Arizona republican., 1902-11-02
, ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

Articles oi Incorporation entered into this 18th day of August, A. D., 1902. by
 and between Jackson B. Adkins and H. H. Adkins, all of the county of Allen and State of Ohio, who hereby associate themselves to be a bond polite and corporate, under the laws of the terri l tory of Arizona.
 ARTICLE l. The name O; the corpora tors shall be
 Jackson B. Adkins and Ii. H. Adkins. and the name of the corporation shall | be The Sugar Grove Oil and Gas Com pany, and the principal place of busi- | ness of said corporation shall be Phoe- nix, in the territory of Arizona, with branch offices at Circlevillc, OhIo and ! such other places as may be found nee
 essary.
 ARTICLE II. Said corporation is formed for the purpose Of buying, leasing, drilling and l developing land for the production of
 petroleum and gas. and other minerals. for buying and selling such production, | for owning lands, franchises and other property for the benefit and to sue | cessfully carry on the business of said corporation, for laying pipe lines, and for doing all things necessary to sue cessfully carry into operation the pur-
 poses for which the corporation is | formed.
 1 ARTICLE III. l The capital stock or the company shall be six hundred thousand dollars. divided into shares of twenty (20) cents leach. and the same may be exchanged ! for property purchased by said corpor-
 ation or may be sold from time to time ! for cash. as may be determined by the i board Of directors of said corporation. ARTICLE ". 1 The time of the commencement of | this corporation shall be the day when | the Articles of Incorporation shall be | filed for record in the office of the l county recorder of the county of Mari | said corporation shall continue for a
 period of twenty-five years unless soon
 CT lawfully terminated. ! ARTICLE V. l The officers of the company shall be ! a president, a vice president, a treas
 urer a secretary and board of direc- | tors, consisting of not less than three persons nor more than fifteen persons. ! The officers above specified may be
 chosen from said board of directors,
 and any person may hold not more ! than two of said offices. ARTICLE VT.
 The highest amount of indebtedness
 to the rayment of which said corpora | tion may subject itself shall be six
 ty thousand dollars. ARTICLE VII. The private property of each officer and stockholder in said corporation shall be exempt from the payment of any of the corporate debts of said company.
 In witness whereof, the subscribers | hereto have hereunto set their hands
 and seals on the day and year first above mentioned.
 JACKSON B. ADKINS, H. H. ADKINS
 State of Ohio.
 l Allen county ss. l Before me, the undersigned authori- 1 ty personally appeared Jackson B.
 Adkins and H. H. Adkins. to me per sonally known to be the persons named ! in and who executed the foregoing Ar
 ticles of Incorporation who each being i by me first duly sworn on oath say and
 acknowledge that they and each of them executed the foregoing Articles
 oi Incorporation for the uses and pur-
 poses therein expressed. JACKSON B. ADKINS, H. H. ADKINS.
 Sworn to. acknowledged and sub
 scribed before me this 26th day of
 September, A. D.. 1902
 (Sean HENRY c. NEELY, a Notary Public.