Arizona republican., 1901-02-09
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the WICHITA OIL COMPANY.


 Know all men by these presents, tha we, the undersigned. being desirous O associating ourselves together for tn, purpose of becoming incorporated, dt hereby, under the provisions of Thl' XII, of the revised statutes of the Ter ritory of Arizona SC associate oar selves. and for such purpose de hereby adopt the following articles Of incorpO ration, to-wit:
 ARTICLE I.
 The names cf the corporators hereo are the following. to-wit
 J. o. Davidson, Wichita, Kansas Charles R. McLain. Chicago. Illinois A. O. McLain. Chicago, Illinois, Leor Phipps. Bakersfield. Cal; George Eas ton. Los Angeles, Cal
 ARTICLE II.
 The name of the corporation shall b, "Wlchita Oil company"
 The corporation shall have two prin cipal places of business, one being 1T the city of Phoenix, county of Maricopa territory of Arizona, and the othe in the city of Los Angeles. county o Los Angeles. state of California;; tn, stockholders meeting in the former place and the board of directors in tht latter
 ARTICLE III. The general nature Of the bushes! proposed to be transacted is:
 l. To acquire by purchase. lease. To- cation CT otherwise. real and person, al property. particularly such as may I, .l ,l purpose of developing oil, gas or other minerals, and to let, improve, hypoth. ecate. sell, lease, or otherwise enjoy ol dispose of the same.
 ?. To sink or construct wells. tun- nels or other means for the develop. ment of oil, gas or other minerals, ana to extract from the ground oil, gas or other mins rals, and to use. sell, dis. pose of ar otherwise enjoy the same. 3. To construct roads. pipe lines foi water. oil, or gas. and such other works as may be necessary for the purpose oi carrying Cn such business as the cor. poration may desire to become engag. ed in.
 l. To purchase. use, sell or otherwise deal in oil. gas or other minerals or ma. chinery, buildings and works incidenta to the use of the purposes herein indi. cated.
 D. To do any and all lawful acts that may be necessary or convenient in or. der to carry out the general purposes herein indicated.
 ARTICLE ".
 The capital stock of the corporation shall be the sum of seven hundred thousand (7O0,OOO) dollars, which shal be divided into seven hundred thou sand G0o00O shares. of the par value O one dollar ($1.00) each. of which twen. ty-five thousand (25,00O) shares have been subscribed, which stock was pait for at the time of subscription.
 ARTICLE w.
 The time of commencement of th;. corporation shall be when these arti. cles are filed with the county recorder of the county of Maricopa. territory O Arizona and the termination of tht corporation shall be twenty-five (25 years.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The corporate power of this corpora. rtion shall be vested in board of five directors, who shall be stockholders holding at least one share of stock ir his own name on the bo3Gks of the com. pany, and the times when they shall bt elected shall be at the hour of thre, o'clock D. m. on the fifth day of Feb ruary of each and every year, at tn, office of the company or the princi pal place of business of the compan. in the city of Phoenix, in the county O Maricopa. territory of Arizona. whicl place of business is hereby established to be at the office of the Wichita Oi company, in said city, which place may be changed at any time by vott of the stockholders.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness: or liability to which the corporation il al any lime to subject itself shall b, the sum of fifty thousand (50.0O0) dol lars.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 Private property shall be exemp frGm corporate debts.
 ARTICLE TX.
 These articles of incorporation ma, be amended at any time by vote of tn, stockholders, duly assembled in an. regular or special meeting, called in ac cordance with the bylaws which shal be hereafter adopted by filing with tn, county recorder of said county of Mari copa, territory of Arizona. certificat thereof. and republication of said cer tifiate in the same manner required b! law In the case of original articles C