Arizona republican., 1901-03-08
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of RAINIER OIL COMPANY.

Tliy dSSoCidte OuIstiVtS t' SItHeT lot tHc purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the T rlitory of Arizona. And we do hereby certify:
 First: That the name of said corpor- ation shall be Rainier Oil Company" and its ncipal place of transacting business shall be Phoenix, Arizona with branch offices in the city and county of Tan Francisco, state os Cali fornla, and at such other place CT places as may De hereafter determined by .he beard of cfectors of the com pany; that t5e names of the incorpor- at-rs are: l.. M Onion. De Witt R.. Lowe. Clinton A. Harrison. R. w. Heath. F. A. Shepard, Wm. N. McCar- thy and J. F. Olsen.
 Second: That the general nature of the business Is the acquiring possession of and title to oil and mineral and tim- ber lands by location, purchase, bond. lease or gift; holding owning and dis posing of said lands by sale, bond, lease or gift developing. improving. working and operating said lands by the sinking of shafts, boring of wells, | the driving of tunnels or drifts. the re- covery. extraction. refining and reduc- | ton of oils. petroleum. asphaltum. gas, | hydro carbon and volatile substances, borax, ores. metals and minerals, the | erecting of buildings, hoisting works, | pumping plants, warehouses. reduction | works. smelters, refineries. furnaces and mills, and using. working and oper- | ating the same; the constructing buy 1 ing, holding. owning. operating and | of hu all afh hat. .x(rt tca trans. rail and other roads. ptpe. tel | egraph. telephone, light and power l lines, fumes, ditches. tanks. dams and reservoirs: acquiring, holding. owning, using and disposng of town sites. res 1 ervoir sites, dam sites, mill sites, water and other rites and franchises necessa = ry and incident to the main business of the corporation; buying. selling and | dealing in merchandise. oils, asphal- tum, gas, hydro carbon and volatile substances, borax, ores. minerals. me- | tals, chemicals, timber, lumber, fuel, and all other articles and things neces- sary to the proper conduct of a gener- al oil, mining. milling. smelting and re- | lining business: and to do and perform any and all acts and things pertaining thereto or connected herewith which may be proper and necessary or useful to. the main purposes of the corpora ton. not inconsistent with the consti- tuition of the United States and the laws of the Territory of Arizona.
 Third: That the amount of capital stock is five hundred thousand ($500, 000) dollars; tha, the number of shares into which 1t Is divided is five hun dred thousand (500, ,0O0), of the par value of one $l,00) dollar each. That the capital stock of the company shall be paid in at such times and in such man. ner as the board of directors shall de- termine and authorize.
 Fourth; That the term for which said corporation Is to exist is twenty. five (25) years from and after the date of it's incorporation.
 Fifth: That the business of said cor. poration shall be managed and con. trolled by a board of seven directors who shall be elected at a meeting of the stockholders of said corporation to bt held on the first CD Tuesday of Marcf in each year and shall serve for ons year from the date of their said electior and until their successors are elected
  and qualified.
 Sixth: That the indebtedness of tn, corporation shall net exceed two third. (2-0 of the amount of its capita stock.
 Seventh That the capital stock O. the corporation shall be non- assessa ble; and the private property of thu stockholders is to be exempt from cor porate debt
 In witness whereof we have hereuntt set our hands anl seals this 18th day O February 1901.
 F. NJ. ONION. (SeaD
 De WITT B. LOWE. (SeaD CLINTON A. HARRISON. (SeaD
 R. w. HEATH. (SeaD
 r. A. SHEPARD. (SeaD Vim. N. MCCARTHY. (SeaD J. B. OLSEN. (Sea1) State of California, City and County O
 San Francisco. ss.
 On the 10th day of February, in tn, year one thousand nine hundred | and one. before me, A. K. Dag gctt, a notary public in and for tn, said city and county, residing therein duly commissioned and sworn, person , ally appeared F. M Onion. De Witt B B. Lowe, Clinton A. Harrison, R. w Heath. r. A. Shepard, Vim. N. Me Carthy and J. R. Olsen, known to m, to be the persons described In, who's, names are subscribed to and who exc cuted the annexed instrument. ant they acknowledged that they executed the same.
 In witness whereof 1 have hereunts set my hand and affixed my official sea at my office in the City and County O San Francisco, the day and year in thi certificate first above written.
 (SeaD A. K. DAGGETT, Notary Public in and for the Cit,
 and County of San Francisco
 State of California.
 I. k. stamp, 10c, A. K. D. Territory of Arizona, County of Mari cOpa, ss.
 l, B. F. McFall, county recorder il and for the territory and county afore said, hereby certify that I have com pared the foregoing with the origina , articles of incorporation of the Ralnie oil Company. filed and recorded in m! , office on the 25th day of February. A. D l. 1901. In Book No. 5 of Articles of In corporation, and that the same is a full true and correct copy of such origina and of the whole thereof.
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