Arizona republican., 1902-11-14
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

pose OL IOIIlllHS anu DeCOIllnS d COTpO- ration under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and in that behalf and to that end we do hereby adopt and duly execute the following Articles of In- corporation, and do thereby and herein declare and certify as follows, to-Wit:
 First. That the name of said corpo- ration shall be and is the SECTION SEVEN OIL COMPANY, and that it's principal place of transacting business shall be and is in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Territory of Arizona. with branch offices at the Borough of Bloomfield, in the County of Perry, in the State of Pennsylvania. and ct the City Of San Francisco. in the County Of San Francisco, State of California. and at such other places as the Board of Directors may designate. That the .corportiOn proposes to transact and carry on business of the kind and na- ture hereinafter provided in any and all States and Territories and Coun- tries whatsoever. The names of it's in- corporators are: James w. Shun. H. F.. Sheibley, N. J. Briner, F. II. Bryner and John Fleisher.
 Second. That the purposes for which it is formed are as follows:
 1. To purchase, acquire, lease. own. hold, rent, sell. deal and operate in oil | lands and oil wells, to develop. manage and control oil wells and oil lands: to conduct, operate, buy and sell. rent lease and deal in pipe lines; to engage | in the business of exporting, importing and transporting oil and petroleum and all products thereof; by any and all known means or methods to manufac- ] deal in oil petroleum and all the prod l.ucts thereof; to erect such structures and buildings as may be necessary in the conduct of said business.
 ?. To buy and otherwise acquire to hold and own, manage, operate and de- velop lands, mining claims. mineral ! rights, oil wells and other real estate and interests and rights in any Of said properties.
 8. To engage in and carry on the | business of boring and exploring for. producing, refining. distilling. treating. manufacturing, piping, carrying. hand | ling. storing, dealing in, buying and selling. oils. petroleum. natural gas. asphaltum. bitumcn. bitumenOuS rock. gypsum, and other minerals and hy- | drocarbOn substances: and for such | purposes to buy and otherwise acquire. ! hold own. manage and operate rehu- cries, pipe lines. tanks, manufacturies i lachinery, wharves, tank cars, steam and sailing vessels for water trans portation. and other works, property and appliances, that may be incident or auxiliary to said business, or that may be deemed necessary or conven- | tent by the Board of Directors. 4. Also to take and acquire by Uur- | chase. exchange or other lawful mode. ! and to hold, own, sell and otherwise l dispose of the capital stock and bonds ] of other corpora tions.
 ,. Also to establish and carry o1 ! agencies, offices, storage tanks, and | houses. and to sell articles and prod ucts manufactured by itself, or other l persons corporations in California and other States and Territories Of the | United States of America and in for 1 eign countries.
 6. To acquire by purchase, lease. CT l otherwise, lands, mines. or mining | claims, water rights, wells. and con i duits for water supply, rights of way ! for the construction of conduits for | conveying cil or water, as also to sell : or lease the same.
 :. To engage in and carry on the | business of mining or boring for oil l metals. minerals coal. gypsum. or any valuable product. and 10 refine, man ufacture, reduce or render the same | salable and marketable or profitable, or to sell the same.
 1 s. To own and operate it's own line of railroad from its properties to the nearest connecting rail point. for the ! purpose of transporting freight and the
 
 it's property: also to construct. own, maintain and operate it's own telegraph and telephone lines, ana such other means Of rapid communication as may now or hereafter be in existence fCr the purpose of facilitating or aiding iH the convenient transaction of the com pany's business; also to construct. own maintain and operate it's own gas or 1 electric plant for its own Or any other purpose whatsoever; also to do and perform all things necessary to trans act the affairs and business Of the cor poration, within and without the Ter ritory of Arizona, and requisite ard proper for the purpose of carrying out all or any of the objects herein speci- fled, and any or all of said business can be transacted to the same extent purpose and effect as the same or any part thereof could be done by natura person.
 Third. The amount of the capita stock shall be the sum of Three Hun dred Thousand dollars (s300,0O divid. ed into Three Hundred Thousand (3Oj, 000) shares of the par value Of On' Dollar ($1.0O) each, which capital stocl when issued must be fully paid up anC non-assessable; provided however, tha the Board O. Directors may issue stocl in payment of land purchased o1 leased, or in payment of ether vaii, obligations, and may sell fully paid III stock for more or less than One Dol lar ($D per share. The Board of Di rectors may sell stock to provide fund to pay expenses for incorporating anC other preliminary expenses.
 Fourth. That the term for whicl said corporation is to exist is TWEEN TY-FIVE (2O YEARS from and afte
 the date of it's incorporation.
 Fifth The highest amount of in
 debtedness or liability to which tn
 corporation shall at any time subjec
 itself shall be the sum of Fifty Thou
 sand Dollars (s5O0O0)!