The Florence tribune., 1900-08-04
ARTICLES OF
 INCORPORATION
ORANGE BELT OIL COMPANY
oF THE

KNOW ALL MEN BY THEsE PRESENTS: That we, W. W. WILCOX, M. 4. MURPHY and JOHN M. GARDINER, of the State of Cali fornia, have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a 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. Pinal county, Terri tory of Arizona, and the 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 said corporation.
 ARFICLE2. The nature of the business to be transacted by said corporation is to purchase, acquire, lense. 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, distilling, treating, manufacturing, piping carrying, handling,.. storing, dealing ill, buying and selling oils, petrOeums, natural 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 rehneries, pipes, pipe lines, tanks Taanufactofies, machinery, wharves, tank cars, steam and sailing vessels for water transportation, and other works, property
 
 sary or convenient by the board of directors; to purchase. acquire, own, pre-empt and sell it's 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 corporations. in Arizona, California and other states and territories of the United States and foreign countries; to construct, maintain, own and operate its own line of 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 also | 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 l convenient transaction Of the Company B 1 business, and to do and perform all 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 of the objects herein specified. | ARTICLE ,. The amount Of capital stock shall be the sum of three hundred thou | sand (SS0O, ,0c5.Oel dollars, divided into three l hundl ed thousand shares sJe0,G00l of the par value of one dollar each, which ! paid in cash or property upon Issuance of 1 the same, and shall forever be -assessabie ! for any purpose whatever, and the same | shall be issued at such times and upon such | conditions as may Le prescribed by the | board of directors, and said directors are | hereby authorized to issue any or all of said stock, fully. paid and non -assessable. 1 upon the condition of the transfer to this | corporation of property, or rights in prop
 erty of any description, which said corpora
 tion is hereby authorized to acquire, own and deal in and each certificate oi stoel;
 shall state upon it's face the number oi
 shares represented thereby. and that the
 same is forever non-assessable.
 ARTICLE 1. The time of the commence a.N l4.atl e
 day of July, 1s00, and the termination | thereof on the first day of July, lS23, un- l less the same be renewed pursuant to the | laws Of Arizona before the termination | hereof.
 ARTICLE }. The highest amount of in- debtedHess or liability to which the corpora tion shall at any time subject itself shall be | the sum of twenty thousand dollars tS20, GOO | ARTICLE 6. The affairs of this corpora | tion shall be conducted and managed by Q l board of five directors. and in said board 1 shall be vested the corporate powers of tho | corporation. The names Of the persons
 who are appointed to serve us directors of | this corporation, until their successors arc duly elected and qualified, are as follows J. II. Gardiner, M. <. Murphy, ". ". ileoz' 1 J. W. Lancaster and Howard E. Smith. 1 The directors of this corporation snail 1 hereafter be elected by the stockholders at | their annual meetings, which shall be held | on the first Tuesday after the first Nedncs- l day in January in each year.
 | ARTICLE !. The private property of the
 stockholders of this corporation shall be
 exempt from all corporate debts and liahili- ties of every kind and the stockholders of
 this corporation are hereby exempted from
 any liability for the debts or liabilities oi | this corporation.
 | ARTICLE s. The capital stock Of the cor | poration shall be forever non-aSsessable. l and each certificate thereof shall state upon 1 it's face the number of shares represented thereby, and that the same is fully puId up l and non-assessabie.
 ARTICLE g. The board of directors shall
 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 q two-thirds l vote of the stockholders represented ut any l regular stockholders meeting. or any | special meeting of stockholders called fol
 that purpose, and by filing the certificate
 thereof and by publishing the same in the
 same manner as is provided by law for the
 recording and publishing ofthese articles l of incorporation.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereun-
 to set our hands and seals this 18th day oi l June, 19G0.
 l (sEALl Nj. 4. MURPHY,
 [sEAL1 W. ". WILCOX, [sKALl JOHN NJ. GARDINER, | STATE OF CALIFORNIA.