Mohave County miner., 1902-01-11
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
cF THE
TENNESSEE OIL, GAS AND MINER
AL DEVEL OPMENT 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 +. Mayer, have as
sociated ourselves together for the purpose OF
forming corporation under Chapter . Title
IL, 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 ineorporators are, W. W.
Dunbar, l.. C. Roeber. william J. Roeber,
William Dunn, Hugo A. zigrosser, Leopold
Bondi, Edward Staehlin and John E. Mayer
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The name OF the corporation shall be THE
TENNESSEE OIL, GAS AND MINERAL.
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, and its princi
pal ONCE shall be at the City OF Newark, New
Jersey, and branch Offices shall be established
at such otl er places as the Board OF Directors
may deem ecessary, but meetings of the Stock
holders anC 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 ore or minerals mills, millsites
water rights, any timber or timber lands
with the right TO mine, mill, reduce, prepare
for market any and all kinds OF ores, minerals,
coal, and to pump refine and treat any and all
kinds OF oil; with the right 20 sell, lease. ex
change, transfer and dispose OF any OIL coal.
iron or timber lands, mines, mining rights
prospects, mills, mill sites with any timber
whether owned by the said Company, or sold
on commission. To purchase acquire hold
sell, dispose OF, ple6ge or otherwise the stock,
debentures, bonds or other evidence OF debt of
any corporation foreign or domestic, and also
the right TO issue, sell dispose Of pledge or
otherwise use its own stock, bonds, notes.
mortgages or obligations.
To take own, hold, deal in mortgage or 9th
erwise lien. to lease, sell exchange, transfer.
or in any manner whatever dispose of any real
property wherever situated
To manufacture purchase acquire in any
lawful manner and to hold own. mortgage
pledge. sell, transfer, or in any manner dispose
Of and to deal and trade in oil, gas, coal, iron,
and all minerals, lumber, goods. wares. mer
chandise or property of any and any class and
description.
To acquire the good will, rights and property
OF any person, firm, association or corporation
To pay for the same in cash, the stock OF the
Company, bonds or otherwise; TO hold or in any |
manner dispose of the whole or any part of
the property so purchased; to conduct in apv |
lawful manner the whole or any part OF auy
business so acquired, and to exercise all the
powers 80 acquired, and TO exercise all the
powers necessary or convenient in and about
the conduct and management OF such bu Siness
To enter into, make and perform contracts of
every kind, with any person, association or
corporation, and without limit as TO amount;
to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount. ex.
ecute or issue promissory notes, draft bills of
warrants, bonds, debentures and
other negotiable or transferable instruments OF
value To have offices and carry on business
without restriction as to place or number; to
do any or all things herein set forth TO the same
extent as natural persons might or could do,
ana In any part of the world as principals.
agents contractors trustees, or otherwise.
either alone or jointly with others.
In general to carry on in connection with the
objects purposes and business set forth above.
any other lawful business whatsoever.
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The amount OF the authorized capital stock
OF this corporation shall be and is One Million
and Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars. |
(sl l@5o -OoOdivided into one million two hundred
and fifty thousand shares, of the par value of
One Dollar (sD each; each share fully paid up
and forever worcestershire. Two hundred and
nifty thousand shares of said capital stock shall
be set aside as treasury stock, and shall be sold
at such price per share as the Board OF Direc. |
tors may direct; anc the proceeds arising from |
the sale OF said stock shall be used only in the
purchase of oil, coal, iron and timber lands and |