The Winslow mail., 1901-05-16
Articles Of Incorporation
OF THE
ENTERPRISE OIL COMPANY.
Know all men by these PRESENTS.

That we, the undersigned, have this
day voluntarily associated ourselves
together for the purpose of forming
and becoming corporation under the
laws of Arizona Territory, and we do
hereby adopt the following articles of
incorporation:
I. That the name of this corporation
is and shall be the Enterprise Oil Com
pany; that the principal place of busi-
ness shall be at Winslow, Navajo coun-
| ty, Arizona, and that it shall have a
branch office at Gallup, Mckinley
county, Territory of New Mexico. and
at such other places as the Board of
Directors may deem necessary for the
transaction of business and meetings.
both regular and special may be held
by said Bosrd of Directors outside the
limit of the Territory of Arizona. The
names of the incorporators of said COM
pany are: A J Henderson, GRID Jones.
w Burke, u Briscoe, Edward Clark.
Paul Jones, E A Sawyer, Lesser, G
Currin, Julius Krentz, Geo A Wolff, A
T Hunt, W d Britton, and w FL Cooley,
of Winslow, Navajo county, Arizona,
and Alex Elsie, w G Kelley, d G Rus
sell, NJ Hunt, Tom Maddox, Ben Will
liams, r p Kelly and K K Scott of Gal
lup, Mckinley county, Territory OF
New Mexico, and W Clark, of Bakers
field, California, Ell ] Rehder, of Albu-
querque, New Mexico, and Gus Hey
man of San Francisco, California.
H. The general nature of the busi-
ness proposed to be transacted by this
corporation is: the securing and ac-
quiring by purchase, gift, demise or
otherwise, the ownership, possession
and right, title and interest of, in and
to oil lands and other lands, real estate,
mining claims, and real and personal
property by location, purchase, bond
or lease of the same and otherwise; and
the disposal of the same by sale, lease
or bond, or otherwise, and to sell shares
of the capital stock of this corporation !;
the development of lands and proper
ty by sinking wells and shafts and 9TH
erwise, and by driving of tunnels and
drifts, and the erection of buildings,
hoists, derricks, warehouses, factories,
furnaces, refineries, engines, machin-
cry, power houses, mills, electric plants
and other structures necessary to the
proper conduct of the business of this
structing of trans and tramways, and
other roads and pipes, pipe lines,
fumes, bitches and every other thing
necessary to the proper conduct Of the
business of this corporation; to acquire,
hold, improve, develop and manage any
| hot, mineral or other sanitary springs,
or to lay off lands into townsites, lots,
blocks, streets, alleys, avenues, and
parks, and to hold, improve, colonize,
and sell lands in connection with any
or all Of said objects: to appoint such
subordinates, agents or officers, as the
business of this corporation may re-
quire, to hold, own, manufacture and
operate, improve and develop lands,
mining claims, mineral rights, oil and
gas wells; the buying and selling OF
merchandise, ellis, minerals, metal, tim
Der, lumber and agricultural produc-
tions, to engage in and carry on the
business of boring and exploring for
producing, refining, distilling, treating
manufacturing piping, carrying, hand
ling, storing and dealing in, buying and
selling, oils, naptha, petroleum, asphal-
tum, gypsum, natural gas, bitumen
bitumenous rock and other minerals
hydro-carbon su distances, and products
of any and all such substances and fol
such purposes; to buy and otherwise
acquire, hold and own, manage anC
operate, and improve, establish, and
carry on, agencies, Offices, storage
tanks, and houses; to sell articles pro
duced, products manufactured, by this
or other corporations, persons, firms IL
the Territory of Arizona, and In other
states or territories of the United States
of America, and in foreign countries.
The production and generation ot
steam, electricity, gas and other agen
cies and means of lighting and heating
and motive forces, and the using anC
selling, renting, leaaing and otherwise
disposing of the same.
To make and esta ablish bylaws, anc
make all rules and regulations deemec
expedient for the management OF the
affairs of this corporation lot 1ncon
sistent with the constitution and laws
of the United States and the Territory
of Arizona.
III. The amount of the capital stock
of this corporation shall be one million
G.OOO.O0O) shares of the par value OF
$l.OO each The same shall be paid FOL
in cash, or in property acceptable tc
the Board of Directors of said corpor
alton. The selling price of the stocB
of this corporation shall be liked by
the Board of Directors. All shares oi
stock when issued shall be fully paid
ND and forever worcestershire.
| ". The time of commencement oi
said corporation shall be the date oi
filing of these articles of incorporation
in the office of the County Recorder OF
Navajo county, Arizona, and the ter
mination thereof shall be twenty-five
wears from and after tie date of such
filing
V. The affairs of this corporation
shall be conducted and managed by a
Board of Directors consisting OF nine
mem bers, to be elected annually by the
stockholders of this company. Al!
elections of Directors shall be by bal
lot and every stockholder shall have
the right to vote in person or by proxy,
the nun Der of shares standing In his
name on the companys books. No per-
son is eligible to be director who is
not a stockholder of this company, and
anv director ceasing to be stockhoId-
er, then his office as director at once
becomes vacant, and shall be filled by
the board of directors at their next
meeting.
The following named persons are
hereby appointed and are directors OF
said company, to-wit: Edward Clark,
Alex. Elsie, A Z Hunt, K K Scott, A y
! Henderson, Geo A Wolf, E A Sawyer,
! ID C Russell and Ben Williams, said dl-
rectors hereby appointed shall hold
their office until the annual election.
to be held on the second Monday or
March, 1902, and until their successors
are elected and qualified. Said above
rar,od direofOrs are not ineligible as