Arizona republican., 1901-10-29
ARTICLES OF INcoRPoRATIoN
 OF THE "OHIO AND KENTUCKY OIL
 COMPANY"

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed do hereby associ- ate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under th.. laws of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end make the following state ment:
 First: The names of the corporator.s are: John D. Dewitt. Walter l.. Granger. James l.. Foraker Vim. A. Rinckhoff and William Stevenson. and the name of the corporation shall be Ohio and Kentucky oil Company. The principal place in which the business of said corporation within the Territory of Arizona is to be transacted is Phoe- nix, Maricopa County. Arizona, and the principal place of business of said corporation outside the Territory If Arizona. shall be the City of Franklin. in the State of Kentucky. or such other place as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct.
 Second: The general nature of the b,.-;ness proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows, to-wit:
 To purchase. lease. bond. locate o,- otherwise acquire. own. exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of. pledge. mort gage, hypothecate and deal in mines; mining claims. oil lands. mineral lands. oil, gas. asphaltum, petroleum, water and water rights, and pipe lines. and to work. mine. explore. drill. lay and de- velop the same: to do a general real estate and mercantile business; 10 own. handle and control letters patent and inventions; to borrow money and execute mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same: and Tn general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business or this corpo- ration in the Territory and elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 Third: The authorized amount of capit,l stock of this corpo- ration shall be one million dol lars tSf .rud.t 00) divided into tNo hundred thousand shares of the par value of $500 each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolu- tion direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation either in cash or by the sale and transfer to It of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said corporation. in payment for which shares of tile capital stock of said corporation may be issued. and the capital stock so is sued shall thereupon and thereby be- come and be fully paid up and non- assessable.
 Fourth: The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these articles uf incorporation in the office of the Secre- tary of Arizona. and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 Fifth: The affairs of this corpora tion shall be conducted by. a board of five directors. who shall be elected an nually by the stockholders of the coz poration.
 Sixth: The highest amount of in debtedness or liability. direct or con- tingent. to which this corporation is at any time subject shall be two hundred thousand dollars (s200,0O0.00).
 Seventh: The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from Corporate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 In Witness Whereof, We have here unto set our hands and seals this six teenth day of October 1901.
 JOHN D. DeWITT. (SeaL) WALTER L. GRANGER. (SeaL5
 JAMES R. FORAKER. (SealD
 WILLIAM STEVENSON. (Seal)
 WILLIAM A. RINCKHOFF. (Seall State of Ohio, County of Hamilton, ss.
 On this 18th day of October. in the year 1901, before me, J. Sagmuster. g notary public in and for the State anI County aforesaid, residing therein. duly commissioned and sworn. person. ally appeared John ID. Dewitt, Waite, L.. Granger. James R. Foraker. Vim. A. Rinckhoff, William Stevenson. Known to me to be the persons described in, whose names are subscribed to. and who executed the annexed instrument. and they acknowledged to me that the v executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein expressed.
 In Witness Whereof. have hereun;o set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office in the said State and County, the day and year last above written.
 (Seal.1 J. SAGMUSTER.
 Notary Public.
 My commission expires July 16, 1904. Territory of Arizona, County of Mari-
 copa, sS.
 I. B. F. McFall. County Recorder il, and for the County and Territory aforesaid. hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing copy with the original Articles of Incorp. of the Ohio and Kentucky Oil Co. filed and record ed in my office on the 22nd day of Oc- tober. 1901, in Book No. of Art. of Incorp. at Page -, and that the same is full. true and correct copy of such original and of the whole thereof.
 Witness my hand and seal of office this 22nd day of October. 1901
 (Seal) B. F. McFALL.
 County Recorder By A. s. ARTHUR, Deputy.
 Filed in the office of the Secretary oi the Territory of Arizona this 22nd day of October, A. D., 1901. at 2:30 D. m. ISAAC T. STODDARD. Secretary of Arizona First publication, Oct. 26.