Arizona republican., 1901-03-22

make. Slgn, auOpt, dcKnOWleuge anl publish these articles of incorporation. And we hereby certify:
 First: That the foregoing are the corporators.
 Second: That the name of the said corporation shall be the Guaranty Oil Company.
 Third: That the principal place of business of tho ~aii corporation, with in sa'' -"5.. of Arizona, shall be
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 .Ansaction of its -eral business shall executive, branch. l. siness and trans fer office in the city ard county of San Francisco. state of ca flo, mia; the To- cation of the works of ai1 company to be at such place in the state Of Cali fornia, or elsewhere, as the board of di- rectors may determine ;the board of di-' rectors nav hold special and regular meetincs m the city and county of San Francisco, state of California, and with the consent of five members of the board of directors, may hold special and regular meetings at the works of said company, wherever the same may be 'oSotNu' bPci siNii.S lo piitStOiS Q two days notice of said meetings.
 Fourth: The general nature of the different kinds of business proposed to be transacted by this company is to buy, sell, lease, deal in, locate, claim divert, acquire, maintain. develop, i'm prove or erect end construct all kinds of property-real, personal and mixed, mines and mining claims, oil claims and oil wells. and land producing crude petroleum and other mineral oils. as- phaltum, water and water rights, franchises. goods, wares. merchandise, materials. refining works, tanks, pipe lines, cars and receptacles for the transportation of oil, dams tunnels, pipes, fumes, levees. vladucts, reser- voirs. acqueducts, canals. bridges, em- bankments. excavations across, over and under any watsr course, lake, river or stream. waterway or public high way, and to engage in the operation of producing oil and of reduction and re- fining works for the reduction of oil, and the manufacture and production of any and all of the bv-products of crude petroleum, mineral or other oils or as- phaltum. and to deal in the same, to generate. deliver sell. lease and deal in electricity, water and oils. and to per- form all acts incidental thereto and permissible under the laws of the state of California and of the Territory of Arizona and of the United States.
 To borrow money, execute mortgages on. or deeds of trust. to the property of said corporation. Co secure the same, to secure any bonds or notes that may hereafter be issued by said company.
 To take and acquire by purchase. ex- change. or other lawful manner, and to hold, sell or otherwise dispose of the capital stock and bonds os this and oth- CT corporations. or any other cnrpo~. atiop, and to deal in it's own capital stock and stocks and bonds of all kinds
 To have perpetual succession to sue and be sued by its corporate name; to have common seal and to alter the same at pleasure: to prescribe the mode of mixing transfers of stock or inter- ests of its stockholders: to make con- tracts; 10 acquire and transfer proper- U; to possess the same powers in such respects as private individuals now en- joy; to establish bylaws; to make rules and regulations deemed expedient for the management of it's affairs not inconsistent with the laws of the Unit ed States and of .he state of California and of the Territory of Arizona, as provided by section. 233 of the revised statutes of Arizona
 Fifth: The amount of the capital stock Of said corporation shall be five hundred thousand dollars (s500, ,OOO). di- vidcd into five hundred thousand shares Of the par value of one dollar ts1) each, and said stock shall be fully paid up be- fore issue; and shall be non-assessa- ble: provided. however. that said stock. or any part thereof, may be issued for property, or any other valuable con- sideration, and the several incorporat- ors hereof do each hereby subscribe five t5) shares of said stock respective ly.
 Sixth: The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these articles of incorporation in the office of the county recorder of the County of Maricopa. Territory of Arizona and the termina- ton thereof shall be twenty-five (25) years thereafter. Upon the vote # thrse-fourths "f the capital stock at any regular meeting called and held for that purpose, the period of exist ence may be extended for twenty five years.
 Seventh: The affairs of this cor poration shall be managed and con- ducted by, and shall be vested in a board Of directors, consisting of seven O persons. to be cleo ted from. and by. the stockholders of this corporation on the first Monday of May in each year. commencing with the first Monday of May in the year 1903, provided, how ever the following stockholders shall serve as the board of directors until the regular election in May, 1903, and until their successors arc elected and qualified, namely. the said J. c. Grinir, Martin l.. Griffin. T. J. Shea, Thomas Gardiner, Thomas F. Ryan, Hugh McIsaac, and Daniel A. Ryan, pro- Vided further that m the event of vacancy in the board of directors be- Tore any annual meeting or thereafter, said vacancy may be filled by major- ity of the members of the board of di- rectors in office; and it is further pro- vided that four (D members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- ness, and that any meeting of the board of directors at which five (5) or more of said directors shall be present