The Arizona sentinel., 1903-05-13
ARTICLES OF RECONSIDERATION
OF THE Hawthorne Oil Land and Invest ment Company.

Know all folks by these writings: That we, citizens of the United States of America whose names are underwrittcn, hereby adopt the fol- lowing articles of incorporation for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona.
 Article l.
 The names of the incorporators are: Clair George Andrews, Don c. knight Frank B. Neasey.
 The name of the corporation is: Hawthorne OlI Land and Investment Company.
 4he principal place of transacting business of she corporation is the City of Yuma, County of l una, Ierriyory of Arizona with branch off Ces ii LOS Ange.es, Cal, and other places.
 Article II.
 The general nature Of the business to be tran sactet Is tO pay, sell, lease and deal in claims prospects and mines containing any and all hl.-us ot minerals and metals, to develop the S4nIe ald market the product thereof. To dcqUlIo, hO4d, hire. let, tease, construct, erect Uul4o &Au operate, plants, mills, reinerleS, con ceiJratorS, snle4tlng works, cyanide plants, and sliiI and ,II Kinds of convenient or necessary ! s.luctures, systems or processes for the treat nleiiC, rcdGcVion and handling Of ores, minerals laIHcraI prCducJS, oil or oII bearing strataS. To acquire, no4u, hire, sell let lease construct and eIeeG DuI4ulIgS, use and maintain any and proper, necessary and convenient systems p4ants for lighting, hauIing, communicating it Or carrying on said mining or oil business to OperaUe and maintain the same in connection wlth said business; to acquire, hold, hire, Sell let, lease, own and operate water rights and wBCer ways; to own, acquire, hold hire, sell let lease, improve and deaI in all kinds of mining, oil, real and per sonal prUperCy, to loan and borrow money, to mortgage and execute its bonds, bills, notes, mortgages, trust deeds or pledges of any kind whatsoever, or any property, whether mining, oil, personal or real, security for money borrowed or money loaned; to buy, hold hire, sell, let, lease, subscribe for, hypotnecate, redeem, mortgage, or pledge and deal in stocks, bonds, notes and evidence of debt, mortgages, trust deeds, or other securities public or private in- corporations persons or associations and gen. eraIIy to do any and all things necessary, expe- dient, convenient proper or incident to the gen. eral business of mining, oil. smelting and oper- ating business, and do any and all things necessary, eXpedent and convenient to carrying on or handling all the products of the earth or to carry out or accomplish any and all of the foregoing objects.
 Article III.
 The highest amount of indebtedness and lia- biliJy direct or contingent, to which the corpor- aUiUn may at any time be subject shall not eX- ceed Twenty Thousand Dollars (S25,0OO).
 Article ".
 The capital stock of this corporation is Three Hundred Thousand Dollars $500, ,O0O), divided into Three Hundred Thousand (300,0O0) Shares of d par value of One Dollar (SlO0), and of said capital stock there shall be One Hundred Thou sand QOO000l Shares preferred stock, and Two Hundred Thousand (2U0.000) shares common stock, and before any dividends can be paid upon the common stock of this corporation a divi- denc of Five per Cent, e per cent.) per annum must be Geciared upon the preferred stock of thlS corporation.
 Article V.
 The term for which this corporation shall endure is twenty-five (25) years.
 Article VI.
 The number of trustees or directors of this corporation shall be five (5), who shall hold office for one year. 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- tionS, not inconsistent with the laws of the Ter rftory of Arizona for the governments and guid- arcc of the officers and affairs of this corpora tion.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have hereunto Sc1 Oul AdHOS anu SSd45, IItlS OISI udy OE harCD, 1903.
 CLAIR GEORGE ANDREWS,
 DON c. HAIGHT,
 FRNEK B. VEAsEY,
 HEkRY L. POTTER,
 w. J. CALDWELL
 F. T. HOFFMAN.
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
 CoHnty of Los Angeles D. Gu this 3lSt day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and three. before me E. J. Young; Notary Public in and for Sai1 county of Los EngeleS. State of California re- siding therein, duly commissioned and sworn personally appeared Clair George Andrews Don C. Haight, Frank B. VeaSey, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged that they executed the same.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have. hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and E,..f