Arizona republican., 1902-05-13
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE THE EUREKA OIL AND GAS COM
 PANY

KNOW ALL MEN BG THESE PR ESENTS. That We. whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming q corporation under the laws of the Territory Of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 First: The names of the corporators are: T. K. Wilkins and J. W. Davis, and the name of the corporation shall be THE EUREKA OIL x GAS CON- PANY. The principal place in which the business of said corporation within the Territory of Arizona is to he trans acted is Phoenix. Marcopa County. Arizona. and the principal place of business of said cooperation outside the Territory of Arizona shall be the City of Lima in the St.te of Ohio. at which meetings of the Board of Directors may be held. and the corporation may have such branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona as may be established by the Board Of Di- rectors.
 Second: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows, to-wit:
 To purchase. lease. bond. locate or otherwise acquire, own, exchange. sell or otherwise dispose Of. pledge. mort SdSe, hypothecate and deal in real es- tate and any and all kinds of personal property, mines, mining claims oil lands. mineral lands, oil, gas. asphal- tun. petroleum, water and water rights and machinery, and to work. mine, ex- plore. operate and develop the same; to do q general real estate. manufac- turing and mercantile business: to own. handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares of capital stock of other corporations: to borrow money and execute notes, bonds. mOTtga ges, or deeds of trust to secure the same, and to exercise in respect of all such bonds mortgages, notes. shares of capital stock and other securities and obliga- tions any and all rights powers and privileges of individual owners thereof including the right to vote upon any shares of stock held by it to the same extent that q natural person might or could do. and in general to do all tbings necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the Territory and elsewhere. not inconsistent with the laws of .he Unit ed States and the Territory of Arizona. Third: The authorized amount of
 
 be Three Million dollars ($3 090, ,OOO di- vide,i into Three Million shares Of the par value Of One dollar t$1 00) each. At such time 2s the Board Of Directors may by resolution direct said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation either in cash or by the sale and trans fer to it of real or personal property. for tha uses and purposes Of said cor m !, ell. of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued and the capital stock SO issued shall thereupon and thereby be- come and be fully paid up and non assessable. and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment of the Directors as to the value of the property purchased shall be conclusive. Fourth: The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in the office Of the Sec retary of Arizona. and the termination thereof shall be Twenty-Five years thereafter.
 Fifth: The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted bE a Board of Six (6) Directors and the following named shall constitute the Board of Directors until their successors are elected. J. W. Davis. T. K. Wilkins, \. D. Miller. H. B. Williamson. B. C. ZaurOt. S \. Sellers. Thereafter the Beard of Di- rectors shall be elected from among the stockholders as the bylaws of the cor poration may provide.
 Si&th; The highest amount of in de5tedness or liability. direct or con tingent, to which this corporation is at any time subject shaI be Twenty-Five Thousand dollars i$25.00gg.
 Seventh: The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts Of any kind whatsoever.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF We have hereunto set our hands and seals this Third day of May 1902.
 J. w. DAVIS. (SealD
 T. K. WILKINS. (SeaI.) State of Ohio.
 County of Allen. ss.
 On this 3rd day of May. in the year 1902. before me, II. ?. Williamson. a Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid, residing therein. duly commissioned and sworn. personally appeared J. W. Davis and T. K Will kins. known to me to be the persons described in. whose names are sub
 
 neXed instrument, and they acknoWl- edged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and considera- uons therein expressed.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. | have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office il the said State and County. the day and year last above written.
 tNotary Seal)
 H. F. WILLGA3ISCE.
 Notary Public. Allen County. Ohio. My commission expires June 9th. 1903.
 uRsas-A G,:w yOb.S |, CNb famb Territory Of Arizona.
 County of Maricopa, ss.
 l. E. r McFaH County Recorder iii and fer the County and Territory afore- said. hereby certify that I have com ?ared the foregoing copy with the orig inal Articles Of Incorporation of the Eureka oil and Gas Company filed al.d recorded in my c.tice on the Sth day Of May. 1902. in Book No. 1o of Articles of Incorporation st Page ---. and that lhe same is q full. true and ,0rrct copy