The Arizona sentinel., 1900-04-25
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the WESTERN COAST OIL COMPANY.

E{ VOW ALI MEN BY THESE PRESENTS HATbat we, the undersigned Frank Daggett H. T. Markm n, c. D. Paten, E. F. Brooks, Perll Langdell Frank c. Bolt and c. D. Daggett desiring to become incorporated under the provisions ef Title l2 of the Revised Statutes of the Territory of ,rizona approval March 9th 1897 do hereby asso- cates ourselves together for the purpose of incor- poraing under the said Statute, and in pursua zee tnere f hereby make, declare and adopt the fol- towing as our art.;les # in; ,rpora5ion ARTICLE l. The name of this corpOraton shall be the ''West-- ,rn east Oil Company and the principle place of business shall ne in the City of Yuma, Territory Of rizona and in the City of Pasadena State of ali fornia The stockholders of the corporation meet ing in the form place. and the board of directors as hereinafter constituted meeting in the latter place and the corp ration shall have power to estab fish branch offices for tle transaction of business a. her places to be designated by the BJ-Laws
 A3TICLE2.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by the Corporation:
 First-To acquire by purchase or otherwise and | to hold sell exchange otherwise dispose fO req and personal property. SecOnQ-sO utN6IOp OH, NaGtI UT DS Lucdi D OL digging, boring, tunneng or other means, ana to | i-pos of the same for the benefit of the Corpora ton.
 ihird-To construct and maintain such reservoirs. anhs ditches, pipes and pIpe lines as may be con vnent necessary for the storage, sa7 or d tribr o of the oil water or gas that may belong to the orporation.
 | Fourth--To refine oi to manufacture all oil pro- ducts and to purchase sell and deal in crude and refined oil and oil products Fifth-To carry on general mercantile business uch as is proper and usual for the purpose of pur- chasi- and selling goods, arti'les or merchandise 70 it's en ployees others desiring the same in the locality of its general business. 1 Sixth-To transact any manner of lawful business that may be necessary useful or convenient for the purpose of carrying out the general purpose of the Corporation.
 ARTICLES
 The amount of the Capital Stock authori ed by the orporation shall be the of S 100000, divided into One million shares of the per value Of One dol lar each and the time when and the conditions upon which it is to be paid in follows, to wit Tie entire amount thereof has been subscribed and will he paid in full upon the fling of these articles with he Connty Recorder of the Said County of Yuma, by the subscribers assigning and transferring to the Corporation certain lea es, options aud other prop srty now owned by the subscribers in the State of California.
 ARTICLE f..
 The time of the commencement of this Corpora tion shall be when these articles of Incorporate re filed in tho County Recorders Office of the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, and the
 
 ARTICLE 5. The corporate power O: the Corporation shall be vested in a Board of seven Directors who shall be chosen annually by the stockholders in the meeting assembled for that puri pose in the City of Yuma, Territory of hrizona the trst day of February of each and every year. The said Board of Directors shall choose President, Vice President Secretary and Treasurer whose term of office and duties shall be specified by the Bylaws. The said Board of 1 Directors shali be chosen by the stockholdres by | cumulative voting each stockholder being permit | ted to cas as many votes he holds shares of stock multiplied by the number of directors to be elected' and shall be permitted to cast all of said votes for nyone person, or distribute said votes as he may d sire.
 ARTICLE 6. The highest amount of indebtedness or liability ] to whi the C,rporation is to at any time subject itself is the sum of Twenty Five thousand do lars
 ARTICl.E7. Private property shall be exempt from corporate iebts.
 ARTICLE s. These articles of incorporation may be amendc any annual meeting of the stockholders, or at any pecial meeting thereof led for that purpose, by majori vota of the sto K of the corporal on, In y fl ing certificate of said amendments, dul Ger fled b. the proper officers of !le Corporation, in he ma. Ter as provided by law for filing th riginal articles.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have hereunto set UT hands and seals this 29th day of JaI uary 1900
 FRANK s. DAGGETT, tSeal l ,
 H. H. MARKHAM, [Seall
 G. D. PALTEN, ISeall
 E. F. BROOKS, [Seall 4
 PERLY LANG DELL, [SoalJ
 FRANK c. BOLT, [Seau
 c. D. DAGGETT, [Seall n
 State of California, ~ u
 County of Los Angeles. On this 29th day of January in the year thou md Nine hundred, before me, N. E. WOOD, Y otary Public in and for the County of Los Angeles l erSOnally appeared Frank s. Daggett H H. Mark ' nm, G. D. Palten, E. F. Brooks, Pery Langden | '