Arizona republican., 1901-05-22
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the VALLEJO OIL COMPANY.

Know All Men By These Presents: That we, the undersigned, have this day voluntarily associated ourselves to- gether for the purpose of forming and becoming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and in that behalf and to that end we do hereby adopt and duly execute the following Articles of Incorporation and do hereby and herein declare and certify as fol- lows, to-wit:
 First: That the name of said corpo- ration shall be and is the Vallejo oil Company" and that it's principal place of transacting business shall be and Is in Phoenix. Maricopa County, Terri tory of Arizona, and that it shall have branch offices at the City and County of San Francisco, State of California and at the City of Bakersfield. Kern County. State of California. That the corporation proposes to carry on busi- ness in the said County of Kern, State of California. and at such other place or places in said State. and in the other States or Territories of the United States as may be found necessary. That the corporation shall have a stock transfer office at the City of San Fran cisco in the State of California. The names of its incorporators are: w. c. Carpenter. c. J. Rader. H. l.. Sher- wood. Charles R. Merriam and Rich ard J. Cline.
 Second: That the purposes for which such corporation is formed are to pros pect for, explore and discover natural gas. petroleum. asphaltum, minerals. coal oil or other oil. gaseous or vola- tile substances: to sink, drill, develop and work wells for the extrcation of natural gas, petroleum. asphaltum, minerals. coal or other oils. gaseous or volatile substances: to produce. acquire. own and sell natural gas. petroleum, as- phaltum. minerals. coal oil or other oils. gaseous and volatile substances; to carry on the business of boring and constructing wells and prospecting for and acquiring. owning, buying and sell ing, handling and dealing in natural gas. petroleum. asphaltum, minerals. coal oil or other oils, gaseous or vola- tile substances. and. generally to deal in crude and refined petroleum and it's kindred substances; to construct, buy and own oil tanks and pipe lines, and all necessary appliances necessary thereto for storage, sale or delivery of such oils and other products and sub stances above mentioned to acquire the ownership, possession and right, title and interest of. in and to oil lands and mineral lands. and other lands and real estate by location. purchase, bond or lease of same and otherwise, and the disposal of same by sale. lease or bond or otherwise; the development of lands and property by sinking wells and shafts and otherwise, and by driv- ing of tunnels and drifts. and the erec- tion of buildings. hoists. ware houses, factories furnaces, refn- cries, engines. machinery. power houses, and mills and other struc- lures necessary to the proper con- duct of the business of the corporation: :: the acquiring and construction of trans. tramways and other roads, and pipes, pipe lines. fumes, ditches, and every other thing necessary to the proper conduct of the business of the corporation; the buying and selling of merchandise. oils. minerals, metals, timber lumber and agricultural pro- auctions; the production and genera tion of steam, electricity, gas and other agencies and means of lighting, heating and motive power, and the using, sell- ing, renting, leasing. bonding and oth- erwise dispOsing of the same; the re- fining of oils;4 to buy and acquire by appropriation or diversion. lease, rent, own possess and sell water, water rights and easements therefor and to supply the same directly or indirectly as power for the purpose of generat- ing electricity or other motive power in the operation and management of any branch of business of the company; to construct, complete, own, possess, run, buy and sell, water ditchea, canals, aqueducts, fumes and pipe lines; to enter into any obligation or contract pertaining to the business of said Company. and, generally, to do and perform any and all acts and things necessary or proper for the car rying out or affecting any or all of the above mentioned purposes
 Third: That the amount of the cap- ital stock of said corporation is and shall be Four Hundred and Fifty Thou sand dollars t$45O000); that the number of shares into which it is and shall be divided is Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand (450000) of the par value of One Dollar (s1.0O) each: and that said capital stock shall be paid in at such times and in such manner and upon such conditions as the Board of Directors of said corporation shall from time to time determine and authorize.
 Fourth: That the term for which said corporation is to exist is twenty Ave (25) years from and after the date of it's incorporation.
 Fifth That the business and affairs of said corporation shall be managed and controlled and are to be conducted