Arizona republican., 1901-05-08
ARTICLES OF INCORPoRATION
 of the RN-TREASuRE OIL COMPANY.

the KERN OIL COMPANY. Know all men bv these presents, that we, the undersigned have this day vol untarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corpora tion under the laws of the Territory of Arizona
 First: That the name of the said cor poration shall be the Kern-Treasure oil Company. and it's principal place of business shall be at Phoenix, Maricopa county, Arizona, with a branch office in the city and county of San Francis co. state of California, and the names of the inorporators are Henry A. Mel win, Percy Young. Cal. NJ. Orr o. A. Foster and J. IT, Manor.
 Second: That the purpose for which the said corporation is formed. and the general nature of the business to be transacted Is:
 (a) TO purchase, lease, buy, sell and otherwise deal in rehl end personal property, oil and minerals of every kind. character and description.
 'fb) To acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise. also to buy sell and other wise deal in mines and mining claims. reservoirs. pipe lines and all kinds of real and personal property. and to man. ufacture, buy. sell and deal in goods, wares and merchandise of all kinds. Also to purchase, buy, rent, sell and lease machinery of every kind, char acter or description, and in general to do and perform anything pertaining thereto, to the same purpose and ef- feet as it could be done by natural person.
 Co Also to take stock, buy, sell and hypothecate and deal in stocks of any other orpoTation. and also its own stock. (d) To do any and all things and acto that may be found necessary and expedient to be done for the purpose of carrying out any of the objects of the said corporation and not inconsistent with the laws of Arizona, made and provided for the government of corpor- ations.
 Third. That the amount of the capi- tal stock of said corporation is five hundred thousand (500.0O0) dollars, and that the number of shares into which it is divided ie five hundred thousand (5OO O0O) of the par value of one CD doi- lar each.
 Said capital stock shall be paid at such times and in such manner as the board of directors shall determine and authorize.
 Fourth: That the term for which said corporation is to exist is fifty (5O) years from and after the date of itc incorpo- ration.
 Fifth: That the business of the said corporation shall be managed by a board of nine C9) directors, who shall he elected at a meeting of the stockhold- CTS of the said corporation to be held on the second Monday of May in each year and who shall serve for one year from the date of their slid election.
 Sixth: That the highest amount of H. ability or indebtedness to which the said corporation shall at any time sub ject itself, shall not exceed twenty-five thousand (25.0O0) dollars.
 Seventh: That the private property of the stockholders of the said corpor- atlon shall be exempt from corporate debt.
 In witness whereof we have hereunto ost our hands and seals. this sixteenth day of April. in the year of our Lord. one thousand nine hundred and one d9OD.
 HENRY A. MELVIN. (SeaD
 PERCY YOUNG. .(SeaD
 CAL. M. ORR. (SeaD
 O. A. FOSTER. (SeaD
 J. H. MANOR. (SeaO
 Signed and sealed in the presence of Lawrence T. Manor.
 State of California. city and county of
 San Francisco, ss:
 On this 26th day of April, A. D., 1901, before me, R. B. Treat, a notary public in and for the city and county of San Francisco. personally appeared Henry A. Melvin, Percy Young. Cal. NJ. Orr, o. A. Foster and J. H. Manor, person. ally known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the above and annexed instrument, and they acknowledged to me. each for him. self, that they executed the same.
 Witness my hand and official seal, the day and year first above written.
 (SeaD R. B. TREAT, Notary Public in and for the city and
 county of San Francisco.
 Ten ct. l. R. stamp cancelled
 Filed and recorded in the office of the county recorder of Maricopa county, Arizona, the 3Oph day of April. 1901.
 Filed in the office of the secretary of the Territory of Arizona this 30th day of April, A. D., 1901, at D. m.
 C. H. AYERS,
 Secretary of Arizona.
 First publication May 8. 1901.