Arizona daily citizen., 1901-05-14
Artlele Of Incorporation Of the OceidehtaI
El Rey Oil Company.

El Rey Oil Company.
Know all men by these presents-Tha
we, the undersigned, for the purpose o.
forming corporation under Chapter III
Title XII of the Revised Statutes of the
Territory of Arizona, to transact the
business hereinafter mentioned, do adopt
the following Articles of Incorporation
First. The names of the incorpora
tors are: B. F. Suiter, Oakland; M. B
Suiter, Oakland; F. NJ. Graham,
San Jose c. f. Hailstone, San Francis
co; NJ. ii. Yost, San Francisco.
Second. The name of the corporation
ls Occidental El hey Oil Company
and the principal place for transactine
business shall be at Tucson in the Terri
tory of Arizona, but said corporation
proposes to carry ON business in the
City and County of San Francisco, State
of California, and in such other cities,
counties and states as may be found nee
essary or advisable. The corporation
will have main office and q stock trans.
fer Office in the City and County of San
Francisco, State of California.
Third. That the purposes for which
such corporation is formed are to pros.
pect for, explore and discover natural
gas, petroleum, asphaltum, minerals,
coal oil, or other oils, gases, minerals and
colatile substances to drill, develop and
operate wells for the extraction of natu-
raj gas, petroleum, asphaitum, minerals,
coal, oil and other oils, gases and vola.
tile substances: to produce, acquire,
own and sell natural gas, petroleum, as
phaltum, minerals, coal oil and other
oils, gases and volatile substances: to
carry on the business of boring wells, oi
producing, buying, selling, refining, dis
tilling and manufacturing oils, petroleum
natural gases, asphsltum and other min.
erals and hydro-carbon substances, and
for such purpose to buy, lease, or other
wise acquire, own and operate manu-
facturies, refneries, machinery, pipe
lines, tanks, tankears, railways, ships
and other works, property and ap.
pliances that may be incident or auxila-
ry to said business or that may be deem.
ed necessary or convenient by said cor
pose of the rights, properties, and lands
of this corporation; to establish and
carry on agencies. offices, and manufac-
turies, and to sell articles and products,
manufactured by said corporation. or
other persons or corporations in Califor-
mia and other states, territories and
foreign countries; to buy, acquire, hold,
improve, develop, control, sell, lease,
mortgage or hypothecate oil bearing or
other land or lands and personal proper
ty OF every kind to buy and acquire by
appropriation and diversion, lease, own,
possess. and otherwise deal in water,
water rights and privileges, and to ap-
ply the same directly or indirectly as
power for the purposes of generating
electricity, steam or other motive power
in the operation and management Of the
business Of said corporation Ito construct,
complete, own, buy, sell, and operate
water bitches, canals, aequodncts,
fumes and pipe lines; TO enter into any
obligation or contract pertaining to the
business of said company and generally
to do and perform any and all acts and
things necessary or proper for carrying
on the business of said company. or ef-
fecting any or all Of the above mentioned
purposes.
Fourth: The amount OF the Capital
| stock authorized 10 Five Hundred Thou
sand Dollars lt5O0, ,0O0) divided Into Five
| Hundred Thousand shares Of the par
value Of One Dollar lsl) pes shase each
fully paid up and forever no,-asseasable,
Fifth. This corporation will begin
| business ON the date ofthe incorporation
thereof duly affected and completed, and
with terminate in twenty-five years from
that date. 8
Sixth: The affairs Of this corporation
will be conducted BY q Board OF Direct
ors consisting OF FIVE persons including
| the President, Vice-P President, Secretary
and Treasurer, and at the option pf the
| Board OF Directors, an assistant Sc.
cretary and an assistant Treasurer and
an Executive Committee. Election pi
Directors shall be held annually on the
25th day Of April and election OF officers
at the first meeting Of the Board OF Di'
| rectors thereafter.
Seventh, That the directors who are
appointed for the FIRST year, are: B. F,
Suiter. Oakland M. B. Suiter, Oakland
F. NJ. Graham, San Jose, @. j. Hail
stone, San Francisco; NJ. II. yost, San
Francisco.
Eigth The highest amount ofindebt.
edness or liability TO which this corpo.
ration shall alisnbjectitself isOne Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($100, ,000l.
Ninth. Private property OF the mem.
bers of this corporation shall be exempt
from corporate debts.
| Tenth. These Articles OF Incorpora-
tion may be altered and amended by q
two-thirds vote OF all the ockhoiders ol
this corporation at any regular meeting
| of said tockholders or any special meet
| ing expressly called for that purpose,
and the same shall be fled with the
County Recorder OF Pima County, 10 the
| Territory Of Arizona 40 required by law,
Given under our hands this 10th day
of April 1901.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the
presence of John G. Jury.
Ten cent Revenue stamp Cancelled.
| Signed; r. M. Graham,
C. +. Hailstone.
III. Fl. YnGt,
| Mayme Bass Sniter,
B. F. Suiter, 4
State Of Californis. lss
Before me. John G. Jury, q Notary
Public In aud for the County Of SAINTS
Clara, State OF California, personally ap
peared r. M. Graham. g. =. Hailstone
M. n. Yost, Mayme Bass Suiter and b
r. Suiter, personally known 10 me to be
the persons described in and who ex.
ecuted the foregoing instrument, ane
1 they and each of them acknowledged x
me that the andy each OF them executet
the said instrument for the purposes anf
consid Grafton therein expressed
In witness whereof, have hereuntt
set nv hand and affixed my official sea
at nv office in said County OF SAINT.
Ctara Stota of California. the date anl