Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-01-31

are hereunto Affixed. do hereby associ-
ate ourselves together for the purpose
of forming a corpora ton under the
laws of the Territory of Arizona. and
to tina end make the following state
ment:
The names of the corporators are:
Archibald b. Graham, Charles E.
Shepard. William n. Calhoun, George
f. Meacham and John N. Prather, and
the name of the corporation shall be
Sunset Oil and Refining Company. The
principal place in which the business
of said corpora ton within the Territory
of Arizona is to be transacted is Phoe-
nix, Maricopa County. Arizona, and the
principal place of business of said cor
poration outside the Territory of Ari-
iona shall be the City of Seattle, in the
State of Washington, at which meet
ings 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
Directors.
Second:
The general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted by this cor
pora ton is as follows, to-wit:
To purchase, lease, bond, locate or
otherwise acquire, own. exchange, sell
or otherwise dispose Of pledge mort
gage. hypothecate and deal in real
estate and any and all kinds of per-
sonal property. mines. mining claims.
oil lands, mineral lands, oil, gas as
phaitum, petroleum. water and water
rights and machinery: and to work.
mine, explore, operate and develop the
same: to do general real estate, man
ufacturing 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, mort
cages, 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 obligations 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 a ma tural
person might or could DO; and in gem
eral to 90 all things necessary to the
proper conduct of the business of this
corporation in the Territory and else
where, not inconsistent with the laws
of the United States and the Territory
of Arizona.
Third:
stock of this corporation shall be Five
Hundred Thousand dollars (S5OO. OOOOO)
divided into five hundred thousand
shares OF the par value OF One dollar
(S1O0) each. At such time as 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 transfer to II of real or
personal property for the uses and pur-
poses of said corporation. in payment
for which shares of the capital stock of
said corpora ton may be issued. and the
capital stock so issued. shall thereupon
and thereby become and be fully paid
up and -assessa Bile. and in the abb
sence 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 commencement of
this corporal ton shall be the date of the
filing of these articles or Incorporation
in the office of the Secretary of Ari-
IONA. and the termination thereof shall
be twenty-five years thereafter.
Fifth:
The affairs OF this corporation shall
be conducted by a board of five direct
ors. and the following named shall con-
stitute the Board of Directors until
their successors are elected: Archi-
bald B. Graham, Charles +. Shepard
William n. Calhoun, George F. Meach-
am and John n. Prather to act for first
three months. Thereafter the Board of
Directors shall be elected from among
the stockholders as the bylaws of the
may provide.
Sixth:
The highest amount of Indebtedness
or liability. direct or contingent, to
which this corpora ton is at any time
subject shall be -- dollars s..
Seventh:
The private property of the stock
holders of this corpora ton shall be ex-
empt from corporate debts of any kind
and there shall be no in
dividual liability on the part of either
Directors or Stockholders.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. We have
hereunto set our hands and seals this
eleventh day of January. 1902.
Attest: w. L. READ.
ARCHIBALD b. GRAHAM. (SeaD
WILLIAM n. CALHOUN. (SeaD
CHARLES L. SHEPARD. (SeaD
GEORGE F. MEACHAM. (SeaD
JOHN n. PRATHER. (SeaD
State of Washington,
County OF King, SIS.
On this eleventh day of January, in
the year A d. 1902. before me, willard
L. Read a Notary Public in and for
the State and County aforesaid, resid-
ing therein. duly commissioned and
sworn. personally appeared Archibald
B. Graham. George F. Meacham, John
n. Prather, William n. Calhoun and
Charles E. Shepard, known to me to be
the persons described in, whose names
are subscribed to, and who executed
the annexed instrument and they ac-
to me that they executed
the same for the purposes and consider
atoms therein expressed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal at my office in the said