Arizona daily citizen., 1901-06-01
Articles of Incorporation Of Little Emperor
OIL Company.

Oil Company.
The undersigned, II. p. Wendt, Fred
w. Heatherly, ]. l.. Ball, H. 6. Wood
and A. ]. 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 1.-THE laws of the Territory of Arizona,
and hereby adopt the following articles
OF ofincorporatioR, namely:
Article One.
That the names of the corporators are
II. p. Wendt, Fred w. Heatherly, ]. l..
Ball, II. 6. Wood and A. J.. 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 by the
sad corporation shall be: Mining.
drii 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 OF
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 gene, al merchandise business.
or to deal in any kind OF merchandise OF
personal property; and to do any and
all other acts or things necessary or
needfui to conduct geaerai oil mining
or other business. either ia Arizona or
any other state orterritory of the Unit
ed States.
Article Third.
That the amount of the capital stock
Of the said corporation shall consist OF
tive 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 steck shall be forever nom
assessabie 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
Yuma County, Territory of Arizona and
shaH eoatInue for twenty y-Gse years there
after.
Article Fifth.
s The affairs of the said corporation
shall be managed by board of Eve di-
rectors- The first board of directors
shall be. II. r. Wendt, I. l.. Bah. Fred
W. Heaiheriy, H. O. Mood and A.. /.
FaiIof. who shall hold their ofhces for a
period OF one year from the date these
articlcs are recorded or until their snc-
cessors are duly elected and qualified.
At the expiration of the year above
stated, Or sooner Il the stockholders
eleet, q new board of directors shall be
excited by the stockholders of the said
corporation, at regular meeting there
OF.
Article Sixth.
The oMcerS of the said corporation
shall consist ola president, yice president,
secretary and treasurer, and such other
officers an the board of directors may
from time tsB time determine.
The president and vicr-prexideut shall
be Eaeasicrs Of the board Of directors:
and no director shall hold oihce who is
not a bona fiGe stockholder of record in
said corporation, and a failure to own or
hold stock in said corporation shall work
a forfeiture of the Office Of director.
In the event ri the death, resignation,
disability or disqualification uf aay d.
rector, the remaining members of the
hoard OF directors may fili the vacancy
bv the eaecti0n Of come bona fdc stock
holder.
Artiele Serenth.
The highest amount of Indebtedness
said corporation shail at any time create
shall not exceed the sam of Eve Thousand
/ f$s, ,oo0.00) dollars.
Arsicie Eighth.
That all the private property Of the
stockholders nf said corporation shall be
exeapt from all debts of this corpora
ttufi.
In witness whereof, We have hereunto
set our hands and seals this twenty
srcond day of May, A. D. nineteen hun
dred and one,
Joseph l.. Ball, Seal
II. r. Wendt, Seal
Fred W. Heathcriy, Seal
H. @. Wood, Seal
Al. Faiior. Seal
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