Arizona republican., 1903-02-12

 of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 FIRST: The names of the corpora tors are: John T. Knox, Andrew A. Boswell, George Cox w. Westmoreland, William A. Cox, Henry C. Dooley, and the name of the corporation shall be THE BUCK HORN OIL AND MINING COMPANY. The principal place in which the business of said corporation 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 Bartlesville. Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory. at which meetings of the Board of Direc- tors may be held, and the corporation may have such branch offices either within or without the Territory of Ari- zona 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 CT otherwise acquire own, exchange, sell or otherwise dis pose Of, pledge, mortgage, hypotehcate and deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property. mines, min- ing claims, oil lands. mineral lands. oil, gas, asphaltum, petroleum, asbes- tos salt. water and water rights and machinery, and to work. mine. explore, operate and develop the same: to do 9 general real estate, manufacturing and mercantile business; to own, handle and control letters patent and inven- tions and shares of capital stock of other corporations: to borrow money and execute notes, bonds. mortgages. 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 obliga- tions 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 natural person might or could do; and in general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the Ter ritory and elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 THIRD: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be One Million dollars (S1000. .00000) di- vided into 1,000000 shares of the par value of one dollar (S1.OO} 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 trans cir to it of real or personal property for tha uses ard purposes of said corpora tion. in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said corpora tion may be issued, and the capital stock SC issued shall thereupon and thereby be- ! come and be fully paid up and non assessable and in the absence 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 con- mencement of this corporation shall b. the date of the filing of these Articles Of Incorporation in the office of the Sec retary of Arizona, and the termination theI Ieof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 FIFTH: The affairs of this corpora ton shall be conducted by a Board o1 Six Directors and the following named shall constitute the Board of Director. 1 until their successors are elected: Johr T. Knox, Andrew A. Boswell George Cox. w. Westmoreland, William A 1 Cox. Henry C. Dooley. Thereafter tho | Board of Directors shall be elected frolr among the stockholders as the bylaws of the corporation may provide. The officers of said corporation until then successors are elected shall be: An. drew A Boswell. President; w. West moreland. Vice-P President; John T Knox, Secretary; John T. Knox, Treas urer.
 SIXTH. The highest amount of in debtedness or liability, direct or contin l gent, to which this corporation is a any time subject shall be Two Hundret and Fifty Thousand dollars (S25O, ,O0O. .OO) which amount does not exceed two thirds the amount of the capital stock
 SEVENTH: The private property O the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debt of any kind whatsoever
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. We hay, hereunto set our hands and seals thi Fourteenth day of Jan., 19G3
 JOHN T. KNOX. (Seal
 ANDREW A. BOSWELL. (Seal
 G. COX. (Seal
 W. WESTMORELAND. (Seal
 WILLIAM A. CON. (Seal
 HENRY C. COOLEY. (Seal State of Kansas.
 County of Montgomery. ss
 On this Fourteenth day of January in the year 1903, before me. J. Me | Creary. q Notary Public in and for tn State and County aforesaid residin; therein. duly commissioned and sworn personally appeared John T. Knox. An drew A. Boswell. George Cox. w West moreland, William A. Cox and Henr, C. Dooley. known to me to be the per sons described in, whose names are sub scribed to and who executed the an nounced instrument and they acknow iedged to me that they executed th' same for the purposes and considera tionS therein expressed.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I hay ! hereunto set my hand and affixed m official seal at my office in the sai State and County. the day and yea | last above written.
 (Notary Seel) J. McCREARY.
 Notary Publi,