Arizona daily citizen., 1901-06-04
Articles OF incorporation Of the White
Mountain OH Company.


Mountain Oh Company.
The undersigned W. II. Clarke, A. Nc
Farland. L. +. Clarke, Geo. Pearson and
James w. Greede, do hereby associate
ourselves together and adopt the follow
ing Articles of Incorporation, for the
purpose of forming corporation under
the laws of the Territory OF Arizona.
ARTICLE
The name Of this Corporation shall be
White Mountain Oil Company and the
principal place for the Transaction of its
business shall be at Tucson, County oi
Pima. and Territory of Arizona, but this
Corporation proposes to carry on busi.
ness in the State Of Oregon, and in all
States of the United States, and will
have a branch Office at Portland in the
State of Oregon, and at such other
places in the same State and la other
States, as the board of directory may
declare by a resolution, or as may be
provided for by bylaw of the Com
pany, and all meeriBgs of the board oi
directory, and stockholders OF said Com.
pany may be held at Portland, Oregon,
or at such place OF. places as the by-iawa
of said Company may direct.
ARTICLE II.
That the purpose for which this cor
poration is formed are; To drill for and
| develop oil, asphaltum, and other min
eral and hydrocarbon substances; TO
| transport and refine oil and other fy-
| drocarbOn substances and minerals and
otherwise prepare the same for market;
to acquire. purchase. hold, improve.
work and operate, sell and convey oil,
and other hydrocarbon substances, oil
| and mineral land, aud to erect and opcr-
| ate all necessary buildings and ma
ehinery for such purposes; to locate aud
acquire water and water rights, placer
| and lode claims under the laws OF Ore
gon, Arizona, and every other State and
| Territory of the United States: tn
construct and maintain bitches. fumes
| aad pipe lines; to issue. sell and convey
and acquire stocks, bonds, and mort
cages: to purchase, acquire, hold AMI
convey real estate aud personal prop
erty: to farm aud cultivate any lands
acquired by this corporation. aud raise
cattle for sale, for use and for market,
and generally TO do alf things necessary
or convenient to garry on all of said
businesses or any oae OF them,
ARTICLE III.
E. The amount of capital stock authorize
ed to be issued by this corporation Il
one million shares f$l. 900 900 0.uol o.
the par value one dollar each. and when
issued the same shall be foTeyer non.
asscssabie.
ARTIcLEIv.
The time of the commencement of this
corporatsou shall he the date these ar
tiCles are iiied in the Office of the county
recordtr OF the snid cOuHty nf Pima.
and this corporation shall rxist for TWEEN.
ty-fivc years from and after such com.
usencemefit.
ARTICLE v.
The affairs OF this corporation shall be
conducted by a board of direetors, Ave
in number, who shall be stockhcidcrs in
the company, to be elected on the last
Monday Of March lii each year and bold
for one year and until their Successors
are eiected, or aupoiuted.
The officers pf interpretation shall lse
d President, and Vice~pmsident, to liz
elccsed by the dirsctors from their own
number, q secTytary, tseasuEer. general
manages, ard such 0tlser officers. as thu
board Of DIRECTORY hy IL bylaws may
desermine4 That The dirnrtors, and oifi~
errs for the enTTent rear, 10 aerse up tc
| the elect5oB IN Marxh, asproysficd ahoss
md until their Successors are slactsd, ol
appointedases DiSeetnfxr--W. IL. Clarke
| n. McfaFiaud. Il. N. GIAskR. Geo. Pear
son and lanaes W. caees5e, lsISces&-
President, IN. ~. Clarke, yire- President
4. Mcfsariaad: SECRETARY, A. MeisasiaHa
Treasurer. NJ. m. Clarke; Geacrak Man.
agcr. Geo. Pearson.
ARTICLE VI.
This corporations shalt nereT be allow.
ed to CONTRACT any dehs nr tiests, beyoad
the vatne ofits aaAets.
ARTICLE yH.
The private property of the stoekhoid.
ers af this eorf,osatjom shaN be exempt
IRON NIL iiabiiity for The deata of this
corporations.
ARTICLE vIiI.
These articles 0f ineorpo orasion may be
amended hy u two thirds VOTE of the
stockholders of this corporatiou at any.
regular meeting OF the stockholders or
any special sneeting called for that purs
posc, and the amendments shall be Flied
with the coumty recorder nf said c0rn.
Is OF Pima and printed ~ reqaired by
law.
ARTICLE IN.
The directors Of this corporation asay
adopt bv-iaws for The gnsdance of this
corporation at their first or any snbse-
quentiy naeeting, and eiections ofdirrctors
and stockholders MEETINGS lannuai}
shall be held yearly on the last Monday
of March Of each year.
In witness whereof. we have laereanto
set our hands and seals this at1th day Of
April, 1901. !.
w. III, Clarke. Seal
A.. Mcfarland, Seal
l.. E. Clarke. Seal
Geo. Pearson, Seal
James w. crcesle, Seal
Ten cent Rev. stamp cancrlled.
State Of California,
County Of Los Angeles.
Before me Edward +. Hutchison, a mo-
tary public In and for the County of Los
Angels, State of California, personally
appeared w. Fl. Clarke, A. Mcfarland,
l.. E. Clarke. Geo. Pearson aud James