Arizona republican., 1901-03-09
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of RAINIER OIL COMPANY.

purpose OI bOTIilitnS T poTdtlOH uUueT the laws of the Trrritory of Arizona. And we do hereby certify:
 First: That the name of said corpor- atlon shall be Rainier Oil Company and its r:.nclpal place of transacting business shall be Phoenix. Arizona, with branch offices in the city and county of San Francisco. state of CaF- fornia, and at such other place CT places as may be hereafter determined by .he beard of freCt tors of the com pany; that the names of the incorpor- atcrs are: F.. NJ. Onion. De Witt B. Lowe. Clinton A. Harrison. R. w. Heath, r. A. Shepard, Wm. N. McCar- thy and J. B. Olsen.
 Second: That the general nature of the business is the acquiring possession of and title to oil and mineral and tim- ber lands by location, purchase. bond. lease or gift holding. owning and dis posing of said lands by sale, bond. lease or gift; developing. improving. working and operating said lands by the sinking of shafts. boring of wells, the driving of tunnels or drifts, the re- covery, extraction. refining and reduc- ton of oils, petroleum. asphaltum, gas, hydro carbon and volatile substances. borax, ores. metals and minerals. the erecting of buildings. hoisting works. pumping plants, warehouses, reduction works, smelters. refneries, furnaces and mills. and using, working and oper- ating the same; the constructing. buy ing, holding. owning. operating and disposing of by sale or otherwise. NtI, I. >ty,A al egraph. telephone. light and power lines, fumes, ditches, tanks. dams and reservoirs: acquiring, holding. owning. using and disposing of town sites, res ervoir sites. dam sites, mill sites, water | end other rites and franchises necessa : ry and incident to the main business of | the corporation; buying, selling and | dealing in merchandise. oils. asphal- | tum, gas, hydro carbon and volatile | substances. borax, ores. minerals, me- tals, chemicals, timber. lumber. fuel. and all other articles and things neces- sary to the proper conduct of gener- al oil, mining, milling, smelting and re- tlning business: and to do and perform any and all acts and things pertaining thereto or connected herewith which | may Ut DTODcT anu IcCtSSdIy uStlu
 to. the main purposes of the corpora tion. not inconsistent with the consti-
 tuition of the United States and the
 laws of the Territory of Arizona.
 Third: That the amount of capita
 stock Is five hundred thousand $500
 000) dollars; that the number of shares
 into which 1t is divided Is five hun. dred thousand (5OO,OO0). of the par value
 of one G1.O0 dollar each. That the
 capital stock of the company shall bt
 paid in at such times and in such man
 ner as the board of directors shall de.
 termine and authorize.
 Fourth: That the term for whicf
 said corporation is to exist Is twenty
 five (25) years from and after the dat'
 of it's incorporation.
 Fifth: That the business of said cor
 poration shall be managed and con
 trolled by board of seven directors
 who shall be elected at a meeting of thu
 stockholders of said corporation to b held on the first CD Tuesday of Marcl
 in each year and shall serve for on
 year from the date of their said electiOl |, and until their successors are electe, and qualified.
 Sixth: That the indebtedness of tn
 corporation shall not exceed two third (2-3) of the amount of it's capita
 stock.
 Seventh: That the capital stock O the corpora tion shall be non- assessa
 ble; and the private property of tn
 stockholders is to be exempt from cor porate debt.
 Tn witness whereof we have hereunt set our hands anl seals this 18th day O February, 1901.
 E. M. ONION. (SeaD De WITT B. LOWE. (SeaD CLINTON A. HARRISON. (SeaD R. w. HEATH. (SeaD |, F. A. SHEPARD. (SeaD Vim. N. MCCARTHY. (SeaD , J. B. OLSEN. (Sea1)
 State of California. City and County c , San Francisco. ss.
 , On the 18th day of February, in tn |, year one thousand nine hundre ! and one. before me. A. K. Dag . gett. notary public in and for tn r said city and county residing therein
 duly commissioned and sworn, person f ally appeared E. M. Onion. De Witt . B. Lowe, Clinton A. Harrison, R. W 1 Heath, F. A. Shepard, Vim. N. Nc f Carthy and J. B. Olsen, known to m : to be the persons described in, who's 6 names are subscribed to and who exc cuted the annexed instrument. an
 they acknowledged that they execute . the same.
 n In witness whereof I have hereunt 1, set my hand and affixed my official ses n at my office in the City and County (
 San Francisco, the day and year in th V certificate first above written. (SeaD A. K. DAGGETT, @ Notary Public in and for the Cit and County of San Francisc State of California.
 5 l. R. stamp. 10c. A. K. D. r Territory of Arizona. County of Mar ], copa, ss.
 q l, R. r. McFall, county recorder r and for the territory and county afort d said, hereby certify that I have con f pared the foregoing with the origin; . articles of incorporation of the Rainit - oil Company, filed and recorded in m r office on the 18th day of February, A. r 1901, in Book No. 5 of Articles of IT e corporation, and that the same Is flu a true and correct copy of such origin. II and of the whole thereof.
 . Witness my hand and seal of ofiic . this 18th day of February, A. D. 1901. a (SeaD B. F. McFALL,