The Coconino sun., 1901-08-10
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE S0N0MA LAND & OIL COMPANY.
OF THE

Know all men by these presents, that we tn undersigned, M. r. 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 ourselve 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 orati shall be "rhe SOnoma Land and Oil Company
 SecOnd-That the purposes for which sa corporation is formed are: To buy, sell, trad and deal in, lease, sub-let, prospect for, man age, develop, improve and own mineral and Oi claims and locations, and any and all kinds o 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 chnery, tools, implements and other persona property. To prospect for oil, to sink open develop and operate oil wells upon the lands claims and locations of this company ant others. To own, operate, buy, sell trade ant deal in, lease and sub-let oil wells and springs and all kinds of buildings, machinery tools ant implements for boring. sinking and casing Oi wells. for extracting oil and other minerals ant for caring for, storing. refining, reducing, ship ping and transporting oil and other minera products in pipe lines, tanks, or by any other method of transportation now known thai 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 refneries for oil and other mineral products, and to carry on 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 sub-le 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 as or similar to any of the purposes of this corporation. To combine or consoi- 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 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 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, dtches, 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.
 h d ,bat tha 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 its 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. Rule and Elijah Robinson, all of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.
 Sixth-The amount of the capital stock of said corporation authorized is five hundred thousand dollars $500 OOOO), and the number of shares into which it is to be divided is five hundred thousand (5OO,OOO), of the par value of one dollar CSl.OO per share. The same shall be paid for in cash, or in property acceptable to the Board of Directors, upon issuance of the certificates of stock at a price to be agreed upon by the Board of Directors of said corpora tion. 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 fifty dol lars (s5O0U, and the names Of the persons by whom the same has been subscribed are as fol- lows:
 Names of No. of - Subscribers Shares Amouht M. F. Brown. 10 slO % C C. Courtney 10 10 % w. F. Langley ...-..-......-- 10 10 % w. A. Rule ........-......- 10 10 % Elijah Robinson. 10 10 co EiUhth-v'ha affairs of said corpo,ot;o, ,ro