The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-14
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the VENTURA PETROLEUM MINING
 COMPANY.

We, the undersigned, for the purpose ol forming a Corporation under Chapter Z, Title 12 of the Revised Statutes of the Ter ritory of Arizona, to transact the business hereinafter mentioned, do adopt the fol- lowing Articles of Incorporation.
 FIRST,
 The names of the Incorporators are Mary Walters, Walter H. Wren and A. $. Parks
 The name of the Corporation is, The Ventura Petroleum Mining Company, and the principal place for iransacting business shall be at Yuma in Yuma County, in the Territory of Arizona, but the Corporation proposes to carry on business in Ventura County, in the State of California, and at such other places in said State and in the other States and Territories of the United States as may be found necessary. The Corporation will have main office and 8 stock transfer office at Los Angeles, ill the State of California.
 SECOND, The general nature of the business pro posed to be transacted is drilling for Oil, developing Oil, Asphaltum and other min erals, transporting and refining Oll, or oth- erwise preparing the same for market, and to acquire, purchase, hold, improve, work and operate lease, sell and convey Oil Wells, Oil and Mineral lands, and to erect all machinery and buildings necessary to procure or purchase water or water rights, to construct ditches, fumes or pipe lines to convey water for the use of the said Com pany, to issue, sell and convey stock, bonds or mortgages, to purchase, acquire and hold, or sell and convey real or personal property of whatsoever kind, and to do all things necessary to carry on the business of the company.
 THIRD,
 The amount of Capital Stock authorized is Two Hundred Thousand Dollars C$200,- OOO,. to be divided into Two Hundred Thousand shares of the par value of One Dollar each.
 FOURTH,
 The Corporation will begin business on the fifteenth day of February, 1900, and will terminate fifty years from that date.
 FIFTH, The dlldlIS O1 IulS OOIPOl WAAA NO conducted by Board of Directors, con- sisting of Five persons, including Presi- dent, Vice President, Secretary and Treas urer, and at the option of the Board of Di- rectors an Assistant Secretary, an Assistant Treasurer and an Executive Committee. Elections of Directors shall be held annual ly on the second Monday Tn January, and Elections of Officers at the first meeting of the Board of Directors thereafter.
 SIXTH, The highest amount of indebtedness or | liability to which this Corporation shall subject itself is Fifty Thousand Dollars $50,OOOOOl
 SEVENTH.
 The private property of the members of l this Corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts.
 EIGHTH.
 Among the powers of this body corpor- ate shall be- 1. To have perpetual succession. 2. To sue and be sued by the Corporate name. 8. To have 6 common seal, and alter the same at pleasure. 1. To render the shares or interests of the Stock holders transferable, and prescribe the mode of making such transfers. 5. To exempt the private property of members from liability for Corporate debts. 6. To make contracts, acquire and transfer prop l erty, possessing the same powers in such respects as private individuals now enjoy. | '. To establish Bylaws and make all rules and regulations deemed eXpedient | for the management of their affairs, not 1 inconsistent with the Constitution and Laws of the United States, and the Terri l tory of Arizona.
 In Witness Whereof: We have here unto set our hands and Seals, this First day of February, One Thousand Nine Hundred.
 MARY WALTERS. (SeaD WALTER H. WREN, (Seal)
 A. SAM'L PARKS, (Seal)
 State of California; ss
 County of Los Angeles.I
 On this second day of February, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hun dred before me, Frank NJ, Kelsey, No tary Public, in aHd for sad Los Angeles County, residing therein, duly comnis- Mary Walters, Walter H. Wren and A. $. Parks. known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged that they executed the same.
 Witness my hand and Notariai seal
 (SeaD FRANK M. KELSEY, Notary Public in and for Los Angeles County, State of California.
 Received for record February 9th, 1900, at 9 a. m at request of Walter H. Wren. Recorded in Book No. 2 of Bonds and Agreements page 400 ct seq, Records of Yuma County, Arizona Te -ritory. (SeaD w. E. MARVIN, Recorder First pub, Feb, II, 1900