Arizona republican., 1902-10-14
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE ST. LOUIS AND KANSAS or, AND GAS COMPANY.

ANiAOW cil N1cI Dy 1HGSe RreS4ntS. That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed. do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming q lCorporation under the laws of the terri tory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 First: The names of the corporators are: P. H. Cherry. E. M. Collins H V. Gehm. A. NJ. Fellows. l.. T. Time M. Tschirner. H. c. Fellows, w. IT. Hoffstot c. H. Hunt w. M. Armstrong 1 s. B. Fisher, W. c. Jager, C.. w. Lindsay, K. R. Johnston and c. D. Martin.
 The name of the corporation shall be THE ST. LOUIS AND KANSAS OH, AND GAS COMPANY. | The principal place in which the busi- ness of said corporation, within the ter ritory of Arizona, is to be transacted is Phoenix, Maricopa county, Arizona. The principal place of business of said corporation outside the territory of Arizona shall be the city of Chanute In Neosho county, and state of Kansas. at which meetings of the board of di- rectors may be held. and the corpora ! tion may have such branch offices either within or without the territory | or Arizona, as may, be established by the board of directors.
 Second: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation, is as follows, to-wit:
 To make contracts: to purchase. lease, bond, locate or otherwise acquire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dis pose of pledge. mortgage hypothecate and deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property, mines. min ing claims, oil lands, mineral lands. oil gas, asphaltum, petroleum. asbestos, salt, water and water rights and ma ehinery, and to work mines explore. operate and develop the same; to lay. erect and maintain oil and gas pipe lines for the purpose of transporting oil and gas to and from any and all oil and gas fields that are now developed or hereafter may be developed any where in the territory of Arizona and the state of Kansas, or elsewhere. and to acquire the right-of-way therefor; and to do a general real estate. manu- featuring 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, mort gages, 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 obligations 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 do: and in gen.
 eral to do all things necessary to the I'm. OfN NI,, IL. corporation in the territory of Arizona
 and the state of Kansas, or elsewhere,
 not inconsistent with the laws of the
 United States and the territory or Ari-
 zona.
 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall
 be one million dollars (s1.0OO, 0O0 0O) di-
 vided into one million shares of the par
 value of one dollar ($1.00) each.
 At such time as the board of direc-
 tors may by resolution direct, said cap-
 ital stock shall be paid into this cor
 poration, either in cash of by the sale
 and transfer to it of real or personal
 property for the uses and purposes of
 said corporation, Tn payment for which
 shares of the capital stock of said cor
 poration, may be issued, and the capital
 stock so issued shall thereupon and
 thereby become and be fully paid ul
 and non-assesable, 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 o1 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 O. , seven directors and the followinl r named shall constitute a board of di t rectors until their successors are elect 2 ed:
 P. H. Cherry, H. V. Gehm, A. M [ Fellows, M. Tschirner, H. c. Fellows W. H. Hoffstot and c. D. Martin.
 Thereafter the board of directors shal be elected from among the stockhold = CTS as the Bylaws of the corporation
 may provide. The officers of said cor , poration until their successors are cleo s ted, shall be:
 P. H. Cherry president; A. M. Eel ! lows, viee-president; c. D. Martin
 secretary; h. V. Genm, treasurer. Sixth: The highest amount of in 2 debtedness or liability. direct or con }. tingent, to which this corporation i - at any time subject shall be five hun n dred thousand dollars ($500. .000. .00 z. which amount does not exceed two 0 thirds the amount of the capital stocl - Seventh: The private property of tn : l stockholders of this corporation sha ' be exempt from corporate debts of ey II cry kind whatsoever.
 2, In witness whereof. we have hereunt
 set our hands and seals this 25th da
 of September 1902.
 P. H. CHERRY (SeaD . c. D. MARTIN (SeaD. r HENRY V. GEHM (SeaD. ! L. T. TUNE (SeaD A. M. FELLOWS (SeaD. . M TSCHIRNER (SeaD.