Arizona republican., 1901-05-14
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the NATIONAL OIL REFINING COM
 PANY.

Know All Men By These Presents: That we. the undersigned, Wilbert S. Bartlett. Belmont. Massachusetts. and Fred w. Marshall, sharon. Massachu- setts. have this day associated our selves together for the purpose of form- ing corporation. under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. And we do here by certify:
 1. That the name of the corporation shall be "The National oil Refining Company" and its principal place of transacting business shall be Phoenix Arizona Territory: and the places out side of said Territory where 1t may keep its offices and transact it's busi- ness are Boston, Massachusetts, and elsewhere in the United States, Canada and Mexico. the same as If specifically set forth in these Articles of Incorpo- ration.
 2. That the general nature of tho business proposed to he transacted is s follows: The prospecting, drilling pumping and maintaining of oil and gas wells, pipe lines and storage sys- tems in connection herewith; the con- ducting of a general merchandise bus mess: the mining. milling and smelling of zinc. lead, copper, iron and other ores. metals and minerals: the refining of petroleum and the manufacturing of the various products thereof; the pur- chasing of she crude material and the sale of the manufactured pro- ducts thereof; the manufacture of barrels. boxes. cans and oih- CT packages in which the manufac- tured product may be kept or trans ported; the manufacture and restora- ton of acids and whatever other sub- stances may be used in the manufac- ture of the products of petroleum; at any locality within the United States of America, the British Provinces of North America and the Republic of Mexico, and for the purposes and ob- jects of this corporation i. shall have the right to do all things necessary and convenient which are usually done by oil trading. mining. manufacturing or refining corporations, and it may buy. sell, lease, mortgage and hold such real estate and personal property as may be required for said purposes.
 3. That the amount of capital stock authorized is one million dollars x1,- GOO, ,000), and the number of shares into which 1t is divided is one million of the par value of one dollar each, which amount is to be paid in. in real and personal property, contracts, agree ments. machinery, labor, mercha ndise, materials or cash upon the issue and delivery of said stock from time to time in the discretion of the Board of Di- rectors.
 4. That the time of the commences ment of said corporation Is the twenty fifth day of April, enc thousand nine hundred and one, and the time of its termination the twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.
 5. That the officers of said corpora tion to conduct it's 'affaiiS shall con- sist of Board of Directors composed of not less than three nor more than nine members, tS be elected at the gen. eral meeting of the stockholders upon the filing of this certificate of incor- poration. They shall hold office for ore year or until their successors are elect ed. The Directors shall elect from among their number a President. Vice. President, Secretary and Treasurer, General Manager and such other off, cers or agents as they may require. who need not be directors.
 6. Tha. the highest amount of in- debtedness or liability to which the cor poration is at any time to subject itself is two hundred and fifty thousand dol lars ($250,00
 :. That the private property of each officer and stockholder of said corpo- ration Is to be exempt from all corpo- rate debts.
 In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 27th day