The news-herald., 1902-01-11

other places as may be determined Dy 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 q
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-
cultural 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
| yestment any bonds 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-
I tions of the Territory of Arizona, or OF any
| other State, Territory or Country. 10 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 or 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 dls-
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
cluding 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 general real estate, mercantile
and mining business in all its branches; to
own. handle and control letters patent and in
yentions, to borrow money and execute mort
cages or deeds of trust to secure the same, te
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 any part of the world, as prln-
| 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 a pleasure;
to prescribe the code of making transfer OF
stock or interest of it's 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 as
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.
ARTICLE A.
The amount of the capital stock OF the cor
poration shall be two million ($2OO0 O.O0) dol
lars, divided into twenty million shares of the
par value of ten cents each fully paid up and
forever non-assessable.
ARTICLE S.
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 6.
The affairs of this corporation shall be con-
Quoted by board of seven (7) 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 ($1, ,O0O, ,OOW 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. GsEAL.
NOAH ALLEN. [sEAL.]
JOHN LOVEJOY. [sEALl
NJ. L. MALEVINSKY. [sEAL.l
State of Texas, County of Harris.
On this the 11th day of December, in the year
1901, before me, Blanche D. Malevinsky, Il no.
tary public in and for the state and county
aforesaid. residing therein, duly commissioned