Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-08-24
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Or The
New England Crude Oil Com
pany.
Know ALL MEN BY THESE Presents;

Incorporation.
That the names of the incorporators of
said company are james c. May and L. L.
Henry.
That the name of said corporation is and
I shall be
NEW ENGLAND CRUDE OIL COMPANY.
! That the principal place of business of said
company is ami shall be Holbrook, in the
County of Navajo in the Territory of Ari-
IONA But the directors of said company
may from time to time establish and main
tain offices for the transaction of business in
such other places within or without the Ter
rltory as they may deem proper, and the |
same change discontinue at pleasure
and meetings of the Board OF Directors of
said Company, both regular and special, may |
he held outside of the limits of the Territory |
of Arizona.
SECOND.
The general nature of the business pro-
posed to be transacted by said company is |
! the acquisition of lands in the County of
Navajo and any other counties in the Terri
Tory OF arizona ana III the county OF Bernalse
New Mexico, and in the State of California,
and iii any other State or Territory of the
United States. by purchase, lease, location,
! appropriation otherwise, and the pros
pecting for and developing in, such lands,
and producing and saving thcrefrom petro-
leum, naptha, and oil of all kinds natural
gas. aSphalttm, coal and other mineral sub
stances; the purchase. lease or other acqui-
sition or construction of and the equipment
and operation of, boring and drilling plants
and apparatus, tanks and other reservoirs,
tileries and other manufactures, sheds,
warehouses and other buildi ngs and struct-
ureS, apparatus and appliances, railways and
tramways electric light and power plants
. and systems of electric wires and telephone
lines, for the purpose of mining, producing,
storing, TRANSPORTING refining, dIstllllng or
otherwise treating and marketing and dis
posing of oil and other mineral substances
! for said company or for other persons: the
selling. mortgaging, subletting, leasing
otherwise disposing of, all or any part of any
, lands, acquired for the purposes above mem
TONED otherwise. the bTyin0 selling and
= dealing i'll oil of all kinds: the building or
. otherwise acquiring, owning carrying on,
= and conducting of hotels stores and shops {;
dealing i'll all sorts of goods wares and mer-
Y chandise, and carrying on all kinds of me-
: chanica trades; the carrying on of agricul-
ture in any all branches; the doing and
transaction of any business or thing which
for carrying out of any of the purposes above
mentioned; and the acquisition, sale or
pledge of, and disposing in any manner of,
shares of stock in, or bonds or other obliga-
ton or security of, any other corporation or
d c9rPorations for whatever purpose, or
O may be, incorpora ed.
n THIRD.
5 That the amount of capital stock is and
II shall be Five Million Dollars. divided into five
q million shares of the par value of one dollar
u per share which shall be paid i'll at once, or
j. from time to time, and in cash. as called for
2, by the directors of said company or by the
/ conveyance. transfer Or delivery TO said com
pany of property whichmay be purchased by
y said company, or by the rendition of services
n or by the satisfaction and discharge of any
obligation or obligations which may be in
CURED by said company. or in any other law
y full manner which may be determined upon
by the directors of said company.
- All shares of stock when issued shall be
fully paid and the same shall be forever non
aSSeSsable.
FOURTH
L The time of the commencement of said cor
a poration shall be the date of the filing o
; these Articles of Incorporation in the Office
;, Navajo. in the Territory of Arizona, and tn,
IL time of the termination thereof shall b'
s twenty-tiv years from and after the date o
such filing.
8. FIFTH
5, Section l. The officers by whom the affair
E, of said company are to be conducted anI
D, shall be fifteen directors, who shall be annu
q ally elected upon the fourth Monday of July
provided, that the date of such annual cleo
t. ton may be changed from time to time b,
bylaw of said company.
There shall also be a President Vice
President Treasurer, General Manager
and Secretary of said company, and sue
other officers as may be provided for by by
! law, all of whom shall be elected appoint
r ed i'll such manner. and at such times, and 70
OI such terms as the bylaws may prescribe
1c The directors shall hold office for one yea
10 from the time of their election and unit
6. their successors shall be elected and quail
lied. Vacancies in the Board of Director
II shall be filled by appointment by the boare
~, Any person SO appointed to I'LL vacancy j
Wy the Board of Directors shall hold Office unit
Id the next annual election and until his sue
cesSOr shall be elected and qualified. No pei
shall be director who shall not be at til
time Of his election or appointment the hold
er of one or more shares of the capital stocl
4. Section2: All elections of directors sha
- be by ballot. and every stakeholder sha
- have the right to vote in person or by proX
the number of shares standing i'll his nam
on the books of said company, for as man
persons there directors to be elected
or to cumulate said shares and give one car
s. didate as many votes as shall equal the nun
Der of directors multiplied by the number
his shares of stock, or to distribute them o
the same principle among as many cand
dates as he shall see fit.
The persons receiving the highest numbe
of votes shall be deemed elected directors.
90, 1I Section 3. The following named person
rs are hereby appointed and are directors
use Mass. DR.. S, T. Davis, Orleans, Mass; DAM
Nv +. Clark, Montpelier: Vt; Dr.. K. p. NJ. Anne
ny Springfield, Mass; Edwin Lunt, Newberr!
port, Mass; Elmer E. Jones, Enfield, n. H
on W. h. Graves, Marblehead, Mass; W. E.
AN Swan, Stoughton, Mass; Jas. r. Simpso
Lawrence, Mass; Jas. D. simmons, Ware
is R. l.; VIM l. Dewson Boston, Mass; d. j.
~, Quincy, Mass; Christopher A. Pierce, Prov
ING New Mexico. Said directors hereby a
to pointed shall hold office until the annu
The election to be held on the fourth Monday
m July, 1902, and until their successors al
of elected and qualified
ley Said above named persons hereby a
lay pointed directors are not ineligible as SUI,
md because of not holding any shares of the ca
as ital stock of said company at the time of the
", appointment as such directors; but each
said directors SO appointed shall become Il
nal holder of one more shares of said capt.
oc stock within sixty days from the date of the
Of Articles of incorporation, or in defau
thereof shall cease to be a director wheneve
=, after said sixty days, his default continuiIl
aid the Board of Directors shall declare his pla
ON vacant for such default.
Section 1. The assent of stockholders re
or resenting majority of the issued and on
nve standing shares of the capital stock, given
the any meeting of the stockholders regular
tor special. the written assent of the holde
ion of two-t birds of the issued and outStaudi
as shares of the capital stock wheresoever Civ
shall be efiectual to adopt, <snend OF repe
CHI bylaws, or to adopt, amend repeal rul
Los or regulations FOR the management OF
les affairs of said company.
Section 3. The Board of Directors at a
ital meeting, regular special may ado
Iil- amend repeal bylaws providing for t
BIER time place and manner of holding, CALI
ou- and conducting annual. regular and spec
100 meetings of the stockholders and of the Boa
of Directors, the number of stockholders
:.i directors constituting quorum, the mo
= of voting by proxy at stockholders me,
I Is ings, the time of the annual election of
Ins rectors and the mode and manner of givi
lhe notice thereof. the compensation and dut