The Coconino sun., 1901-08-31
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE S0n0MA LAND & OIL COMPANY.
OF THE

Know all men by these presents, that we, the undersigned M F. Brown, c. C. Courtney, w.. F. Langley, w. A. Rule and Elijah Robinson, all of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming corpora tion under the laws of the Territory of Ari- zona, and we hereby certify:
 First That the name of said corporation shall be "The Sonoma Land and oil Company"
 Second-That the purposes for which said corporation is formed are: To buy, sell, trade and deal in, lease, sub-let, prospect for, man. age develop, improve and own mineral and oil claims and locations, and any and all kinds of real estate and any and all interests therein. To buy. sell, trade and deal in, lease, sub-let, manufacture, own and operate all kinds of ma chinery, tools, implements and other personal property. To prospect for oil, to sink, open, develop and operate oil wells upon the lands, claims and locations of this company and others. To own, operate, buy, sell. trade and deal in, lease and sub-let oil wells and springs, and all kinds of buildings machinery, tools and implements for boring, sinking and casing oil wells. for extracting oil and other minerals and for caring for, storing, refining, reducing ship ping and transporting oil and other mineral products in pipe lines, tanks, or by any other method of transportation now known or that may be hereafter invented or devised. To build, own, operate, improve, buy, sell, trade and deal in, lease and sub-let pipe lines aque- ducts, reservoirs, tanks and refineres for oil and other mineral products, and to carry on general business of extracting. caring for and transporting oil and other mineral substances, and of storing, refining and reducing the same. To buy, sell, trade and deal in, lease and sub-let all kinds of patents, patent rights and privi- leges relating to the prospecting, extracting, caring for, storing, transporting and refining oil or any other mineral substance. To buy, sell, trade and deal in the capital stock of any other corporation. any of whose purposes are the same or similar to any of the purposes of this corporation. To combine or consoli- date the property, business and capital stock of this corporation, or any of them whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired, with the property, business and capital stock, or either any of them, of any other corpora tion. any of whose purposes are the same as or similar to any of the purposes of this corpora tion. To borrow money, and to execute note or notes or a bond or bonds therefor, from time to time. and to execute notes and bonds from time to time and sell the same for the use and benefit of this corporation, and to secure such notes or bOnds if necessary or advisable, by the pledge or mortgage of all or any part of the real, personal or mixed property or assets that may from time to time be owned by this com- pany or in which it may have an interest. To carry on any and all kinds of mines and mining operations for the production of gold, silver and any and all other kinds of minerals. To develop, buy, sell. trade and deal in water and water rights, and to own manage, con- duct, buy, sell, trade and deal in reservoirs pipe lines, acqueducts, ditches, canals and other structures for the purpose of storing, convey ing, distributing and purifying water. To do all things convenient or necessary for carrying out the purposes above enunciated, or any of them. or any purposes similar or kindred thereto.
 Third-That the principal place of business of said corporation in the Territory of Arizona is to be at Flagstaff, in the County of Coconno, in said Territory and that said corporation will also maintain an office and carry on its busi- ness in the City of Kansas City, and State of Missouri.
 Fourth-The term for which said corporation shall exist is twenty-five years from and after the date of it's incorporation and it will begin business immediately upon the filing of these articles of incorporation in the office of the County Recorder of said Coconino County, Ari- ZoEa.
 Fifth-The names of the corporators are NJ. F. Brown, c. c. Courtney, W. F. Langley, w. A. Rule and Elijah Robinson, all of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.
 Sixth-The amount of the capital stock of said corporation authorized is five hundred thousand dollars (s5OO,OOo), and the number of shares into which it is to be divided is five hundred thousand (5OO000), of the par value of one dollar (sl0O) per share. The same shall be paid for in cash, or in property acceptable to the Board of Directors, upon issuance of the certificates of stock. at a price to be agreed upon by the Board of Directors of sad corpora tion. The price at which said stock shall be sold shall be fixed by the Board of Directors of said corporation.
 Seventh-The amount of said capital stock which has been actually subscribed is fifty dol lars tS50O0), and the names of the persons by whom the same has been subscribed are as fol- lows:
 Names of No. of .. Subscribers Shares. no""'' M F. Brown....................... 10 BIO co c. c. Courtney. ..................... 10 10 % W. F. Langley ..................- 10 10 co W. 4. Rule .....................- 10 10 O Elijah Robinson. -............... 10 10 %
 Eighth-The affairs of said corporation are