Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-02-02

ate ourselves together for the purpose
of forming corporation under the
laws of the Territory of Arizona and
to that end make the following state
ment:
First:
The names of the corporators are:
Archibald b. Graham, Charles T.
Shepard. William y. Calhoun, George
F. Meacham and John -. Prather. and
the name of the corporation shall be
Sunset Oil and Refining Company. The
principal place in which the business
of said corporation within the Territory
, of Arizona is to be transacted is Fhce-
nix, Maricopa County. Arizona, and the
principal place Of business OF said-cor--
Dora tion outside the Territory of ATi-
iona shall be the City OF Seattle. in ,he
State of Washington, at which meet
inSs of the Board OF Directors may be
held and the corpora ton may have
such branch offices either within or
without the Territory OF Arizona as
may be established by the Board of
Directors.
Second:
The general nature OF the business
proposed to be transacted b. this cor
pora ton is as follows. to-wit:
To puroha-e, lease, bond, locate or
otherwise acquire. own, exchange. sen
or otherwise dispose of, pledge mort
gage. Eypothecate and deal in real
estate and any and all kinds % per-
sonal property. mines, mining claims.
oil lands, mineral lands. oil. gas. as
phaltum, petroleum. water and water
rights and machinery; and to work
mine. explore. operate and develop the
same: to do a general real estate, man
ufacturins and mercantile business: to
own, handle and control letters patent
and inventions and shares of capitol
stock OF other corporations; to borrow
money and execute notes, bonds, mort
cages, 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 ana 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
proper conduct of the business of this
corporation in the Territory and else
where, not inconsistent with the laws
of the United States and the Territory
Of Arizona.
Third:
The authorized amount of capital
stock of this corporation shall be Five
Hundred Thousand dollars (S500.G00Ce
divided into five hundred thousand
shares of the par value of one dollar
6s1.O0) each. At such time as the Board
of Directors may by resolution direct.
said capital stock shall be paid into
this corpora lion either in cash or by
the sale and transfer to il OF real or
personal property for the uses and pur-
poses OF said corpora 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 become and be fully pail
Up and non assessa Bile. and in the alb
sence Of actual fraud in the transaction
the judgment Of the Directors as TO the
value o. the property purchased shall
be conclusive.
Fourth.
The time of the conmenceneu or
this corporation shall be the date OF the
filing OF these articles or Incorporation
in the office Of the Secretary OF Ari-
IONA. and the ternina ton thereof shall
be twenty-five years thereafter.
Fifth:
The affairs Of this corporation shall
be conducted by a board of five direct
ors. and the following named shall con-
stitute the Board of Directors until
their successors are elected: Archi-
bald =. Graham. Charles r. Shepard.
William y. Calhoun, George +. Meach-
am and John y. Prather to act for first
three months. Thereafter the Board Of
Directors shall be elected from among
the stockholders as the bylaws Of the
corporation may provide.
Sixth:
! The highest amount of Indebtedness
or liability. direct or contingent, to
which this corporation is at any time
subject shall be --- dollars 8.
| Seventh:
! The private property OF the stock
holders of this corporation shall be ex-
empt from corporate debts of any Kind
whatsoever. and there shall be no in
dividual liability on the part of either
Directors or Stockholders
! IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have
hereunto set our hands and seals this
eleventh day of January, 1902.
| Attest: w. L. READ.
| ARCHIBALD b. GRAHAM. (SeaD
| WILLIAM y. CALHOUN. (SeaD
| CHARLES l.. SHEPARD. (SeaD
| GEORGE +. MEACHAM. CSeaD
JOHN n. PRATHER. (SeaD
State of Washington.
| County Of King, IS.
| on this eleventh day of January. in
the year y. d. 1902. before me, Willard
/. Read. a Notary Public in and for
the State and County aforesaid, resid-
| ing therein. duly commissioned and
sworn. personally appeared Archibald
b. Graham. George +. Meacham, John
n. Prather William n. Calhoun and
Charles Z. Shepard, known to me to be
the persons described in, whose names
are subscribed to. and who executed
the annexed instrument. and they ac-
| knowledged to me that they executed
the same Tor the purposes and consider
atoms therein expressed.
| IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal at my office in the said
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