Arizona republican., 1901-09-13
,RTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 Of the BEAUMONT OIL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY" :"

BEAUMONT OIL DISTRIBUTING
 COMPANY
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE pRESENTS: That we, the under signed have this day voluntarily asso- dated ourselves together for the pur- ucse of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and do hereby make, execute and adopt he following articles Of incorporation:
 ARTICLE l.
 The name of said corporation shall be "Bsaumont Oil Distributing Company" and it's principal place of transacting business shall be at Phoenix, Maricopa County. Arizona, with branch offices at Beaumont, Texas; New York Bos- ion. Chicago and London, England. and at such other places as may be deter mined by the Board of Directors and stockholders, where regular and spe- ciaI meetings of the Directors anG stockholders may be held and any and all of the business may be transacted.
 ARTICLE II.
 The general nature of the different kinds of business proposed to be trans acted by this corporation is as follows, to-wit
 To buy sell, and otherwise dispose of crude and other oils.
 To purchase lease, locate, bond ar otherwise acquire. own, exchange, hy- pothecate and deal in, work, mine, ex- plore and develop mining claims. oil. mineral, timber and agricultural lands. oil gas, asphaltum, water and water rights.
 To do a general real estate, mercap- tile and mining business in all it's branches.
 To own, handle and control letters patent and inventions.
 To borrow money and execute inert gagts or deeds of trust to secure the same to issue bonds and other evi- dences of indebtedness, and in general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corpo- ration, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 ARTICLE III.
 Among the powers of this, body cor porate shall be: To have perpetual suc- cession, to sue and be sued by it's cor porate name; to have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure; to pre- scribe the mode of making transfer Of stocks or interest Of rrs stockholders; to make contracts; to acquire and transfer property of every kind and de- scIiption. both real and personal, and to possess the same powers as private individuals now enjoy; to establish by laws and make all rules and regula tiors deemed expedient for the management t of its affairs not inconsistent with th : laws and thc constitution of the United States and the laws of the Territory of Arizona.
 ARTICLE ".
 The amour. of the capital stock of the corporation shall be Two Million Dollars Cs2.ooO. .OOO.OO) divided into Twenty Thousand (20,OO0j shares, of the par value of One Hundred Dollars (slOOOO) each. fully paid up and forever non-assessable.
 ARTICLE V.
 The time of the commencement os this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these articles of incorpo- ration in the office of the Secretary of Arizona, and the termination thereo: shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 ARTICLE VI
 The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by a Board of Directors and may be increased at any regula meeting of the stockholders up to any number, but not more than fifteen. who who shall be elected annually by the stockholders of the corporation on the first day of September in each year Until the first day of September, 1902 the following named persons shall ser"e as Directors: R. L. Cox, A McCullagh h dr., f. ts- 6rOOkS, ti MdSlerSOn, w. I Campbell, R. Oliver, A. s. Fischer, $ E. Morss.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability. direct contingent, tC which this corporation shall subject it self at any time, shall be Five Hundre, Thousand Dollars (s5e0.0o0.00).
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The private property of the stock holders of this corporation shall be ex empt from all corporate debts.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We hay hereunto set our hands and seals thi fourth day of September. 1901.
 R. E. BROOKS. (Seai.
 R. L. COX. tSeal.
 R. OLIVER. (Seal.
 H. MASTERSON. (Seal.
 W. T. CAMPBELL. (Seal.
 w. L. MURPHY. (Seal.
 A. S. FISHER Seal. State of Texas. County of Jefferson, S: On this fourth day of September, i the year 1901. before me, Walter Crawford. a Notary Public in and fo the state and county aforesaid residin therein. duly commissioned and sworr personally appeared R. L. Cox, R. Brooks. H. Mastersop. R. Oliver. w. Campbell. w. l.. Murphy. known to m to be the persons described in, who's names subscribed to. and who exc cuted the annexed instrument. an they acknowledged to me that the executed the same for the purposes an consideration therein expressed.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF hay hereunto set my hand and affixed m official seal at my office in the sai