. Witherell, H. Hart. wiiam hGasrFsh Tncsp soh2 Neil. S Ba ley, all of the county of Los Angeles. State of California, hereby associate ourselves to- gether for the purpose of becoming incor porated under the provisions of Chapter 2, Title l2, of the Revised Statutes of the Ter ritory of Arizona, and do hereby adopt the following articles of interpretations:
 aE ARTICLRI.
 The name of this corporation shall be Santa Paula Gravity Oil Compony." #ha# ARTICLE II.
 The names Of the incorporatorg of this cor poration are Edward Dunham, G. ". With fEs, Rsboa m A ranE slGsha% a,J; wL9nsrgaH John Nell E. Bailey, II of Los Angeles county, California.
 ARTICLE III.
 The principal place of business of this cor the county of Cochise and Territory of Ari- zona.
 AIT GLE ".
 Tho general nature of the business pro posed to be transacted by this corporation is and shall be the buying selling leasing, owning, holding, possessing and operating of mines, mining claims, oil lands, oil wells. real e,tate and personal property, the con
 
 for refining crude petroleum and manufae- turing petroleum products, and the purchase and sale of petr leum and petroleum pro ducts: to acquire, own, hold, sell and deal in personal property and merchandise, and generally own, hold, acquire and deal in any property, and to do or transact anything ing in any of said foregoing lines of busi- ness.
 ARTIcLHv.
 The amount of capital stock authorized boo r. u9a Hundred Thousand $500 oOoj: DoIIarS ' to 5s divided into three hundred thousand OOOOO) | shares of the par value of One Dollar ($l .QQl per share, and that the time when and cs ditions upon which 1t is to be paid arc as lows: All stock issued must be fully paid 'fo, o,8 | in cash or property upon Issuance, and shall thereafter be noIi-assessable for any purpose whatever. The time of the commencement of tbis corporation shall be the date of the filing of 1 these Articles of Incorporation for record in the ofice of the County Recorder of Co., chise county, Arizona Territory, and the termiDation thereof shall be twenty five | (25) years thereafter, unless the same bo ro. n1wed pursuant to the laws of Arizona be- fore the termination thereof,
 ARTICLE VII.
 The affairs of this corporation are to ba to be elected annually on the first Monday of April of each year; provided, however. that as soon as practicable after the filing of these articles of incorporation the stock holders shall elect a board of directors who shall hold office till the first Monday in April. l0l, or until their successors are | elected and qualified.
 Each stockholder of this corporation, in all elections for directors and other eiec- tions. and on the confederation of all ouee- tions at stockholders' meetings, shall have number of shares owned by him. as given on the books of the company. each share of stock being entitled to one vote.
 The officers of the said corporation shall be President and Vice President who shall be directors of said corporation; a General Manager. and Secretary and Treasurer, and such subordinate officers All officers shall be elected by the board of directors after the annual elections of said directors, and shall hold office at the will and pleasure of said directors.
 Vacancies in the board of Directors shali be hlled as may be provided in the y-laws.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability for which the corporation is at any time to subject itself is the sum of Five Thousand l$5. .0OOl Dollars.
 ARTIcLE K. a The private property of the stockholdsrs of this corporation shall be exempt from all corporate debts. and the tockholdOrs of this corporation arc hereby exempted from all liability for any debt of said corporation.
 ARTICLE X.
 This corporation shall have an office for the transaction ot its business in the state of California, at the city of Los Angeles there in, and said oard of directors may meet and transact the business of said corpora tion at said city, and the annual and other meetings of the stockh ulders and the cleo. tions may bo held thereat.
 ARTICLE xI.
 Section 1. The board of directors shall have the power to make. adopt and amend by-laws for the government of the affairs of the corporation.
 Section 2. The board of directors shall have the power to borrow money execute corporate notes or bonds of the corpor ation, and to secure the payment of the same by mortgage on property of the corporation, or in any other manner designated by said bylaws, not exceeding, however, said total indebtedness of $500, as limited in Article VIII hereof.
 ARTICLE XII.
 The corporate stock of this corporation shall be forever non-assessable. and each certificate thereof shall state upon it's face the number of shares represented thereby, and that the same is forever non-assessable. ARTICLE XII
 These articles of incorporation may be amended at any annual meeting of the stockholders, or at any special meeting oi the stock holders called for that purpose, by a two thirds t35l vote of the stock of the cor poration then issued, in favor ofsdsa amendment, or by written assent to such amendment signed by the holders of two- , thirds ,(2I ot the subscribed capital stock and recorded and published as required by law.
 In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this the Esd day of March, lHO0.
 k. DUNHAM, [Seail