The Coconino sun., 1901-08-24
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE COMMONWEALTH OIL COMPANY.
OF THE

Know all men by these presents. that we, the undersigned, J. J. Swofford, A. s. Kimberly, W. A. Rule, H. N Strait, c. c. Courtney, Will liam Huttig and Elijah Robinson, all of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona; and we hereby certify:
 First-That the name of said corporation shall be The Commonwealth oil Company"
 Second-That the purposes for which said corporation is formed are: To buy, sell, trade and deal in, lease sub-let, prospect for, man. age, develop, improve and own mineral and oil claims and locations, and any and all kinds of real estate and any and all interests therein. To buy, sell trade and deal in, lease, sub-let manufacture, own and operate all kinds of ma chinery tools implements and other personal property. To prospect for oil, to sink, open, develop and operate oil wells upon the lanCfs,' claims and locations of this company and others. To own, operate, buy, sell, trade and deal in lease and sub-let oil wells and springs, and all kinds of buildings machinery, tools and implements for boring, sinking and casing oil wells for extracting oil and other minerals and for caring for storing, refining, reducing, ship ping and transporting oil and other mineral products in pipe lines, tanks. or by any other method of transportation now known or that may be hereafter invented or devised. To build own, operate improve, buy, sell, trade and deal in, lease and sub-let pipe lines, aque- ducts, reservoirs, tanks and refineries for oil and other mineral products, and to carry on a general business of extracting, caring for and transporting oil and other mineral substances, and of storing refining and reducing the same. To buy, sell, trade and deal in, lease and suble all kinds of patents patent rights and priv leges relating to the prospecting, extracting, caring for, storing transporting and refining oil or any other mineral substance. To buy, sell, trade and deal in the capital stock of any other corporation, any of whose purposes are the same as or similar to any of the purposes of this corporation. To combine or consoli- date the property, business and capital stock of this corporation, any of them, whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired, with the property, business and capital stock, or either or any of them, of any other corpora tion. any of whose purposes are the same as or similar to any of the purposes of this corpora tion. To borrow money, and to execute a note or notes, a bond or bonds therefor, from time to time and to execute notes and bonds from time to time and sell the same for the use and benefit of this corporation, and to secure such notes or bonds, if necessary or advisable, by the pledge or mortgage of all or any part of the real personal or mixed property or assets that may from time to time be owned by this com pany or in which it may have an interest. To carry on any and all kinds of mines and mining operations for the production of gold, silver and any and all other kinds of minerals. To develop buy, sell, trade and deal in water and water rights, and to own, manage, con- duct, buy, sell, trade and deal in reservoirs pipe lines, acqueduets ditches, canals and other structures for the purpose of storing, convey ing, distributing and purifying water. To do all things convenient or necessary for carrying out the purposes above enunciated, or any of them. or any purposes similar or kindred thereto.
 
 of said corporation in the Territory of Arizona in said Territory; and that said corporation will also maintain office and carry on its busi- ness in the City of Kansas City, and State of Missouri.
 Fourth-The term for which said corporation shall exist is twenty-five years from and after the date of it's incorporation and it will begin business immediately upon the filing of these articles of incorporation in the office of the County Recorder of said Coconino County, Ari- Zona.
 Fifth-The names of the corporators are J. J. Swofford, A. s. Kimberly. W. A. Rule, H. N. Strait, c. c. Courtney, William Huttig and Elijah Robinson, all of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.
 Sixth-The amount of the capital stock of said corporation authorized is one million dol lars e1, ,OOO, ,OOO), and the number of shares into which 1t i6 to be divided is one million q .000- OOO), of the par value of one dollar (siOO) per share. The same shall be paid for in cash, or in property acceptable to the Board of Direct ors, upon issuance of the certificates of stock at price to be agreed upon by the Board of Directors of said corporation The price at which said stock shall be sold shall be fixed by the Board of Directors of said corporation.
 Seventh-The amount of said capital stock which has been actually subscribed is seventy dollars (s700O), and the names of the persons by whom the same has been subscribed is as follows:
 Names of No of Ar,our, Subscribers Shares.