Mohave County miner., 1901-12-14
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
TENNESSEE OIL, GAS AND MINER
AL DEVEL OPMENT COMPANY.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we, the undersigned. w W. Dunbar, L.
C. Roeber. William J. Roeber, William A.
Dunn, Hugo A. zigrosser, Leopold Bondi,
Edward Staehlin and John L. Mayer have as
sociated ourselves together for the purpose Of
forming corporation under Chapter 2. Title
| T. OF the revised statutes Of Arizona. 1887, and
all amendments thereto; to transact the bust.
ness hereinafter mentioned, do adopt the fol.
lowing articles of incorporation.
The names Of the incOrporators are, W. w
Dunbar, L. c. Roeber. william ]. Roeber
William Dunn Hugo A. Zigrosser, Leopold
Bondi, Edward Staehlin and John f. Mayer.
The name Of the corporation shall be THE
TENNESSEE OIL, GAS AND MINERAL
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. and its princi
pal office shall be at the City of Newark, New
Jersey and branch Offices shall be established
at such other places as the Board OF Directors
may deem necessary, but meetings of the Stock.
holders and Directors, and any other meetings
OF the Company may be held, and the business
OF the Company transacted in any state or ter.
ritory of the United States as the interests of
the Corporation shall demand.
III
The nature OF the business and the object and
purpose proposed TO be transacted, promoted
and carried on are TO do any or all things here
in mentioned as fully and to the same extent
as natural persons might or could do viz: to
buy, own, lease, sell or hold and work any oil
coal or iron lands, or oil and gas wells coal ard
iron mines, mining rights, prospects, or any and
all kinds OF ore or minerals, mills, millsites
water rights, or any timber or timber lands
with the right TO mine, mill. reduce, prepare
for market any and all kinds Of ores minerals
coal, and to pump, refine. and treat any and all
kinds Of oil; with the right to sell lease ex
change, transfer and dispose OF any OIL coal,
iron or timber lands mines, mining rights
prospects mills, mill sites with any timber
whether owned by the said Company, or sold
on commission. To purchase, acquire, hold
sell dispose Of pledge or otherwise the stock
debentures, bonds or other evidence of debt OF
any corporation foreign or domestic. and also
the right to issue, sell, dispose Of, pledge or
otherwise use its own stock, bonds, notes.
mortgages or obligations
To take, own, hold, deal in, mortgage or 9th.
erwise lien, TO lease, sell, exchange. transfer
or in any manner whatever dispose of any real
property wherever situated
To manufacture, purchase, acquire in anv
lawful manner, and TO hold, own. mortgage
pledge. sell, transfer, or in any manner dispose
or and TO deal and trade in oil, gas, coal iron,
and all minerals, lumber goods wares mer.
chandise or property OF any and any class and
description.
To acquire the good will, rights and property
OF any person. firm, association or corporation.
To pay for the same in cash the stock Of the
Company bonds or otherwlse TO hold or in any
manner dispose OF the whole, or any part of
the property so purchased; to conduct in any
lawful manner the whole or any part of anv
business so acquired and to exercise all the
powers so acquired, and to exercise all the
powers necessary or convenient in and about
the conduct and management OF such bu siness
TO enter into, make and perform contracts of
every kind with any person, association or
corporation, and without limit as to amount
to draw make, accept, endorse, discount. ex.
ecute or issue promissory notes, draft bills of
exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures, and
other negotiable or transferable instruments of
value. To have offices and carry on business
without restriction as to place or number; to
do any or all things herein set forth to the same
extent as natural persons might or could do |
ana In any part OF the world as principals |
agents contractors trustees, or otherwise.
either alone or jointly with Others
In general to carry on in connection with the
objects, purposes and business set forth above. |
any other lawful business whatsoever
Nv.
The amount of the authorized capital stock
OF this corporation shall be and is One Million |
and Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars |
into one million two hundred
and iifty thousand shares, OF the par value of
One Dollar CsD each; each share fully paid up
ana forever worcestershire. Two hundred and
hity thousand shares of said capital stock shall |
De set aside as treasury stock, and shall be sold
at such price per share as the Board OF Direc. |
tors may direct; ant the proceeds arising from
the sale of said stock shall be used only in the
purchase of oil, coal, iron and timber lands and