Arizona republican., 1902-01-28
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
PRISCILLA OIL COMPANY.

The undersigned, William b. Muck
low. L. II. Chalmers and H. b. wilkin-
son. hereby associate themselves to-
gether and adopt the following Articles
of Incorporation, for the purpose of
forming a corporation under the laws
of the Territory of Arizona.
ARTICLE 1.
| The name CT this corporation shall be
the PRISCILLA OIL COMPANY, sthe
principal place for transactinS its bust
ness shall be Phoenix. Maricopa Coun-
ty. Territory of Arizona. but the cor
poration will have a branch office at
Hartford. Connecticut. where stock
holders and Directors meetings may
be held. and shall conduct business in
both Connecticut and the State of cali
| formal
ARTICLE II
| The general nature of the business
to be done by said corporation shall
be locating placer and lode claims and
mill sites under the laws of the
United States, and buying. leasing, SELL
| ing. conveying, demising. letting, bar
tering for, exchanging for. lands. tene-
ments and Entertainments: exploring for
| oil, digging, drilling and boring shafts.
tunnels. drifts and wells. mining for
| oils and minerals, pumping and oper-
| ating oil wells, and other wells, buying
and leasing and selling tools and other
! equipment used in mining and oper-
ating oil wells ard other wells; also
building any pipe line from any prem
ises owned by said corporation to any
other place; also buying and selling all
kinds of oil. and carrying the same
| from place to place.
ARTICLE III.
| The amount of capital stock author
| lied to be issued is five hundred thou
sand (50O0OO) shares of the par value of
one "a dollar each and when issued
shall be forever worcestershire.
ARTICLE ".
The time of the commencement OF
this corporation shall be the date these
| articles are filed with the County Re
cortier of the said County of Maricopa.
and the first directors meeting shall be
on the 18th day of February. 1902. This
corporation shall exist for twenty-five
years from its commencement
ARTICLE V.
The affairs of this corpora ton shall
be conducted by a board of directors
composed of seven stockholders, to be
first elected on the first Monday in
October. 1902. and until such election.
William 3. Mucklow. Henry \. Hunt
Pierce. John NJ. Dick, George w. Will
son, and Frank II. Bosom shall be di
rectors of said corporation, and of said
directors William b. Mucklow shall be
President Henry A. Huntington, Vice
President: and Rush p. Chapman,
Secretary and Treasurer (until the first
Monday in October, 1902. and the cleo
ton of their successors) of said coIpo-
| ration.
ARTICLE VI.
The highest amount of indebtedness
to which this corporation shall subject
itself shall be Twenty-Five thousand
dollars.
ARTICLE VII
The private property of the STOCK
holders of this corporation shall be cx-
empt from liability for the corpora te
debts.
ARTICLE VIII.
These articles of incorporation may
be amended by a two-thirds vote of
the stockholders OF this corporation at
any regular meeting of the stockhold
ers or any special meeting called for
that purpose, and the amendments
shall be filed with the County Recorder
of said County of Maricopa, and print
ed as required by law.
ARTICLE TX.
| That the directors of this corporation
may adopt bylaws for this corporation
at their first meeting. Elections of di-
rectors and stockholders meetings
(annuaD. shall he held yearly the
first Monday in October of each year.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have
hereunto set our hands and seals this
18th day of January, 1902.
| VIM. Il. MUCKLOW. (SealO
l.. II. CHALMERS. CSeal)
H. +. WILKINSON. (SeaL)
County of Maricopa. Territory of Ari-
IONA, IS.
Before me. Lavina NJ. Andrews. a
| Notary Bubble in and for the above
named County and Territory. on this
day personally appeared William r.
Mucklow, l.. II. Chalmers and II. b.
Wilkinson, known to me to be the per-
sons whose names are subscribed to
the foregoing instrument. and acknowl-
edged to me that they executed the
same for the purposes and considera-
tions therein expressed.
Given under my hand and seal of
office this 18th day of January. 1902.
/ (Seal) LAVINA NJ. ANDREWS,
| Notary Public.
| My commission expires July 90 1904.
! First publication Jan. %.