Arizona republican., 1901-02-13
"Wlchita oil company"

cipal places Of business, one being m the city of Phoenix, county of Maricopa, territory of Arizona, and the other in the city of Los Angeles. county Of Los Angeles, state of California; the stockholders meeting in the former place and the board of directors in the latter.
 ARTICLE III.
 The general nature of the business proposed .r ls '?ansacted is:
 I. 70 acquire rv purchase. lease, To- CG:.on or otherN sa, real and person. al property, part ;ilarly such as may be deemed useful convenient for the purpose of develop. oil, gas or other minerals. and to let improve, hypoth- ecate sell. lease. or Ctherwis ise enjoy or dispose of the same
 2. To sink or construct wells, tun- nels or other means for the develop ment of oil. yas CT other minerals. and to extrac. from the ground oil, gas or othc" minerals, and to use, sell, dis pose of or otherwise enjoy the same.
 2. To construct roads, pipe lines for water, oil. or gas, and such other works as may be necessary for he purpose of carrying Cm such business as the cor poration may desire to become engag- ed In.
 {. To purchase, use, sell or otherwise deal in oil. gas or other minerals or ma chinery.buildings and works incidental to the use of the purposes herein indi- cated.
 ,. To do any and all lawful acts that may be necessary or convenient in or der to carry out the general purposes herein indicated =,
 ARTICLE ".
 The capital stock of the corporation shall be the sum of seven hundred thousand (70O,000) dollars, which shall be divided into seven hundred thou sand 700000) shares of the par value of one dollar (s1.00) each. of which twen- ty-five thousand (25.000) shares have been subscribed, which stock was paid for at the time of subscription. ARTICLE V. The time of commencement of this corporation shall be when these artI- cles are filed with the county recorder of the county of Maricopa. territory of Arizona and the termination of the corporation shall be twenty-five (25) years.
 ARTICLE VT.
 The corporate power of this corpora rtion shall be vested in n board of five directors, who shall be stockholders, holding at least one share Of stock in bis own name on the books of the com pany, and the times when they shall be elected shall be at the hour of three o'clock D. m. on the fifth day of Feb ruary of each and every year, at the office of the company or the princi- pal place of business of the company in the city of Phoenix, in the county of Maricopa. territory of Arizona, which place of business is hereby established to be at the office of the Wichita oil company, in said city, which place. may be changed at any time by vote of the stockholders.
 ARTICLE VII. The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which the corporation is at any time to subject itself shall be | the sum of fifty thousand (50000) dol lays.
 ARTICLE VIII. Private property shall be exempt i from corporate debts. ARTICLE TX. These articles of incorporation may be amended at any time by vote of. the | stockholders, duly assembled in any ! regular or special meeting. called in ac- cordance with tha bylaws. which shall be hereafter adopted by filing with the | county recorder of said county of Mari | cOpa, territory of Arizona, certificate | thereof, and by publication of said cer- tifiate in the same manner required by law in the case of original articles Of | incorporation.
 In witness whereof We have hereun.o set our hands this 18th day of January, | 1901
 J. o. DAVIDSON. CHAS. R. McLAIN. A. O. McLAIN. LEON PHIPPS. GEO. EASTON. | State of California, county of Los An geles, ss.
 On this 2Sth day of January. in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one, before me, Caroline | WeNe, a notary public in and for said county. residing therein. duly commis- stoned and sworn, personally appeared J. o. Davidson. Chas. R. McLain A. 0. | McLain. Leon Phipps and Geo. Easton, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and they acknowledged to me that they executed the same of their free act and deed. l Notary CAROLINE WELTE. i Public Notary Public in and for tho Seal) county of Los Angeles, state of California. Filed and recorded at request of F. J. Bennett, Jan. 31, 1901, at 10:20 a. m, book 5. Articles of Incorporation. R. F. McFALL, County Recorder. By A. s. Arthur, Deputy. Territory of Arizona, county of Mari copa. ss.
 I. B. F. McFall county recorder in | and for the county and territory afore- | said, hereby certify that I have com pared the foregoing copy with the original Articles of Incorporation filed end recorded In my office on the S1st day of January, 1901 in Book No. of Articles of Incorporation. at page -, and that the same is full true and | correct copy of such original and of the whole thereof.
 (seaD B. F. McFALL, COunty Rpc0rdor