Arizona republican., 1901-12-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE OIL COMPANIES.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
 PRESENTS: That we. the under signed, have this day voluntarily as- sociated ourselves together for the pur- pose of forming and becoming a corp , oration under and by virtue of the
 statutes and laws of the Territory of
 Arizona. and in that behalf and to that
 end we do hereby adopt and duly exc cute the following Articles of Incorpo- | ration, and do hereby certify and de-
 clare as follows:
 FIRST: That the name of said Corp oration shall be california oil Com
 panies."
 SECOND: That the purposes for
 which II Is formed are to acquire oil
 bearing lands by purchase or lease. drill wells thereon. and produce crude petroleum and other mineral SCD stances, and to sell, refine and store the same and to generally deal in crude and refined petroleum and it's kindred by-products. and as well construct, manage and own oil tanks and pipe lines for the storage, sale or delivery Of the same. To acquire, purchase, own, hold, improve, cultivate, sell.
 lease and generally deal in real and
 personal nroperty of every kind. To buy, sell and generally deal in all kinds of public and private stocks. bonds. se curities, cattle, horses, live stock, and as well other kinds of personal property, and deal in the capital stock and bonds l of other corporations; to issue stock, certificates. notes. bonds. mortgages or | other evidence of indebtedness. and to
 dispose of the same for the benefit of the corporation.
 To explore for. discover, buy, or otherwise acquire own water and water rights and privileges for use or for sale or for irrigation, mining. do- mestic or power purposes;
 To issue bonds certificates of in- debtedness, and to buy, sell and deal in the same;
 To create. generate, use and sell cleo trical power for manufacturing me chanical motive purposes: To locate. construct, purchase or
 otherwise acquire and to use ditches. Iaqueducts. pipe lines. tunnels. wells and other appliances and property for or in connection with the above or other
 purposes incidental thereto. and as well to sell the same or to acquire others whenever business necessities may require.
 To develop, own or acquire water water rights and privileges Qncluding canals, aqueducts. fumes, ditches and pipe lines for connecting same) for
 
 tants of any county, village. town, irri- gation district or farming neighbor- hood for any of the foregoing purposes l and as well to furnish the same or either of them with electricity and electrical power for illuminating mo-
 tive, mechanical. manufacturing and other purposes.
 To lay out towns and townsites and to carry on and conduct any and all htISi nd dn all nd that may be necessary for the develop | ment. growth, improvement or to pro- mote the fostering of the welfare of | the same. | To generally acquire. own, use, sell I or otherwise dispose of, and as well
 deal in all kinds of property, and also | to incur indebtedness. execute mort gages, and to carry on any kind of
 business that may be necessary or in cidental to the carrying out of each or | any of the foregoing purposes. | THIRD: That the place where the
 principal business of this corporation shall be transacted is Phoenix, Mari | copa County, Territory of Arizona. and | that it shall have branch offices in the | City and County of Los Angeles, State ! of California, and at such other places
 as the Board of Directors may here after designate for the purpose of l holding meetings of the Directors and | Stockholders, the issuance of stocks,
 bonds and mortgages. the occupancy of
 offices and the genera; transaction of
 business.
 l FOURTH: That the terms for which said Corporation shall exist shall be | twenty-five (25) years from and after | the date of it's incorporation. | FIFTH: That the number of Di- rectors of said Corporation shall be l seven and that the names and resi- dences of Directors who are appointed | for the first year and to serve until the | election and qualification of their sue
 cessors, are as follows:
 1 Names Whose Residence is at | A. C. Easton, Los Angeles. Cal.
 E. H. Groenendyke, Los Angeles, Cal. F. A Nance Los Angeles. Cal. | L. A. Crandall, Los Angeles, Cal. otis G. Gould, Los Angeles, Cal ' c. s. Mann, Los Angeles, Cal. U. P. Stocksdale, Los Angeles, Cal. 1 SIXTH: That the amount of capital
 stock of said Corporation is One Mil
 lion Dollars s1 0O0, ,OOO) and the number l One Million q, ,OOO OOO) of the par value 1 of One Dollar.
 | SEVENTH: That the amount of 1 capital stock which has been actually l subscribed is Seven Hundred (700) Dol l lars, and, the following are the names | of the persons by whom the same has | been subscribed, to-wit:
 \ Names of Number of
 l Subscribers. Shares. Amount. v A. c. Easton 100 $1000
 E. H. Groenendyke 100 10000 ! F. A. Nance 100 10000 : L.. A. Crandall 100 10000
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