Arizona daily citizen., 1901-03-23
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Articles of Incorporation of the Chico
Commercial OIL Company.

I KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That We, the undersigned. all of whom are
citizens and residents OF the state of Cs liiornia
/ United States of America, under and by virtue
OF the provisions of the laws of the territory OF
Arizona, do hereby, certify, agree III Il declare,
each Tor himself. and not ole Ill the other,
that We have this day voluntarily Associates
ourselves together for The purpose oi forming u
corporation: aud that va viii, and py these
presents 90. form ourselves into body polite
and corporate under and by VIRTUE OF the laws
OF the territory OF Arizona: and we do further
certify and DECLARE
First: That the name OF the SAID corporation
shall be and is the Chico Commercial Oil
! Company and that the names of the incorpor-
ators are Thos. Biekneil. Al Abraham, j. A.
MeFeely, A. u. EanIes, J. Z. Daily, W. J. Costar
! Ihos ~ Crew. and its principal place of busi-
ness shall be Tucson. Pima eonnty, Arizona and
| Chico, butte county, California.
Second: Tint the purposes for which said
| corporation is formed are within the territory
of Arizona and the state OF California To hold
own and lease real and personal property, and
! 10 acquire the same by location purchase
/ lease OF otherwise, to prospect for, by such
means as may be deemed proper and most ex
/ pedient, oil, oil products, Ditnmen. bituminous
| rock. natural gas gold, silver, "copper" coal aud
! other precious metals, and for thai purpose, TO
! locate, own, hold, acquire lease or construct
! iiumes, bitches and pipe line, for carrying and
| conveying oil, water andg gas, and also To locate
own purchase or lease, water. water rights
! claims and privileges. To erect, hold own and
| maintain tanks, tank houses. and storage
plants Tor OIL, gas and other products. To con-
Strnct, matntaln ow n, lease and operate eIec-
tric power plants, high aud low tension trans
mission lines, and to sell, lease and dispose OF
etectric current, to erect pole lines, tramways,
roads, bridges, Humes aqueducts; to deal In all
Of said commodities and business. and 10 SELL
/ hypotecate, buy and pledge the same. and gen.
orally to do all and every needful or convenient
tElng oF act that may Ie cOnner ted in or about
said business of producing, buying and selling
Oil, coal, bitumen. hitumnous rock, precious
metals of al kindS,~water, water bitches, flu
mes, pipes and electric power, telephone lines
ana Instruments, telegraph lines and instru-
business: To borrow and lend money, to give
and take alt classes of security therefor: To
! issue bonds and to provide for the payment oi
! the same with interest, and to secure the pay
| ment OF the same by mortgage, deed of trust or
other instrument or instruments.
! Third: That the amount of the capital stock
of said corporation is five hundred thousand
| $500 co 00I dollars, and the number of shares
| is five hundred thousand (50O OOGI of the par
value of one dollar each.
| That said capital stock is to be paid in by the
| subscribers in monthly payments of ten per
cent each. commencing with the date of sub
| scription.
| Fourth: That said corporation to commence
| from the date of filing these articles with the
! county recorder of Pima county Arizona, and is
| toexPire, unless extended, twenty-five years
| from said date.
! Filth: The affairs OF the corporation are to
| be conducted by board of directors, consist
ing OF seven persons. The officers of the cor
poration shall be a president, vice, president,
secretary and treasurer. The boarG OF diree.
lots Shall oe siected annualiy, on the hrst Mon
day in April in each year, and the officers are
TO be chosen by the board OF directors from
their own mum ber.
The director who will serve until the first
Monday in April l9O2-are Thos Bicknell, Al
Abraham, J. A. McFeeey. A. G. Eames J. C.
DAILY. W. J.. Costar and Thos N, Crew.
sixth: The greatest amount OF Indebtedness
or liability TO which the corporation may at
any time subject itself. shall not exceed thirty
lSoi per cent u its subscribed capital stock.
seventh: The private property of the incor-
Porators or Stockholders shall not be liable for
| the debts Cf the corporation.
In witness whereof. We have hereunto set our
hands and seals this lIlh day of Marsh A. d
1901.
Thos Bicknell. Seal
Al Abraham, Seal
a. McFeely, Seal
A. q Eames, Seal
Jno. G. Daily Seal
W. J. Costaf, Seal
Thos, n, Crew, Seal
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
County OF Butte. 'SAs
On this Ilth, day of March in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred aud one be-
fore me, Park Henshaw, a notary public In and
Ior the county OF Butte, state OF California. re-
personally appeared Thos. Bickneil. Al Abra-
ham J. A, McFcely, A, @. Eames. J. D. DAILY, w.
j. Costar and Thos n. Crew known TO me 10 be
the persons described IN and whose names are
subscribed to the within instrument, and
acknowledged to me that they executed the
same.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my official, at my ONCE, in
the county of Butte, the day and year in this
eG5sahc"'e seal hr'' above "Fi.seR paRK HEssgAw
Notary public In and for the county Of Butte.
state OF California.
10 cent U. g. Int Rev. stamp cancelled.
Ist pub Mar. 18th 1901 last Mar. 20, 1901