The news-herald., 1902-01-18


other places as may be determined by the
Board of Directors, where regular and special
meetings of the Directors and stockholders
may be held and any and all of the business
may be transacted.
ARTICLE 2.
The general nature of the different kinds of
business proposed to be transacted by this
Corporation is as follows, towit
To purchase, lease locate, bond or otherwise
acquire, own, sell or, otherwise dispose OF,
pledge, mortgage, hypothecate and deal in,
prospect for, work, mine, explore and develop
mining claims, oil, mineral, timber and agrl-
Icultural lands, oil, gas, asphalt, petroleum,
water and water rights.
| To build and operate tank cars and pipe
lines, tank barges and steam ships, to handle
the product of such corporation; to bore ana
put down wells, to buy and sell oil and Oil
wells and mines of all kinds and operate the
same; to build refneries reduction works OF
all kinds and operate the same, to buy and sell
all kinds of property, to acquire by purchase,
subscription or otherwise, and to hold as IN
vestment any bonds or other securities or evil
dences of Indebtedness or any shares OF capl-
tai stock created or issued by any other corpor-
alton or corporations association or assocla-
tions, of the Territory of Arizona, or OF any
other State, Territory Country. To purchase,
hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge
or otherwise dispose OF, any bonds or other Sc
| curities or evidences of indebtedness created
or issued by any other corporation or corpora
tions, association associations, or the Ierrl-
| tory of Arizona, or any other State, territory
| or country, and while owner thereof, to exer-
else all the rights, powers and privileges Of
ownership. To purchase, hold, sell, assign,
transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dis
pose of shares of the capital stock, OF any other
| corporation or corporations, association or
associations, of the Territory of Arizona, or OF
any other State, Territory or country, and
while owner of such stock to exercise all the
rights, powers and privileges OF ownership in
Guiding the right to vote thereon To aid In
any manner any corporation or association OF
| which any bonds or other securities, or evil
| dences of Indebtedness or stock are held by
| this corporation, and to do any acts or things
designed to protect, preserve, improve, or en-
hance the value of any such bonds, or other
securities, or evidences of indebtedness or
stock To do generalreal estate, mercantile
and mining business in all it's branches; to
own handle and control letters patent and in
1 ventions to borrow money and execute mort
cages or deeds of trust to secure the same, to
issue bonds and other evidences of Indebted
ness and in general to do all things necessary
! to the proper conduct of the business OF this
corporation, not inconsistent with the laws OF
the United States and the Territory OF Arizona
to the same extent as natural persons might or
could do, and in apy part Of the world, as pr1n-
cipals, agents, contractors, trustees or other
wise, either alone or in company with others;
and to have one or more officers out OF the Ter
ritory of Arizona, and to hold, purchase, mort
gage and convey real estate and personal prop
erty outside of this territory.
| ARTICLE 8.
Among the powers of this body corporate
shall be; to have perpetual succession, to sue
and be sued by its corporate name; to have
a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure;
to prescribe the code of making transfer of
stock or interest of its stockholders;
to make contracts; to acquire and trans
fer property of every kind and de-
scription, both real and personal, and
to possess the same powers in such respects rs
private individuals now enjoy; to establish
bylaws and make all rules and regulations
deemed expedient for the management OF its
affairs, not inconsistent with the laws and
constitution OF the United States and the laws
of the Territory of Arizona
The amount of the capital stock of the cor
poration shall be two million ($2, 900 00000) dol
lars, divided into twenty million shares of the
par value of ten cents each, fully paid up and
forever worcestershire.
ARTICLE 5.
The time of the commencement of this cor
poration shall be the date of the filing of these
articles of incorporation in the Office of the
Secretary OF Arizona, and the termination
thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
ARTICLE g.
The affairs Of this corporation shall be con-
Quoted by board of seven % directors, who
! shall be elected annually by the stockholders
of the CORPORATION on the 18th day of December
| in each year. Until the 18th day of December,
1902, the following named persons shall serve
as directors Charles B. Ingels, Kansas City,
Missouri; Geo. B. Lang, Rosenberg, Texas;
Alexander Sampson, Noah Allen, John Lovejoy,
NJ. L. Malevinsky, Houston, Texas, and Russell
w. Houk, Beaumont, Texas.
| ARTICLE 7.
! The highest amount of Indebtedness or liza
bility direct or contingent to which this cor
poration shall be subject itself, at any time, is
one million Isl OoO,OOO) dollars.
ARTICLE 8.
| The private property of the stockholders of
this corporation shall be exempt from all cor
poration debts.
In Witness Whereof, We have hereunto set
our hand and seal this December 11th, 1901.
ALEXANDER SAMPSON. [sEAL.
NOAH ALLEN [sEAL.]
JOHN LOVEJOY. [sEAL]
NJ. L. MALEVINSKY. [sEAL.]
State of Texas, County of Harris.
On this the 11th day of December, in the year
| 1901, before me, Blanche D. Malevinsky, a no.
tary public in and for the state and county
| aforesaid. residing therein, duly commissioned