Arizona daily citizen., 1901-06-10
Articles Of incorporation Of Little Emperor
Oh Company.

Articles Of incorporation Of Little Emperor
Oh Company.
The undersigned, II. r. Wendt, Fred
W. Heatheriy, j. l.. Ball, H. g. Wood
and A. j. Failor, citizens of the United
States, have this day associated them
selves together for the purpose of form.
ing corporation under and by virtue
of lthe laws of the Territory of Arizona,
and hereby adopt the following articles
of incorporation, namely:
Article One.
That the names of the corporators are
H. p. Wendt, Fred w. Heatherly, |. l..
Ball, H. 6. Wood and A. ]. Failor; that
the name of the corporation shall be
Little Emperor Oil Company. That the
principal, place for the transaction of the
business of the said corporation is and
shall be the City of Tucson, in the Coun.
ty of Pima. Territory of Arizona, with
branch Offices at such other places as the
board of directors may from time to time
designate.
Article Second.
That the general nature of the busi-
ness proposed to he transacted bv the
said corporation shall be: Mining,
dril ing and boring for crude and other
oil, petroleum, gas, asphaltum or other
volatile or hydro carbon substances.
buying, selling, leasing, mortgaging,
owning or holding mineral or other
lands and personal property; and laying
pipes and pipe lines for conducting oil or
other substances, erecting tanks, refine
ries, derricks. machinery or other works
for boring. drilling, producing, handling,
treating or dealing in said products or
substances; building roads, tramways,
railroads or canals from the company's
property to any river. railroad or high
way; to build, operate, maintain. own or
conduct genes al merchandise business,
or to deal in any kind OF merchandise or
personal property; and to do any and
all other acts or things necessary OF
needful to conduct a general oil mining
or other business. either in Arizona or
any other state or territory of the U..it-
ed States.
Article Third.
That the amount Of the capital stock
OF the said corporation shall consist of
five million shares of the par value of
one dollar each: and that said stock
shall not be issued by the board of direc-
tors except the same shall be fully paid
up; and when so issued by said board OF
directors said st ock shall be forever non
assessable and no personal liability shall
attach to the holders thereof
Article Fourth.
This corporation shall commence busi-
ness when its articles of incorporation
are filed with the County Recorder of
Pima County, Territory of Arizona and
shall continue for twenty-five years there
after.
Article Fifth.
The affairs of the said corporation
shall be managed by board of 6ve di-
rcctors. The first board OF directors
shall be: III. p. Wendt, ]. L. Ball, Fred
W. Hcatheriy, Fl. G. Wood and A. !.
Failor, who shall hold their offices for a
period of one year from the date these
articles are recorded or until their sue.
cessors are duly elected and qualified.
At the expiration of the year above
stated, or sooner if the stockholders
elect, new board of directors shall be
elected by the stockholders of the said
corporation, at a regular meeting there
OF.
Article Sixth.
The officers of the said corporation
shall consist ola president, vice president.
secretary and treasurer, and such other
officers as the board of directors may
from time t1 time determine.
The president and vice-presideut shall
be members Of the board of directors
and no director shall hold Office who is
not bona fide stockholder of record in
said corporation, and failure to own OF
hold stock in said corpora alton sh all work
a forfeiture of the Office OF director.
Tn the event of the death, resignation,
disability or disqualification of any d.
rector, the remaining members of the
board of directors may fill the vacancy
by the election of some bona 6de stock
holder.
Article Seventh.
The highest amount of indebtedness
said corporation shalIat aay time create
shall not exceed the sum oil five Thousand
{$5, ,000. .00l dollars.
Article Eighth.
That all the private property of the
stockholders of said corporation shall be
exempt from all debts OF this corpora
tion. 4
In witness whereof, we have herwunto
set our hands and seals this twenty
second day of May, A. b. nineteen hun
dred and one.
Joseph l.. Rail-. Seal
III. r. Weudt, Seal
Fred w. Heatherly, Seal
II. G. Wood, Seal
A. ]. Faiior, Seal
State of California,
County of Los Angeles
On this 23rd day of May. in the year
ot our Lord, nineteen hundred one, be-
fore me. Ralph Hamlin, notary public
in and for said Los Angeles County, re-
siding therein, duly commissioned and
sworn, personally appeared H. p. Wendt,
Fred w. Hcatherly. Joseph l.. Ball, H.
G. Wood and A. ], Failor. knawu to mo
to be the persons described in and whose
names are subscribed to the foregoing
and they acknowledged to
me that they executed the same for the
purposes and considerations therein ex.
pressed.
In witness whereof, have hercunto
set my hand and affixed my official seal,
at my Office in the County of Los Ange-