Mohave County miner., 1902-01-04
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
TENNESSEE OIL, GAS AND MINER
AL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we, the undersigned, w. w Dunbar, L.
C. Roeber. William j. Roeber. william A.
Dunn, Hugo A. Zigrosser, Leopold BOndi
Edward Staehlin and John f. Mayer, have as
sociated ourselves together for the purpose of
forming corporation under Chapter ., Title
l2' OF the revised statutes OF Arizona, 1887. and
all amendments thereto; to transact the bust.
ness hereinafter mentioned, do adopt the fol.
lowing articles of incorporation.
The names of the incorporators are, W. w.
Dunbar, l.. c. Roeber. William j. Roeber.
William A Dunn, Hugo A. zigrosser, Leopold
Bondi Edward Staehlin and John f. Mayer.
II
The name OF the corporation shall be THE
TENNESSEE OIL, GAS AND MINERAL
COMPANY, and its princi
pal office shall be at the City of Newark, New
Jersey, and branch offices shall be established
at such other places as the Board OF Directors
may deem necessary, but meetings of the Stock
holders and Directors, and any other meetings
OF the Company may be held and the business
OF the Company transacted in any state or ter.
ritory OF the United States as the interests Of
the Corporation shall demand.
III
The nature OF the business and the object and
purpose proposed to be transacted, promoted
and carried on are TO do any or all things here
in mentioned, as fully and to the same extent
as natural persons might or could do viz: to
buy, own, lease, sell or hold and work any oil |
coal or iron lands, or oil and gas wells, coal and
iron mines, mining rights, prospects or any and |
all kinds of ,nfn
water rights, or any timber or timber lands
with the right to mine. mill, reduce, prepare /
Tor market any and all kinds of ores, minerals.
'oal, and to pump, refine. and treat any and all
KINDS OF OIL with the right to sell. lease, ex
'hange. transfer and dispose of any oil, coal.
ron or timber lands, mines, mining rights,
prospects, mills, mill sites with any timber.
whether owned by the said Company, or sold
IN commission. To purchase, acquire hold
'ell, dispose of, pleege or otherwise the stock.
iebentures, bonds or other evidence of debt of
my corporation foreign or domestic and also
he right TO issue, sell, dispose OF, pledge or
use its own stock bonds notes
Mortgages or obligations.
To take, own, hold, deal in, mortgage or 9th
'rwise lien, TO lease sell, exchange transfer
n in any manner whatever dispose OF any real
property wherever situated.
TO manufacture, purchase, acquire In any
awful manner. and to hold, own mortgage
pledge SELL transfer, or in any manner dispose
H. ana TO deal and trade in OIL gas coal iron
nd all minerals, lumber goods wares. mer
handise or property OF any and any class and
description.
To acquire the good will, rights and propertv
4 any person, firm, association or corporation
To pay for the same in cash the stock OF the
company, bonds or otherwise; to hold or I'm anv
manner dispose OF the whole. or any part of
he property so purchased; to conduct in anv
awful manner the whole or any part of any
usiness so acquired. and to exercise all the ]
overs so acquired and to exercise all the |
overs necessary or convenient in and about
ne conduct and management Of such bu usiness
10 enter INTO make and perform contracts of
very kind' with any person. association or
orporation, and without limit as to amount:
draw make, accept, endorse, discount, ex.
cute or issue promissory notes, draft bills OF
Schange' warrants. bonds, debentures and {
ther negotiable or transferable instruments OF
alue To have offices and carry on business
lthout restriction as TO place or number: To
any or all things herein set forth TO the same !
Stent as natural persons might or could do !
ld In any part OF the world as principals.
GENTS contractors, trustees. or otherwise !
ther alone or jointly with others. :
In general TO carry on In connection with the q
'lects purposes and business set forth above
~ other lawful business whatsoever.
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ihe amount Of the authorized capital stock =
thls corporation shall be and Is One Million
ID Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars 3
i,Zoo'ooOdivided into one million two hundred !
ID NIFTY thousand shares. OF the par value OF n
ne Dollar CsD each; each share fully paid up a
ID forever non-assessible. Two hundred and :
ty thousand shares OF said capital stock shall p
SET aside as treasury stock. and shall be sold p
such price per share as the Board OF Diree. =
rs may direct; ane the proceeds arising from O
e sale OF said stock shall be used only in the
rchase OF OIL coal, iron and timber lands. and