Mohave County miner., 1901-12-28
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
TENNESSEE OIL, GAS AND MINER
AL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.

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 Staehln and John +. Mayer, have as.
sociated ourselves together for the purpose OF
forming corporation under Chapter ., Title
II, 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 J. 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
inc IorpOrdIlOn snail 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 and
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
Tor 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, ple6ge or otherwise the stock,
debentures, bonds or other evidence OF debt OF
any corporation foreign or domestic, ana also
the right to issue, sell, dispose Of pledge or
use It's own stock, bonds. notes.
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
Of, 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 otherwise; to hold or in auv
manner dispose OF the whole or any part of
the property so purchased: to conduct I'm any
awful 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: |
20 draw, make, accept endorse, discount ex. |
'cute or issue promissory notes, draft, bills OF
'xchange' warrants, bonds debentures, and
'ther NEGOTIABLE or transferable instruments OF |
'aiue' 10 have offices and carry on business
Fithont restriction as to place or number; to
w "hy VI All tHiHgS nereln set forth to the same
'xtent as natural persons might or could do.
'nd In any part OF the world as principals.
gents, contractors, trustees, or otherwise
ither alone or jointly with others.
In general to carry on in connection with the
oJects' purposes and business set forth above
my other lawful business whatsoever.
w.
Ihe amount OF the authorized capital stock
4 this corporation shall be and Is One Million
nd Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
VI $50 0OOOdivided into one million two hundred
nd fifty thousand shares, of the par yalue ~
me Dollar @D each; each share fully paid up
hu forever non-assessible. Two hundred and
fty thousand shares of said capital stool, shall
e set aside as treasury stock. and shall be sold
I such price per share as the Board Of Direc
ors may direct; an6 the proceeds arising from
he sale OF said stock shall be used only in the
urchase of oil, coal iron and timber lands ana