Arizona daily citizen., 1901-06-06
Articles Of Incorporation OF Little Emperor
on COMPANY.

|
Oh Company.
The undersigned. II. =. Wcndt, Fred
w. Heatherly, J. l.. Ball. II. G. 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
I of 1.-THE laws of the Territory OF Arizona.
and hereby adopt the following articles
| q incorporation, namely;
Article One.
That the names of the corporators are
ii. 7. Wcndt, Fred W. Heatherly, |. l..
Ball, III. G. Wood and A. ]. 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 bus-
ness proposed to he transacted by the
said corporation shall be: Mining,
drill ing and boring for crude and other
oil, PETROLEUM, gas. asphaltum or other
volatile or hydro carbon substances.
buying, selling, leasing, mortgagiug,
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 or
substances; building roads, tvamways,
| 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 or
personal property; aud to do any and
all other acts or things necessary or
necdful to conduct general oil mining
or other business, either i'm Arizona or
any other state or territory of the Unit
| cd States.
Article Third.
| That the amount of the capital stock
| of the said corporation shall consist oi
Eve million shares of the par value of
eue dollar each; and that said stock
shall not be issued by the board of direc-
tors except the same shall be fully paid
/
directors said stock shall be forever non
| assessahle and no personailiabifty shall
attach to the holde~s thereof
| Artielc Fourth.
/ This corporation shalt commence busi-
ness when its articles of incorporation
are filed with the County Recorder oi
Pima County, Territory of Arizona and
| shall continue for tSent y-tave years there,
after.
/ Article Fifth.
The affairs OF the said corporation
slfail be managed by board OF FIVE ,li.
rectors. The first board of Director
shall be. H. r. Werdt, /. L. Ball, Fred
W. Heafherly. II. G. Wood aud A. !.
RaiIor. who shall hold their offices for a
period of one year from the date thcss
articles arr recorded or until their sue.
cessors are duly elected and qualified.
AT the expiration of the year above
stated, or sooner ii the stockholtlers
elect, n new board OF directors shall bc
elected by the stackhoisiers of the said
corporation, at regular maeeting there
of,
Article Sixth.
The officers OF the said cnrr,oratiou
shall consist ola president. sicr president
secretary and treasurer, and such other
officers AZ the board of directors ma,
from ting tai time determine.
The president and vice president shall
he snenbers Of the board OF directors
and no director shall hold ofElcc who IL
not a bona iide stoekholder of record ia
aaid corporation. and a faisure io own %,
hold stock ia said corporation shall woik l
a torfeittre OF sic office of director
In the event of the death, resignation,
disability or disqualification OF ans iii.
rector, the remaining members OF the
board Of directors may f5ll the yaeanc.
By the election Of some bona fide stock
| holder.
Article Seventh.
/ The highest amount OF indebtedness
said corporation shall as any time create
shall not cacccd the sum OF tiye thousand
| tS5. 900. .001 dollars.
Article Eighth.
That all the private property of the
stockholders Of said corporation shall he
exempt from all debts of this corpora
tion.
| In witness whereof, we have hers uato
| set our hands and seals this twenty
second day Of May, A. .. nineteen hum
| dred and one.
Joseph l.. Ball, Seal
II. r. Wendt, Seal
Fred w. Heatherly, Seal
II. q. Wood, Seal
A. J. faiIor, Seal
State of California.
County of Los Angeles
On this card day Of May. in the year
oi our Lord, nineteen hundred one, be-
| FORE me. Ralph Hamiin. notary public
| in and for said Los Angeles County, re-
siding therein, duly commissioned and
sworn, personally appeared II. r. Wendt,
| Fred w. Heathcrly. Joseph l.. Rail-. H.
G. Wood and A. ]. Faiior, kaown to me
| to Ae the persons described ia and whose
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