Arizona republican., 1902-02-05


 ate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a 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 E. Graham, Charles E. Shepard, William N. Calhoun, George F. Meacham and John N. 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 Phoe- nix. Maricopa County, Arizona. and the principal place of business of said cor poration outside the Territory of Ari- zona shall be the City of Seattle in the State of Washington. at which meet ings Of the Board 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 Directors.
 Second:
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this cor pora tion 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 estate and any and all kinds of 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. .ufacturing 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 resDect 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 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 | Hundred Thousand dollars $500 coo. .OO) divided into five hundred thousand shares of the par value of One dollar ($1.00 each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct. said capital stock shall be paid into this corporate either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it of real or personal property for the uses and pur- poses of said corporation. in payment z. 4 said corporation may he issued, and the capital stock SO issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and non-assessable. and in the ab sence 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 commencement of this corpora tion shall be the date of the filing of these articles or incorporation | in the office of the Secretary of ,Ari- zona. and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter. Fifth:
 The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of five direct ors. and the following named shall con stitute the Board of Directors until | their successors are elected: Archi- bald B. Graham. Charles F.. Shepard, William N. Calhoun, George F. Meach- am and John N. 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 Cs-). 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- 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 N. CALHOUN. (SeaD | CHARLES E. SHEPARD. (Seal) GEORGE F. MEACHAM. (Seal)
 JOHN N. FEATHER. (SeaD State of Washington,
 County of King. ss.
 On this eleventh day of January. ir the year A. D. 1902, before me. Willard L. Read, a Notary Public in and fol the State and County aforesaid, resid' ing therein. duly commissioned anC sworn. personally appeared Archibald B. Graham, George F. Meacham. Johr N. Trather William N. Calhoun anC Charles F.. Shepard, known to me to b' the persons described in, whose name: are subscribed to. and who executed the annexed instrument, and they ac knowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and consider ations therein expressed.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I hav hereunto set my hand and affixed m! official seal. at my office in the sail