Arizona republican., 1903-02-18


 end make the following statement: FIRST: The names of the corpora tors are: c. A. WEIGH, C. E. WILL IJAMS. A. F. CRAVER and A. D. MORTON. and the name of the corpo- ration snail be RAMONA OIL AND GAS COMPANY. The principal place in which the business of said corpora tfcn within the Territory of Arizona IS to be transacted is Phoenix. Maricopa County, Arizona, and the principal place of business of said corporation outside the Territory Of Arizona shall be the City Of Ramona, Cherokee Ma tion, in the State of Indian Territory at which meeJlngs of the Board of Di- rectors may be held, and the corpora ton 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 corporation is as follows, to-wit:
 To make contracts; to purchase, lease, bond, locate or otherwise ac- quire. own, exchange, sell CT otherwise dispose Of. pledge, mortgage. hypothe- cate and deal in real estate and any and ali kinds of personal property, mines. mining claims. oil lands, min eral lands, oil. gas. asphaltum, petro- leum, asbestos, salt. water and water rights and machinery, and to work. mine, explore. operate and develop the same: to do general real estate. manufacturing and mercantile bust ness: to own. handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares of | capital stock of other corporatios; to ! borrow money and execute notes, i bonds mortgages, or deeds of trust to secure the same and to exercise in re- spect of all such bonds, mortgages, notes shares of capital stock and other securities and obligations any and all rights, powers and privileges of indi- | vidual owners thereof, including the right to vote upon any shares of stock held by it to the same extent that q natural person might CT could do; and ] in general to do all things necessary 1 to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the Territory and | elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Ter ritory of Arizona.
 1 THIRD: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be One Million Five Hundred Thou sand dollars (S1. 800. .OO000l. divided into 1 one million five hundred thousan l shares of the par value Of One Dollar l (s100) each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct said capital stock shall be paid i into this corporation either in cash or | by the sale and transfer to it of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said corporatio in pay ment for which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon ana i thereby become and be fully paid up and ron-assessa ble. ard in the absence i of fraud in the transaction the judg- ment of the Directors as to the value of the property purchased shall be con- elusive.
 FOURTH: The time of the com mencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the Secretary of Arizona, and the ter1nina ton thereof shall be twenty-five years l thereafter.
 FIFTH: The affairs of this corpo- ration shall be conducted by Board oi Five Directors and the following named | until their successors are elected: C A. WEIGH. s. L. WHITZEL, c. E i WILLIAMS. X. E. CRAVER and A. D MORTON.
 Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be elected from among the stock holders as the Bylaws of the corpo- ration may provide. The officers O. said corporation until their successor are elected shall be:
 c. A. WEIGH, President: s. L WHITzEL, Vice-President: c. B. WIS I-IAMS, Vice-Pres. and Manager: \ E. CRAVER. Secretary; A. D. NOR. TON. Treasurer.
 SIXTH: The highest amount of in. debtedness or liability. direct or con tingent, to which this corpora tion is q any time subject shall be One Hun dred Thousand and no 10Oths dollar (S1G0 000.GC). which amount does not ex ceed two- thirds of the amount Of tn capital stock.
 SEVENTH: The private property o the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate ie..t of any kind whatsoever.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We hav hereunto set cur hands and seals thi Nineteenth day of January, 1903.
 C. A. WEIGH. (Seal
 C. B. WILLIAMS. (Seal
 A. l.. CRAVER. (Seal \. D. MORTON. (Seal Indian Territory.
 Northern District, ss.
 On this - day of January, in tn year 1903 before me. E. G. Lewis, d No
 tary Public in and for the State an - County aforesaid, residing thereif
 duly commissioned and sworn, person
 ally appeared C. A. WEIGH, C. I
 WILLIAMS, A. F.. CRANER, A. l MORTON. known to me to be the pc.
 sons described in. whose names a;
 subscribed to, and who executed tn
 annexed instrument, and they acknoW ., ' edged to me that they executed th - same for the purposes and considers !, tons therein expressed.
 ,5 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I nav
 hereunto Set my hand and affixed m B, official seal at my office in the sai If state and County. the day and yea , last above written.
 (Notlry SeaD E. G. LEWIS 10 Notary Pubii