Arizona daily citizen., 1901-05-13
Article Of Incorporation Of the 0ceidentaI
Ei Rey Oh Company.


Ei Rey OIL Company.
Know all men by these presents-Tha
we, the undersigned, for the purpose O
forming a 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. +. 'Suiter, Oakland NJ. B.
Suiter, Oakland; +. NJ. Graham,
San Jose; c. +. Hailstone, San Francis.
co; NJ. II. Yost, San Francisco.
Second. The name of the corporation
is Occidental Ell hey Oil Company
and the principal place for transacting
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 a stock tfans-
fer Office in che 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, asphaitum, 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, asphaltum, minerals,
coal, oil and other oils, gases and vola-
tile substances; to produce, acquire,
own and sell natural gas, petroleum, as
nhoItTsFvn vrntnorata al o~l al
oils, gases and volatile substances: to
carry on the business of boring wells, OF
producing, buying, selling, refining, dis
tilling and manufacturing oils, petroleum
natural gases, asphaltum and other min
erals and hydro-carbon substances, and
for such purpose to buy, lease, or other
wise acquire, own and operate mann,
facturies, refneries, machinery, pipe
lines, tanks, tankcars, railways, ships
and other works, property and af,.
plianees that may be incident or auxiia-
ry to said business or that may be deem
ed necessary or convenient by said cor
poration to sell, lease, or otherwise dis
pose OF the rights, properties, and lands
of this corporation 10 establish and
carry on agencies. officea, and manufac-
turtles, and TO sell articles and products,
manufactured by said corporation. or
other persons or corporations In Caiifor.
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 ~
power for the purposes of generating
electricity, steam or other motive power
in the operation and management OF the
businessof ssid corporation ito Construct
complete, own, buy, sell, and operate
water bitches, canals, acquoducts,
fumes and pipe lines to enter into any
obligation or contract pertaining 10 the
business of said company and generally
TO do and perform any and oil acta and
things necessary or proper for carrying
on the business OF said company. Or ef.
fecting any or ali Of the vamenlioned
purposes.
Fourth: The amount of the Capital
stock authorized ia Five HnHaFed Thou
sand Dollars (s5Oo,0 o,00D9 disidedinto Five
Hundred Thousand shares IL the par
value Of One Dollar Oh per share each
fully paid up and forever slskusaaseesabf
Fifth: This corporation will begin
business on the date OF the Incorporation
thereof duly affected and compleled, and
wili terminate in TWENTY-FIVE years from
that date.
Sixth: The affairs oil this corporation
will he conducted by Beard of Direct
ors consisting of Eve persons including
the President, yice-P President, Secretary
and Treasurer, and at the option Of the
Hoard OF Directors, an assistant Se-
eretary and an assistant Treasurer and
an Executive Committee. Election oi
Directors shall be held annually on the
18th day OF April and election oil officers
at the FIRST meeting of the Board OF Di-
rectors thereafter.
Seventh. That the directors who are
appointed for the first year, are: y. r.
Suiter, Oakland nj. b. Suiter, Oakland !;
r. M. Graham, San J0se: G. +. Hall
stone. San Francisco; III. II. yost, San
Francisco.
Eigth Tho highest amount OF iindebt-
edness or liability 10 which this eorpo-
ration shall subject itself IL One Hundred
thousand Dollars ttl0o, ,000).
Ninth. Private property Of the mem
bers of this corporation shall be exempt
from corporate debts.
{ Tenth. These Articles Of Inoorpora-
tion may be altered and amended by q
two.thirds vote ot oh the stockholders oil
this corporation ut any regular meeting
OF said stockholders or any speciai meet
ing or rreeefv called for that purpose,
and the same slail be aled with the
County Recorder Of Pima County, in the
Territory Of Arixons - required By iaw.
Given under our hands this 18th day
Of April 1901.
Signed, sealed and delivered In the
presence af John g, Jury.
Ten cent Reyenpe stamp Cancelled.
Signed: r. M. Graham.
G. u. Hailstone.
M. III. Yost,
Mayne Bass Sniter.
3. +. Suiter,