Arizona republican., 1902-05-11
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
THE EUREKA OIL AND GAS COM
PANY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, That We, whose hands are
hereunto affixed, do hereby associate
ourselves together for the purpose OF
forming a corporation under the laws
of the Territory of Arizona, and to that
end make the following statement:
First: The names of the corporators
are: T. X. Wilkins and J. w. Davis,
and the name of the corporation shall
be THE EUREKA OIL & GAS COM
PANY- The principal place in which
the business of said corporation within
the Territory 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. at which
meetings Of the Beard 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:
To purchase, lease. bond. locate or
otherwise acquire. own. exchange, sell
or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mort
gage, hypothecate and deal in real es-
tate and any and all kinds of personal
property. mines, mining claims, oil
lands. mineral lands, oil, gas. asphalt
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, mortgag es, 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 obliga
tons 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 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 (S3, 000.00O) di-
vided into Three Million shares of the
par value of One dollar ($1O0) each. At
such time as the Board of Directors
may by resolution direct said capital
stock shall he paid into this corporation
either in cash or by the sale and trans
fer to it of real or personal property,
for the uses and purposes of said cor
porat ton, in payment for which shares
of the capital stock of said corporation
may be issued, and the capital stock so
issued shall thereupon and thereby be-
come and be fully paid up and non
assessab bic, 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
rotary of Arizona, and the termination
| thereof shall he twenty-five years
thereafter.
| Fifth: The affairs of this corporation
shall be conducted by Board OF Six
! 90 Directors and the following named
shall constitute the Board of Directors
until their successors are elected. ].
! w. Davis. r. X. wilkins. y. d. Miller.
H. B. Williamson. p. c. Zaurot, S a.
Sellers. Thereafter the Board of Di-
rectors shall be elected from among the
stockholders as the bylaws of the cor
p"ratinu may provide.
Sixth The highest amount OF in
debtednesa or LIABILITY direct or con
| tingent to which this corporation Is It
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