Arizona daily citizen., 1901-05-10
Articles of Incorporation Of the STANDARD
Roek 0a Company

Know all men by these presents. that
we, the undersigned citizens and resi-
dents of the United States OF America,
have this day voluntarily associated
ourselves together for the purpose OF
forming q corporation under and by
virtne of the statutes and laws of the
Territory Of Arizona, and We hereby
adopt the following articles OF incorpor-
alton:
ARTICLE
The names Of the corporators are: r.
A. Faikenbcrg. AZ. j. Henley, James q.
Steele, Alfred Euhrmau and X. l.. Bisbs;
and that the name of said corporation
il and shall be the STANDARD Rock Oil
Company. with it's principal place of
transactsng business at Tucson, Pima
county, Territory of Arizona, and with
branch Offices ia the City and County of
San Francisco, State Of California.
ARTICLEiI.
The general nature of the business I'd
be transacted and the purpose for which
it is formed, are to buy and otherwise
acqu re, to hold and own, manage, oper-
ate. improve aud develop oil lands. min
ing claims, mineral rights. water rights,
oil wells and other real estate, aud M
tercsts aud rights in any of said proper
ties-also for the purpose OF granting.
selling, leasing. bartcring, exchanging or
| otherwise disposing OF lands, mineral
claims and other real property, or in
| terests in the same. To engage in and
carry on the business of boring and ex-
ploring for, producing, refining, distill-
ing, treating, manufacturing, piping.
carrying, handling, storing, dealing in,
buying and selling oils petroleum. natur-
al gas, asphaituin, bitumen. bituninons
rock, gypsum and other mineral aud
hydro-carbon substances, and products
| of all of such Substances; and for such
purposes to hny and otherwise acquire,
hold, own, manage and operate refine
ries, pipe lines, tanks, manufactures,
machinery, wharyes, tank cars, aud
| steam and sailing vessels, for water
| transport alton and other works, pro-
perty and appliances that may be i'm
cilent or auxiliary to said business or
that may be deemed necessary or con-
lycnient by the board of directors;
also for the purpose of constructing,
Erecting and operating telephone and
telegraph lines and railroads to trans
port petroleum, minerals, and like pro-
ducts: also for the purpose of buying,
selling, taking, owning, holding and
dealing in all kinds of public and private
stocks, bonds, mortgages, pledges, pat
ents for inventions, contracts and all
kinds OF personal property, also tor the
purpose of floaring money with or with
ont security; and for the purpose ofbor-
rowing money on notes, mortgages, and
securifies of all kinds and also for the
purpose of carrying ON and transacting
aanv and all kinds of business in which
4 natural persons may lawfully engage,
with power to hold the meetings of the
directors and the annual and all meet
ings of the shareholders at San Fran,
cisco, California.
ARTICLE III.
4 The amount of capital stock authoriz
ed by these articles is three hundred
thousand dollars ($300, ,000) divided
into three hundred thousand shares oi
3 the par value of one dollar each, which
may be sold and issued by this corpora
tion for cash, property pr value at par
or at st,oh price or valuations as may
from, time to time be fixed by the board
Of directors, payable when issued, to be
fully paid PIP and non-assessable,
ARTIcLR
This corporation shall commence al
the time its articles ofincorporation are
recorded in the Office of the County Re.