Arizona republican., 1902-05-15
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE THE EUREKA OIL AND GAS COM
 PANY.

THE EUREKA OIL AND GAS COM
 PANY.
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS. That we. whose hands Ire hcrcunio affixed. do hereby associate ourselves together for tn" purpose of :orminG a corporation undrT the laws of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end makr the following statements:
 First: The names of the curpOrat0rs are: T. K. Wilkins and !. W. Davis. and the name of the corporation shall be THE EUREKA OIL < GAS COM PANY. The principal place iii which the business of said corporation within the Territo of Arizona is to be trans acted is Phoenix, MaricOpa County, Arizona, and the principal place of business of said corporation outside the Territory Of Arizona shall be the City of Lima. in the State of Ohio. q which meetings of the Board of Directors may be held. and the corporation may have such branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona as may be established by the Board of Di- rectors.
 Second: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows. to-Wit:
 70 purchase. lease. bond. locate or otherwise acquire, own. exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of. pledge. mort gaze. hypothecate and deal in real ee- tate and any and all kinds of personal property, mines. mining claims, oil lands. mineral lands. oil, gas. asphal- tum. petroleum. water and water rights and machinery, and to work, mine, eX- plore. operate and develop the same; to do a general real estate. manufac- turing and mercantile business; to own. handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares of capital stock of other corporations; to borrow money and execute notes. bonds, mortgages, or deeds of trust to secure the same, and to exercise in respect of all such bonds, mortgages, notes. shares of capital stock and other securities and obiiga- tions any and all rights, powers and privileges of individual owners thereof, including the right to vote upon any shares of stock held by it to the same extent that a natural person might or could dc, and in general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the Territory and elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws of the Unit ed States and the Territory of Arizona.
 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be Three Million dollars 5000 00G) di- vided into Three Million shares of the par value of One dollar (S1.0O) each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation either in cash or by the sale and trans fer 10 it of real or personal property, for the uses and purposes of said cor pOra ton. in payment for which Shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued. and the capital stock so issued shall thereu7on and thereby be- come and be fully paid up and non- assessable. and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment of the Directors as to the value of the property purchased shall be conclusive.
 Fourth: The time of the commence ment of this, corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the Sec retary of Arizona. and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 Fifth: The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of Six t6) Directors and the following named shall constitute the Board of Directors until their successors are elected. J. W. Davis. T. K. Wilkins, A. D. Miller H. B. Williamson, B. C. ZaurOt. s A. Sellers. Thereafter the Board of Di rectors shall be elected from among the stockholders as the bylaws of the cor poration may provide.
 Sixth: The highest amount of in debtedness or liability. direct or con tingent. to which this corporation is at any time subject shall be Twenty-Five Thousand dollars ($2500G).
 Seventh: The private property Of the stockholders of this corporatio shall be exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. We have hereunto set our hands and seals this Third day of May, 1902.
 J. W. DAVIS. (Seal.)
 T. K. WILKINS. (SeaI.) State of Ohio.
 County of Allen, ss.
 On this 3rd day of May. in the year 1902. before me. H. r. Williamson. Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid, residing therein. duly CofnlnlSSlOneu and sworn. personally appeared J. ". Davis and T. K. Will llins. known to me to be the persons described in. whose names are sub scribed to and who executed the an neXed instrument, and they acknowl- edged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and considera- tions therein expressed.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, at my office in the said State and County, the day and year last above written.
 (Notary Scalp
 H. P. WILLIAMSON.
 Notary Public Allen County. Ohio
 My commission expires June 9th. 19o3
 uRsas-A fi.:w yOb.S F Gvb famb Territory of Arizona.
 County of Maricopa, ss.
 I. F. r. McFal County Recorder iu and for the County and Territory afore- said. hereby certify that l have com pared the foregoing copy with the orig inal Articles of Incorporation of the Eureka Oil and Gas Company filed ard recorded in my office on the Sth day of May, 1902. in Book No. 10 of Articles of Incorporation at Page -, and that the same is q full. true and corrct copy of such original and Of the whole rrarcof