Arizona republican., 1901-10-26
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE "OHIO AND KENTUCKY OIL
 COMPANY"

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we. whose hands are hereunto affixed do hereby associ ate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under tn: laws of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end make the following state ment:
 First: The names of the corporat tors are: John D. Dewitt. Walter l.. Granger. James R. Foraker. wm. A. Rinckhoff and William Stevenson. and the name of the corporation shah he Ohio and Kentucky oil Company. Tn. principal place in which the business of said corporation within the Territory of Arizona is to be transacted is Phoc- nix, Maricopa County. Arizona, and the principal place of business of said corporation outside the Territory If Arizona. shall be the City of Franklin. in the State of Kentucky, or such other place as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct.
 Second: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows. to-wit:
 To purchase. lease. bond. locate or otherwise acquire. own. exchange. sell or otherwise dispose of. pledge, mort gage. hypothecate and deal in mines. mining claims. oil lands, mineral lands. oil. gas. asphalturn. petroleum, water and water rights and pipe lines. and tu work. mine. explore, drill, lay and de- velop the same; to do q general real estate and mercantile business; to own handle and control letters patent and inventions; to borrow money and execute mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same: and Tn general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business or this corpo- ration in the Territory and elsewhere. not inconsistent with, the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 Third: The authorized amount of capitll stock of this corpo- ration shell be one million dol Lars tSI.coJ.COO) divided into two hundred thousand shares of the par value of $500 each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolu- tion direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation either In cash or by the sale and transfer to It of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said corporation. in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued. and the capital stock so is- sued shall thereupon and thereby be- come and be fully paid up and non- siSSesSdDlt
 Fourth: The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the | date of the filing of these articles of | incorporation in the office of the Secre- tary of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 | Fifth: The affairs of this corpora l ton shall be conducted by board of five directors. who shall be elected an nuaily by the stockholders of the coz poration.
 Sixth: The highest amount of in- | debtedness or liability, direct or con | tingent to which this corpora tion Is at any time subject shall be two hundred thousand dollars (s20O. O.00O.00).
 Seventh: The private property of
 the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts 1 of any kind whatsoever.
 In Witness Whereof We have here
 unto set our hands and seals this six teenth day of October. 1901.
 | JOHN D. DeWITT. (Seal.l | WALTER l.. GRANGER. (Seal.l
 JAMES R. FORAKER. Seal | WILLIAM STEVENSON. Seal | WILLIAM A. RINCKHOFF. (Seal.,
 State of Ohio, County of Hamilton, ss