Arizona republican., 1902-11-16
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

PRESENTS. That we, the under signed have this day voluntarily asso- | ciated ourselves together for the pur- 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:
 Flrst. 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 1t 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.
 2. 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.
 3. 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- drocarbon substances; and for such purposes to buy and otherwise acquire, hold, own, manage and operate refin- eries, pipe lines, tanks, manufacturies, machinery, Wharves, tank cars, steam ahd sailing vessels for water trans portat tion, and other works, property and appliances, that may be incident or auxiliary to said business, or that may be deemed necessary or conven- 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 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.
 :. 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.
 s. 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 it's own telegraph and telephone lines, and such other means of rapid communication as may now or hereafter be in existence for the purpose of facilitating or aiding in the convenient transaction of the com panys business; also to construct, own, maintain and operate its own gas or electric plant for it's own or any other purpose whatsoever; also to do and 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 and proper for the purpose of carrying out all or any of the objects herein speci- fed, and any or all of said business can be transacted to the same extent, purpose and effect as the same or any part thereof could be done by natural person.
 Third. The amount of the capital stock shall be the sum of Three Hun dred Thousand dollars $500 000, divid- ed into Three Hundred Thousand (300, 000) shares of the par value of One Dollar (S1.00) each, which capital stock when issued must be fully paid up and non-assessable; provided however, that the Board oi Directors may issue stock in payment of land purchased or leased, or in payment of other valid obligations, and may sell fully paid up stock for more or less than One Dol lar GD per share. The Board of Di- rectors may sell stock to provide funds to pay expenses for incorporating and other preliminary expenses.
 Fourth. That the term for which said corporation is to exist is TWEEN TY-FJVF (25) YEARS from and after