Arizona daily citizen., 1901-05-11
Article OF Incorporation Of the Occidental
Ell Rey on Company.

fhuSiS VI incorporation OF tne Uccs0eMfA
Ell Rey Oh Company.
Know all men by these presents-That
we, the undersigned, for the purpose oI
forming corporation under Chapter III
Title XII of the Revised Statutes of the
Territory of Arizona, to transact the
business hereinafter mentioned, do adopt
the following Articles of Incorporation
First. The names OF the incorpora.
tors are: b. F. Suiter, Oakland; M. b.
Suiter, Oakland; F. NJ. Graham,
San Jose; G. +. Hailstone, San Francis
co; NJ. FL. Yost, San Francisco.
Second. The name of the corporation
is Occidental Ell key Oil Company
and the principal place for transaetine
business shall be at Tucson in the Terri
tory of Arizona, but said corporation
proposes to carry on business in the
City and County of San Francisco, State
OF California, and in such other cities,
counties and states as may be found nec-
essary or advisable. The corporation
will have main Office and stock trans
fer office in the City and County Of San
Francisco, State of California. %
Third. That the purposes for which
such corporation is formed are to pros
pect for, explore and discover natural
gas, petroleum, asphaltum, minerals,
coal oil, or other oils, gases, mineralsan and
colatile substances !; to drill, develop and
operate wells for the extraction OF natu-
raj gas, petroleum, asphaitum, minerals,
coal, oil and other oils, gases and yola-
tile substances; to produce, acquire,
own and sell natural gas, petroleum, as
phaltum, minerals, coal Oil and other
oils, gases and volatile substances: to
carry on the business of boring wells, OF
producing, buying, selling, refining, dis
tilling and manufacturing oils, petroleum
natural gases, asphaltum and other min
erals and hydro-carbon substances, and
for such purpose to bny, lease, or other
wise acquire, own and operate manu-
facturies, refneries, machinery, pipe
lines, tanks, tankcars, railways, ships
and other works, property and ap-
pliances that may be incident or anxils-
ry to said business or that may be deem.
ed necessary or convenient by said cor
poration to sell, lease, or otherwise dis
pose of the rights, properties, and lands
OF this corporation; to establish and
carry ON agencies. offices, and manufac-
turtles, and to sell articles and products,
manufactured by said corporation. OF
other persons or corporations in Califor.
mia and other states, territories and
foreign countries to buy. acquire, hold,
improve, develop, control, sell, lease,
mortgage or hypothecate oil bearing OF
other land or lands and personal proper.
ty of every kind to buy and acquire by
appropriation and diversion, lease, own,
possess. and otherwise deal in water,
water rights and privileges, and to ap.
ply the same directly or indirectly as
power Tor the purposes OF generating
electricity, steam or other motive power
in the operation and management Of the
business of said corporation Ito construct,
complete, own, buy, sell, and operate
water bitches, canals, acquoducte,
fumes and pipe lines to enter into any
obligation or contract pertaining to the
business of said company and generally
to do and perform any and all acts and
things necessary or proper for carrying
on the business of said company, or ef.
fecting any or all of the above mentioned
purposes.
Fourth: The amount of the Capital
stock authorized is Five Hundred Thou
sand Dollars l$500, ,000) diyidedinto Five
Hundred Thousand shares Of the pai
value Of One Dollar t$l) per share each
fully paid up and forever non-assessabie
Fifth: This corporation will begin
business on the date ofthe incorporation
thereof duly affected and completed. and
will terminate in TWENTY-FIVE years from
that date.
sixth: The affairs OF this corporation
will be conducted by . Board OF Direct
ors consisting OF Eve persons including
the President, yice-President, Secretar.
and Treasurer, and at the option OF th'
Board OF Directors, an assistant Be
cretary and an assistant Treasurer anx
an Executive COMMITTEES. Election d
Directors shall be held annually on tn.
25th day OF April and election OF officer
at the first meeting Of the Board Of III
rectors thereafter. y
Seventh: That the directors who an
appointed for the first year, are: B. T
Suiter, Oakland !; NJ. b. Suiter, Oakland
r. NJ. Graham, San joss; @. =. Hail
stone, San Francisco; M. n. Yost, Sal
Francisco. S..
Eigth The highest amount ofindebt
edness or liability TO which this corpo
| ration shall subjectitseif la One Hnndret
Thousand Dollars tSl00, ,0O0).
| Ninth. Private property OF the mem
bers OF this corporation shall be exenp
from corporate debts.
| Tenth. These Articles -0f Inc0rpora
ton may be altered and amended by
| two.thirds vote OF all the stockholders Q
this corporation at any regular nleetinl
of said stockholders or any epeciM meet
| ing expressly called for that purpose
and the same shall be fled with tn
County Recorder Of Pima County, in tn
Territory of Arizona AZ required BY law
Given under our hands this 18th da
OF April 1901. !,
Signed, sealed and delivered In th
presence OF John g. Jury.
Ten cent Revenue stamp Cancelled. +
| Signed; r. M. Graham,
/ G. e. Haiistone,
| M. III. Yost,
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