Holbrook argus., 1901-03-09
Articles of Incorporation
OF THE
BernallIO Oil Company,
III. S. Internal Revenue Stamp, Ton Gents
duly cancelled on original.l

III. S. Internal Revenue Stamp, Ton Cents,
duly cancelled on original.l
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That We, the undersigned. have this day vol
UNFAIRLY associated ourselves together for
the purpose of forming a corporation under
the lawsof the Territory of Arizona; and
we do hereby adopt the following Articles of
Interpretations:
FIRST.
That the names of the incorporators of
said company are Ernest Riall and James C.
That the name of said corporation /. and
shall be Bernalillo Oil Company.
company is and shall be HoIbrook, in the
county of Navajo, in the Territory of Ari-
zona. But the directors of said company
may from time to time establish and main-
tain Offices for the transaction of business
Territoryas they may deem proper. and the
sarne ethhge or discontinue at pleasure.
and meetings of the Board ef Dfreetors of
said company. both regular and special, may
be held outside of the limits Of the Territory
of Arizona.
The general nature of the business pro-
posed to be transacted by said company is
the acquisition of lands in the county of
Navajo and any other counties in the Ter
ritory of Arizona, aud in the county OF Ber-
nalillo and any other counties in the Terri
tory of New Mexico, and in the State of
California and in any other state or terri
! lease, location, appropriation or otherwise.
! and the prospecting for. and developing in
such lands and producing and saving there
from, petroleum. naptha, and oil of alllxinds.
natural z as, aSphalttlm, coal and other min
eral substances; the purchase, lease or other
| acquisition construction of. and the
equipment and operation of, boring and
drilling plants and apparatus tanks and
other reservoirs, pipe lines and other con-
duits, rehneries, distilleries and other manu-
| factories, sheds, warehouses, and other
buildings and structures, apparatus and ap-
pliances. railways and tramways electric
lirrl,k and mia of
trio wires and telephone lines, for the pur-
poses of mining, producing, storing: trans
treating, and marketing and disposing Of.
oil and other mineral substances for said
company for other persons; the selling,
mortgaging, subletting. leasing or other
wise disposing of all or any part of any
lands acquired for the purposes above mem
tioned or otherwise the buying. selling and
dealing in oil of all kinds; the building or
! otherwise acquiring. owning. carrying on,
and conducting. of hotels, stores and shops;
chandise, and carrying on all kinds of me-
chanicRl trades; the carrying on of agricul
ture in any or all branches; the doing and
transaction of any business or thing which
may be beneficial, useful or convenient to or
for the carrying out of any of the purposes
above mentioned: and the acquisition. sale
or pledge of and disposing in any manner of
shares of stock in or bonds or other obliga-
tions or securities of any other corporation
or corporations for whatever purpose or
whe~esoever the same may have been or
may be Incorporated.
THIRD.
That the amount of the capital stock is
and shall be Five Million Dollars, divided
into five million shares of the par value OF
one dollar per share, which may be paid in
! at Once or from time to time and in cash as
called for by the directors of said Company
or by the conveyance, transfer or delivery to
said Company of property which may be
purchased by said Company. or by the rem
ditiOn of services or performance of labor
for said Company, or by the satisfaction
and discharge of any obligation or obliga.
pany, or in any other lawful manner which
may be determined upon by the directors OF
said Company IL shares ESQ Of stock when Is
be forever nom as ;essable.
FOURTH. ..
corporation shall be the date of the filing o.
these Articles of incorporation i'll the Office
of the County Recorder of the County o.
, Navajo in the Territory of Arizona, and the
time of the termination therof shall ht
twenty-five years from and after the date o.
such filing.
FIFTH.
SECTION 1. The officers by whom the af
fairs of said Company are to be conducted
are and shall be nine directors, who shall bt
January provided that the date Of such an
nual election may be changed from time Il
time by bylaw of said Company. Their
shall also be president, vice-president,
treasurer, general manager and secre
| tary of said Company. and such other on
GERS as may ne prOvluo1 1Or Dy Dy-loW, al
of whom shall be elected or appointed il
such manner, and ut such times, and fo
such terms the bylaws may prescribe
The directors shall hold Office for one yea
from the time of their election and unit
their successors shall be elected and quail
fed. Vacancies in the Board of Director
shall be filled by appointment by the Board
Any person appointed to fill vacancy II
. the Board of Directors shall hold ;,tfice unit
the next annual election and until his sue
cessor shall be elected and qualified. NJ
person shall be q director who shall not b.
at the time of his election appointment
the holder of one or more shares of tn
3 capital stock. s.-...-.s.-....- s. ..
q SEC. g. All elections of directors ehall b
by ballot, and every stockholder shall have
r right to vote in person or by proxy tn
9 number of shares standing in his name oil
y the books of said Company, for as many per
sons as there are directors to be elected o.
g to- cumulate said shares and give one can
didate as many votes as shall equal the mum
, ber of directors multiplied by the numbe
; of his shares of stock, or to distribute then
4 ON the same principle among as many can
didates as he shall see fit. The persons re
= ceiving the highest number of voees shall b
deSneA slseted direstorA