The oasis., 1901-05-25
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
oF THE
NOn-Assessa ble Oil Co.

HBSSe, J. M. GledNtS, -. +. LODR. J. |. Le Fevre, have associated ourselves together for the purpose Of forming d corporation for the transaction of business under the laws Of the terri tory of Arizona, and hereby adopt the following articles Of incorporation, tO wit:
 That the name of said corporation is the NON A AssESsABLE OIL COMPANY;
 That the principal place or trab- sacting business of said corporation Is Nogales, m the territory Of Arizona, witn d branch office in the city and county of San Francisco, state Of Cali fOrnia;
 That the general nature of the busi ness purposed to be transacted is.
 To buy, sel bond, lease, rent, bar ter, exchange, mortgage, hypOthecate or con tract concerning oil lands or other mineral lands in the territory of Arizona and in the state of Cali fornia.
 To drill for oil, and to develop, ex. ploit, improve or operate oil or other mineral lands in the territory of Ari- ZOna and in the state of California and in connection herewith to hold lands other than mineral lands and to de- velop the same, to erect rednerles, factories aud furnaces, mills and other structures, to construct reservoirs and build tanks, tC lay conduits ana pipe lines, tramways and other roads and highways for transportation pur- poses, and to secure easements for the same upon or through the lands of others;
 To buy, sell, hold, hire, let, ex. change, mortgage, pledge, hypothe cate or contract for or concerning all manner Of personal property, lnclud- ing stocks, bonds, debentures, con tracts mortgages, pledges, negotiable instruments aud other evidences of ownership, indebtedness or Obliga- LiOn;
 To buy aud sell merchandise, oils, minerals, metals, timber, lumber and agricultural products;
 To enter into any and all manner of contracts ln relation to, or connected with oil or other mineral products;
 To borrow or loan money, guarantee payments, indorse notes, checks, bills of exchange aud other negotiable in- truments and execute and become sureties on bonds;
 To do any and all things necessary, convenient or proper to be done in connection with, or in the execution of the above enumerated purposes:
 That the amount of the capital stock of said corporation authorized to be issued l. five hundred thousand (500, ,000) shares of the par value of one dollar tSl each, the same to he issued at such times and upon such terms and cOndit ions as the board of direc- 1 tors may determine:
 That the term for which said cor. poration is to exist Is twenty i've (25) , years, commencing on the 18th day of | February, 1901, and terminating on the 2Sth cay of February, 1926, unless | renewed or dissolved as provided by | law:
 That the affarsof said corporation | are to be conducted by board of di | rector consisting of five (5) members | to be elected annually by the stock | holders, on the second Monday in Jan. uary of each year. The iucorporators herein constitute the first board
 That the private property of the 1 in this corporation is eX- empt from liability for corporate debts.
 In witness whereof we have here. unto set our hands and seals this day of February, 1901.
 FRANK w. MARsToN [Seall
 ED E HEssE, Seall
 J. NJ. GLEAvEs, Seal
 $. F. LONG, Seall
 J P, LE FEvRE, Seall State of California,
 City and County of ss.
 San Francisco.
 On this 18th day of February, A. D. 1901, before me, R B. Treat, notary public in and for said city and ecu atY If San Francisco, residing therein, July commissioned and sworn, person ally appeared Frank w. Marston, Ed. l E Hesse, ]. M Gleaves, S. F. Long, md J. F Le Feyre, known to me to