The Arizona sentinel., 1903-06-10
ARTICLES Qf INCORPORATION
or THE Hawthorne Oil Land and Invest
ment Company.
or THE

Know all folks by these writings: That we citizens of the United States of America whose names are unde~written, hereby adopt the fol lowing articles of incorporation for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory Of Arizona.
 Article !.
 Thc names of the incorporators are: Clair George Andrews Don C. Haight. Frank B. Vccsey.
 The name of the corporation !s: Hawthorne Oii Land and Investment Company. The principal place cf trausacting business cf ;hc corporation ie the City of Yuma County of Yuma. Territory of Arizona, with branch off cc~ in Los Angeles, Cal. and other places.
 Article H.
 The general nature of the business 10 be tran >acted k 70 by. "el. lease and deal in claims, prospects and mines containing any and all kinds of minerals and metals to develop the same and market the prcduc: thero0f. To acquire, hold, hire. let lease. construct. erect. build and operate plants. mills. refncrieS con cenuratOTs, smelling HOrES. cyanide pants. and &ay and al kinds of convenient or necessary structures, systems or processes for the treat mcnt rCGUclon and handling or ores minerals, mineral products. Cil or oil bearing straJaS. To acquire. hold. hire. Seil let lease construct and erect buildings. Use and mHiHUIlu any anu al proper, necessary and convenient systems. plants for lighting hauling. communicating Il or carrying on sad mining or oil business. to operate and maintain the same in connection wljh said business: t0 acquire hold. hire. sell, let. lease own and operate WHjcr rights hire. sell, I,t, lease, improve and dcal in all kinds Of mining. oil. real and per so2aI pfopersy, to loan and borrow money, to mortgage and execute il, bonds. bills, notes, mortgages. trust deeds or pledges of any kind whatsoever or any property, whether mining, oil, personal or real. a. security for money borrowed O. money leaned; to bug. hold, hire. sell let. lease. subscribe for hypotaecate redeem, mortgage or. pc, % and deal in stocks. bends, notes and evidence of uCbt mortgages, trust deeds. or other securities. public or private iG- corporations. persons or associations. and gen eTaLy tO do any and ali things necessary. eXpc- dicut. convenient. proper or incident to the gen cral business Ct mining. ell. smelling and Opcr atluT business, and dO any and all things necessary. eXpeGient and convenient tC carrying on or handling all the products of the earth. or to t-.rry out or accomplish any and atl of the foregoing oDlcctS.
 Article III.
 The highest amount of indebtedness and lia- bility direct or contingent to which the corpor- a,ion nay G; any time he subject shall not ex- cced Twenty five Thousand Dollars (S20,000).
 ArjicleIv
 The capital stock of this corporation k Three Hundred Thousand Dollars (t3JDUG0). div iQed into Three Hundred Thousand tS00c00 Shares of a par value of Onc Dollar (Sl.09), and of said capital stock there snail be One Hundred Thou sand llOD.OOJ) Shares preferred stock, and Two Hundred 1hous;.nd (200GG0) shares common stock. and before any dividends can be paid upon the common stock Of this corporation a divi- dend of Five per Cent. e per cent) per annum must be declared upon the preferred stock Of this corporation.
 Article V. UThc term for which this corporation shall endure is twenty-five C25) years.
 Article VI -- The number of trustees CT directors of this corporation shall be i've lo), who Shall hold office for one year, CT until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
 Article VII
 The directors of this corporation shall have power to make bylaws and rules and regula lions. not incU0siStent with the laws of the Ter ritory Of Arizona, for the government and gUd- ance Of the officers and affairs of this corpora tiGn.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. We have hereunto set our hands and seals, this 3lst day of March 1903.
 CLAIR GEORGE ANDREWS,
 DON C. HAIGET
 FRANK E. NEASEY
 HARRY l.. POTTER,
 ". j. CALDWELL
 F. T. HOFFMAN.
 STATE OF CALIFoRNEA.
 County of Los Angeles, 7' Gu this 3lst day of March. in the year one thousand nine hundred and three. before me l.. !. Young. g Notary Public in and for saiG county of Los Angeles. State of California re- siding herein. duly commissioned and sworn. personally appeared Clair George Andrews. Don C. Bajghi, Prank B. NcaScy. known to nc to be tho Da--O3S whose names are subscribed to the within instrument. and acknowledged that they executed the same
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF l have hereuntO set my hand and affixed nay official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. TSEALl T. J. YOUNG. Notary Public ia and for the County Of Los Angeles State of California. Received fOrTecOrG April {, 1903 at o'clock p. Ii. ai request of Wells. Fargo < Co. Recorded +: Book No. of articles Of incorporation, page 1S3. ct. sec, Records Of Yuma County. Arizona Territory
 C. r. GROWN.
 Recorder. By o. B. BONDEssoN,
 Deputy Recorder. First publication May G. 1903.