Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-27
LEGAL ADvERTIsEMENTs,
Articles Of Incorporation Of the Crude
Petroleum Company of Texas.

Petroleum Company Of Texas.
Know ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we, the undersigned. for the md
poses hereinafter mentioned, have this
day voluntarily associated ourselves to-
getner ior the purpose OF incorporatina
under the laws of the Territory of Ariz-
ona, corporation to be known as the
Crude Petroleum Company of Texas,
and that this instrument shall constitute
and be our articles ofincorporation and
we do hereby declare and certify as fol.
lows, namely:
LIST. That the name of this corpora.
ton shall be the ''Crude Petroleum
Company of Texas"
End. That the term for which said
corporation is to exist is twenty-five (25)
years from and after the date of it's in.
corporation. E5EtE y;eaa ff II
3rd. That the enterprise, business
pursuit and occupation in which this
corporation proposes to engage in, is to
buy, lease and acquire by location, pur-
chase, and otherwise, to own and con-
trol Oil lands and property aud oil wells,
and to sink oil wells and develop oil
lands, and to refine, manufacture, handle
and sell oil and oil products, and to own
or lease and control all necessary plants
and refineries therefor. -
4th. That the places where the prin-
cipal business of said corporation is to
be transacted are Tucson, Arizona. Los
Angeles, California and Beaumont,
Texas. ..4--....... 7
5th. The capital stock of this corpor-
alton shall be the sum of five hundred
thousand dollars $500 .000) divided into
five hundred thousand 900, ,000) shares
OF the par value OF one dollar ($I .OO@
each, which capital stock shall be paid
in upon the call of the board OF direc-
tors OF this corporation, conditioned that
it shall be forever worcestershire.
9th. That the private property OF the
incorporators, directors and stockhold-
ers of this company shall be exempt
from all corporate liability.
7th. That the board OF directors of
this corporation shall be five o., to be
elected annually on the first Tuesday in
June each year, and to serve one az
year, or until their successors be duly
elected and qualified. i
8th. That the officers OF said CORPORA
ton shall be president, vice president
and secretary, to be elected by the
board of directors. fs9
9th. That the names OF the directors
who are appointed to act for the frat
year and until their successors are
elected, with their places of residence,
are as follows:
F. ". Blanchard, Los AngeIes, Gal.
w. Wettleson, q
/. NJ. Wettleson, i" ss
Clarence w. Blanchard, +" I"
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have
hereunto set our hands and seals this 1st
day of April, 1901.
F. w. BLANCHARD, (Seal)
l.. V. REDPATH, (seal)
w. WETTLESON, lSeai)
L. NJ. WETTLEsON, (sealj
G. w. BLANCHARD, (Seal)
Ten cent revenue stamp cancelled.
State OF California
County of Los Angeles, 's'
Before me, Amy G. Lester, a notary
public in and for Los Angeles county,
on this LIST day OF April, per.
sonally appeared +. w. Blanchard, l..
V. Redpath, w. Wettleson, L. M. Wet
tleson, and G. w. Blanchard, known to
me to be the persons whose names are
to the foregoing instrument,
and acknowledged to me that they exe.I
,uted the same for the purposes and
therein expressed.
In WITNESS WHEREOF, have
hereunto set my hand and official seal,
his LIST day Of April, 1901.
seall AMY G. LESTER,
Notary public in and for Los Angeles
county, California. e.
Ten cent revenue stamp canoeiledl. ~
My commission expires May 10, 1904.
Territory Of Arizona ss.
/, Chas. A. Shibell, county recorder
10 and for the county OF Pima, territory
,f Arizona, do hereby certify that the
above and annexed lie true and correct
,opy of the Articles OF Incorporation OF
he 'sCrude Petroleum Company OF
Texas, /" filed and recorded April 2, 1901,
1t p. m, as appears of record now in
my office. in Book No. 2 of Incorpora~
ions, at page 25S. ~
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, / have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my
,fiicial seal this ID day OF April, 1901,
Seall CHAS. A. SHIBELL,
ezs County recorder.
Ten cent revenue etamp canceiledl.
let pub Apr 20, last Apr "a, 1901.