Arizona republican., 1902-11-15
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

SlotSu uISSiNeS lOSetner TOT the puT- pose Of forming and becoming a corpo- ration under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and in that behalf and to that end we do hereby adopt and duly execute the following Articles of In- corporation, and do thereby and herein declare and certify as follows, to-wit:
 First. That the name of said corpo- ration shall be and is the SECTION SEVEN OIL COMPANY, and that it's principal place of transacting business shall be and is in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Territory of Arizona, with branch offices at the Borough of Bloomfield, in the County of Perry, in the State of Pennsylvania, and at the City Of San Francisco, in the County of San Francisco, State of California, and at such other places as the Board of Directors may designate. That the corportion proposes to transact and carry on business of the kind and na- ture hereinafter provided in any and all States and Territories and coun- tries whatsoever. The names of its in ] corporators are: James w. Shull, H. E. Sheibley, N. J. Briner, E. H. Bryner and John Fleisher.
 Second. That the purposes for which it is formed are as follows:
 l. To purchase, acquire, lease, own, hold, rent, sell, deal and operate in oil | lands and oil wells, to develop, manage and control oil wells and oil lands; to conduct operate, buy and sell, rent, lease and deal in pipe lines; to engage in the business of exporting, importing and transporting oil and petroleum and all products thereof; by any and all known means or methods to manufac- ture, refine, buy, sell and otherwise deal in oil, petroleum and all the prod ucts thereof; to erect such structures and buildings as may be necessary in the conduct of said business.
 g. To buy and otherwise acquire, to hold and own, manage, operate and de- velop lands, mining claims, mineral rights, oil wells and other real estate. and interests and rights in any of said properties.
 8. To engage in and carry on the business of boring and exploring for, producing, refining. distilling, treating, manufacturing. piping, carrying, hand | ling, storing, dealing in, buying and selling, oils, petroleum, natural gas, asphaltum, bitumen, bitumenous rock, gypsum, and other minerals and hy- I SuDSldHNSSs anu IOl SuNiA purposes to buy and otherwise acquire, | hold, own, manage and operate refin- cries, pipe lines, tanks, manufactures, machinery, wharves, tank cars, steam and sailing vessels for water trans portation, and other works, property and appliances, that may be incident or auxiliary to said business, or that may be deemed necessary or conven- I tent by the Board of Directors. 4. Also to take and acquire by pur- chase, exchange or other lawful mode, and to hold, own, sell and otherwise dispose of the capital stock and bonds Of other corporations.
 ,. Also to establish and carry on agencies, offices, storage tanks, and houses, and to sell articles and prod ucts manufactured by itself, or other persons corporations in California and other States and Territories of the United States of America and in for eign countries.
 6. To acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise, lands, mines, or mining l claims, water rights, wells, and con- duits for water supply. rights of way for the construction of conduits for conveying oil or water, as also to sell or lease the same.
 T. To engage in and carry on the business of mining or boring for oil metals, minerals, coal gypsum, or any valuable product, and to refine, man. ufacture, reduce or render the same salable and marketable or profitable or to sell the same.
 8. To own and operate it's own line of railroad from it's properties to the nearest connecting rail point, for the purpose of transporting freight and the product of said company to and from it's property; also to construct, own maintain and operate its own telegraph and telephone lines, and such other means of rapid communication as may now or hereafter be in existence fo1 the purpose Of facilitating or aiding il the convenient transaction of the com pany's business; also to construct, own maintain and operate its own gas ol electric plant for its own or any other purpose whatsoever; also to do anC perform all things necessary to trans act the affairs and business of the cor poration, within and without the Ter ritory of Arizona, and requisite anC proper for the purpose of carrying ou all or any of the objects herein speci fled, and any or all of said business can De transacted 10 the same extent purpose and effect as the same or an! part thereof could be doheaby natura
 person.
 Third. The amount Of the capita
 stock shall be the sunni oA Three Hun
 dred Thousand dollars SS300,00O), divid
 ed into Three Hundred Thousand (300,
 000) shares of the par value of On
 Dollar (s10O) each, which capital stocl when issued must be fully paid up am non-assessable; provided however, tha the Board Of Directors may issue stocl
 in payment of land purchased O
 leased, or in payment of other vali obligations, and may sell fully paid II
 stock for more or less than One Dol } lar ($D per share. The Board of Di rectors may sell stock to provide fund to pay expenses for incorporating an l other preliminary expenses.
 Fourth. That the term for whic
 said corporation is to exist is TWEN
 TY-FIVE (25) YEARS from and afte the date of it's incorporation.
 Fifth. The highest amount of in
 debtedness or liability to which tn
 corporation shall at any time subjec l itself shall be the sum of Fifty Thou