Arizona republican., 1902-11-07
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE OIL SECURITIES COMPANY.

4NGN l O4 F.,
 Desiring to incorporate under the laws of the Territory of Arizona for the pur- | pose of engaging in the business here matter specified, do make, sign, adopt acknowledge and publish these Ar | ticles of Incorporation. ARTICLE l. The names of the persons hereby as sociating themselves together for the purposes aforesaid are Alvah Trowbridge.
 John H. Mooney,
 Peter J. Mclean,
 Theodore D. Anderson, | Thos. S. Coolidge,
 Howard Butcher,
 And Henry D. Pierce ARTICLE II. The name of the corporation hereby formed is the
 OIL SECURITIES COMPANY. ARTICLE III. The principal place for the transac- | tion of its business shall be in Phoenix in the Territory of Arizona That the meetings of it's Board of Di- rectors and the meetings of it's stock holders may be held within or without the Territory of Arizona and at such l place or places, and from time to time and upon such notice and in such man ner as may be from time to time fixed and established by the bylaws of the company, and that the Board of Direct ors may by resolution, from time to time, and in any place or places, create esta blish, and fix registry and transfer offices, and to fix the forms. terms and conditions upon which the shares, bonds and securities of this company may be transferred or registered, with full power and privilege to carry on all the business of this company in any part of the world.
 ARTICLE ". The objects for which the corporation | is formed are:
 CD To acquire by purchase, sub scription or otherwise, and to hold as | investment any bonds, or other securi- | ties, or evidences of indebtedness, or | any shares of capital stock created or | issued by any other corporation or cor | porations, or association organized or created under the laws of any State or | Territory of the United States, or of any foreign country.
 CD To purchase hold, sell, assign, | transfer, mortgage, pledge, or other wise dispose of, any bonds or other securities or evidences of indebtedness created or issued by any other corpora ltion or corporations, or association or associations of any State or Territory of the United States, or any foreign country, and while owner thereof, to exercise all the rights, powers and priv | ileges of ownership.
 (3) To purchase, hold, sell, assign. ! transfer, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise l to dispose of shares of the capital stock i of any other corporation or corpora tions, association or associations, of any State or Territory of the United | States, or any foreign country, and while owEer of such stock to exercise all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership, including the right to vote ] thereon.
 CD To aid in any manner any corpo- ration or association of which any bonds, or other securities or evidences of indebtedness or stock are held by this corporation, or which it may de- sire to purchase, and to do all acts or things designed to protect, preserve, secure or acquire, to improve or en- nance the value of any such bonds, or other securities or evidences of indebt- ! edness, or stock.
 NOJ IO lOtiIl UT DOt iON IiOhty, lSS UC and take bonds, notes, mortgages and other evidences of indebtedness there for, and to dispose of the same by sale exchange, hypothecation or otherwise. (6) To acquire, own, hold and deal in real and personal property, and inn prove and operate the same. CD To buy. sell, traffic in, transport
 and refine mineral oils of all kinds and
 the products and by-products thereof;
 to own, construct, operate and deal ir
 refineries, and to lay pipes and other
 means and conveniences for the trans
 portation of such oils and the by
 products thereof, and to own and op-
 crate railroads, pipe lines, pumps
 tanks, tank cars and vessels of all kinds
 for the storage and transportation ot
 mineral oils and their by-products, anC
 to buy and deal in all things necessary
 and requisite to carry on any busiress
 or thing connected with any of SaiC
 enterprises.
 (S) To issue the capital stock of thi.
 corporation, as and when fully paid up
 provided, however, the corporation may
 issue or exchange said stock for labor
 done or for money received or paid, ol
 for property or rights in property req
 or personal transferred to the company
 and the stock so issued shall be ful
 paid and non-assessable and not liaLt
 to any further call or payment thereon
 and with no stockholders liability, anC
 the judgment of the directors as to th'
 value of the property or rights in prop
 erty purchased, or services rendered
 shall be conclusive.
 (9) To have and maintain one o
 more offices to carry on all or any O
 it's operations and business in any par
 Of the world and especially in the Stat
 of California and elsewhere in tn
 United States ito have perpetual sue
 cession, and to engage in every sort O
 lawful business, and to make and carr.
 out contracts, acquire and transfe
 property, and do all other acts an' things in connection herewith to tn
 same extent as private individuals nov have the right to do, and to exercis all powers and privileges now exercises or enjoyed by private persons. ' ARTICLE V. l The total authorized capital stock o
 this company is and shall be Twent
 Million C$2O, ,OOO, ,OOO) dollars, divided int Twenty million (2O,OOO,OOO) shares, pa