The Coconino sun., 1901-08-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE S0N0MA LAND & OIL COMPANY.

Know all men by these presents that we, the undersigned, M. F. Brown. C. c. Courtney, w. F. Langley, w. A. Rule and Elijah Robinson all of Kansas City Jackson County, Missouri have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corpora tion under the laws of the Territory of Ari- zona. and we hereby certify:
 First That the name of said corp oIatio shall be ''The Sonoma Land and 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 lands. 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 subl let all kinds of patents, patent rights and privi- 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 or similar to any of the purposes of this corporation To combine or cOnsoli- date the property, business and capital stock of this corporation, or 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, or 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 acqueducts 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.
 Third-That the principal place of business of said corporation in the Territory of Arizona is to be at Flagstaff, in the County of COcOnino, in said Territory; and that said corporation will also maintain an office and carry on it's 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 M. F. Brown, C. c. Courtney, w. F. Langley, w. A.