The news-herald., 1902-01-25

Eother places as may be determined by the
Boardsofs Directors, where regular and specia
Imeetings of the Directors and stockholders
may be held and any and all Of the business
may be transacted.
/ ~. ARTICLE 2.
/ The general nature of the different kinds O
business proposed to be transacted by thi!
Corporation is as follows, towt:
/ /. To purchase, lease, locate, bond or otherwise
acquire, own, sell or otherwise dispose OF
pledge, mortgage hypothecate and deal in
prospect for, work, mine, explore and develop
mining claims, oil, mineral, timber and agri
/ cultural lands, oil, gas asphalt, petroleum
| wafer and water rights.
Ito build and operate tank cars and pipe
/ lines, tank barges and steam ships, to handle
+ the product of such corporation; to bore and
put down wells, to- buy and sell oil and OIL
| wells and mines of all kinds and operate the
same; to build retineries, reduction works Oh
all kinds and operate the same to buy and sell
| all kinds of property, to acquire by purchase,
subscription or otherwise, and to hold as IN
vestment any bonds or other securities orevl-
dences of indebtedness or. any shares OF capi-
tai stock created or issued by any other corpor-
| alton or corpora tions}y association or assocla-
| tions of the Territory of Arizona, or ofany
other State, Territory or Country To purchase,
hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge
| or otherwise dispose Of, any bonds or other Sc
curities or evidences 9of Indebtedness created
| or issued by any other corporation or corpora
tions association or associations, or the Terri
/ tory of Arizopa or any other State Territory
| or country, and while owner thereof, to eXer-
else all the rights, powers and privileges OF
| ownership. To purchase, hold, sell, assign,
transfer, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dis
pose of shares of the capital stock OF any other
| corporation or corporations, association or
associations, of the Territory of Arizbna, orof
| any other. State, Territory or country and
I while owner of such stock to exercise allthe
rights, powers and privileges of ownership, in
Guiding the right to vote thereon. To aid in
any manner any corporation or association OF
which any bonds or other securities, or evil
eeifces of indebtedness or stock are held by
! This corporation, and to do any acts or things
designed to protect, preserve, improve, or en-
hance the value of any such bonds, or other
securities, or evidences of indebtedness or
EsIncK no do a general real estate, -mercantile
and mining business in all its branches; to
own, handle and control letters patent and in
yentions, to borrow money and execute mort
cages. or deeds Of trust to secures the same, to
Tissue bonds and other evidences of Indebted
ness, and in general to do all things necessary
TO the proper conduct of the business of this
corporation, not inconsistent with the laws OF
the United States and the Territory of Arizona
to the same extent as natural persons might or
could do, and in any part of the world, as prin-
.cipafe, agents, contractors; trustees or r''bther
wise, either alone or in company with others;
Orp, OffOn ont n
ritory Of Arizona, and to hold, purchase snort
gage andsconyey real estate and personal prop
erty outside of this territory.
ARTICLE 3.
Among the powers of this body corporate
shallbe: to have perpetual succession; to sue
and be sued by it's corporate name; to have
a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure;
to prescribe the code of making transfer of
stock or interest of its stockholders;
to make contracts; TO acquire ar1dl trans
fer property of every kind and de-
scription, both real and personal and
to possess the same powers in such respects as
private individuals. now enjoy; to establish
'by-lawsf and make all rules and regulations
deemed expedient for the management; of its.
Xffafrs, not Inconsistent With the laws and
constitution OF the United States and the laws
OF the Territory Of Arizona
ARTICLE A.
The amount of the capital stock of the cor
porsatidn shall be two million (s2, 100000 Qoldol
Laws, ediyidedinto twenty million shares OF the
par value of ten cents each, fully paid up and
forever non-assessable. s.
ARTICLE 81 go
The time of the commencement Of this cor
poration shall be the date of the filing,of these
articles OF Incorporation in the Office of the
Secretary of Arizona, and the termination
thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
ARTICLE 6.
The affairs of this corporation shall be con-
Quoted by board of seven % directors, who
shall be elected annually by the stockholders
of the corporation on the 18th day of December
in each year Until the 18th day of December
f1902, tie following named persons shall serve
as directors &C Charles B. Ingelsn KANSAS City
Missouri; Geo, B. Lang, Rosenberg. Texas;
Alexander Sampson, Noah Allen, John Lovejoy,
NJ. L. Malevinsky Houston, Texas, and Russell
W. Houk, Beaumont Texas.
r. ARTICLE 7.
| The highest amount of Indebtedness or liza
fbility direct or contingent to which this cor
poration shall be subject itself, at any time, is
one milliom( Isl 0Oe,o dollars. 4
j. = ARTICLE s. r
Thu. private property OF, the. stockholders OF
this corporation shall be exempt from all cor
poration debts.
In Witness Whereof, We have hereunto set
our hand and seal this December 11th 1901.
ALEXANDER SAMPSON. [sEAL.
NOAH ALLEN. [sEAL
=. I..,t, JOHN LOVEJOY. [sEAIl !G., ?
NJ. L. MALEVINSKY. [sEAL.l
State of Texas, County of Harris.
On this the 18th dayof December, in the year
| 1901, before me, Blanche D. Malevinsky u no.
tary. public in and for the state and county
aforesaid. residing therein. duly commissioned
and sworn, personally appeared Alexander
Sampson, Noah Allen, John Lovejoy and NJ L..
Ma Alevinsl1y, known to nae to be the persons
described in, whose names are subscribed to
and who executed the annexed instrument,
and they acknowledged to me that they exc
cuted thesame for the purposes and considers