Arizona daily citizen., 1901-02-09
Articles of Incorporation OF the Kern
River Mutual OIL Company.

Know all nleu by these presents that We, the
undersigned, do hereby voluntarily associate
ourselves together for the purpose offorming
corporation under the laws OF the Territory of
Arizona, and do hereby adopt the following
Articles OF Incorporation, towit:
Article /.
The name of this corporation shall be the
Kern River Mutual Oil Company" and the
names OF its ineorporators are, Harry Fisher,
$. 5. knoles, w. n. Smart, a. Il. D0dson, A. Ur-
9uhart Love, H: J. Myais, A. L. Baehman, T.
L. Conklin, 5, W. Krof. David McNair. L y.
Martin 8 Gotten Charles N More, Morsnq w,..
zell, B. 7. Frederick, D. B. Northup, F. F. Fyler
Jesse A. pomeroy, J. T. Escher, r Z, Berry,
Mrs S. I. Bnshfeld, and C. /. Williams, and
its principal place Of business shall be in the
City OF Tucson, County of Pima, Territory OF
Arizona.
The general nature of the business OF this
poration shall be to develop. produce, sell and
deliver oil, petroleum, coal, gas, asphaitum,
naptha, water, ores, metals, minerals, or any
other substance of commercial yalne: TO pur-
chase, acquire, lease, or otherwise procure.
hold and possess property, real, personal, or
mixed, and sell, deed, lease or suitcase the
same: 70 dig and bore wells and prospect holes
TO construct bitches, fumes, reservoirs, trench.
els. entertainments, roads and to acquire water
10 construct, erect and maintain derrfeks and
drilling OUTFITS, pipes and pipe lines, tanks, re
/ ineries: buildings, and such other structures
as may be requisite or convenient to carry out
| the purposes of this corpora. ion; to operate
| wells Of oil, gas or water, refneries, mines OF
coal or any other minerals found ON lann
owned or leased by this corporation: TO man
! ufacture asphaltum and deal In the same also
4 as incident to in furtherance of the foregoing
purposes, to locate and lay out town sites or
| additions TO towns, build and rent business
| houses and residences, and deal in the same
! build, maintain aud operate railroads and
switches: to construct boats and establish and
maintain boat lines; to engage I'M general
merchandise business and to do any and ali
| acts or things requisite or necessary to carry
out and engage in said foregoing lines Of bust
ness, or any OF them.
Article III
The amount Of capital stock authorized b,
this corporation Is and shall be Three Hundred
and Fifty Thousand 1900 Dollars. and the
same is hereby divided into $4,000 shares o
the par value of One Dollar each. All stock Is
sued shall be paid for at such price as may bs
fixed By the directors, and payment therefor,
| shall be either in cash or Its equivalent Ii
property, labor or services, or in any Othe
lawful manner which may be determined b,
the directors of this corporation; aud al
shares OF stock shall be paid for when issued
and shall thereafter be forever worcestershire
the right is hereby reserved to reduce or in
crease the capital stock of this corporation up
on majority vote of its stock east at a meet
ing called for that purpose, or at a genera
| election.
The time of the commencement of this cor
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tieles OF Incorporation for record in the Office
! the County Recorder, in the County of Pims
Territory OF Arizona, and Its termination shal
be twenty-five years thereafter, unless renewe
prior thereto pursuant to the laws Of said Tel
rftory.
] Article V.
The affairs of this corporation shall be cor
Quoted by a board of seven directors, who shal
: be stockholders OF this corporation, to be eles
e ted annually on the first Wednesday of Fehrt
4 AIRY Of each year, provided that the board G
] directors FRS; elected, consisting OF, srS hos
residences are: