Arizona republican., 1903-02-11


 of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement: FIRST: The names of the corporal 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 or otherwise acquire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dis pose of. pledge, mortgage, hypotehcate anG deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property, mines, min ing claims, oil lands, mineral lands oil gas, asphaltu.3, petroleum, asbes- tos, salt, water and water rights and machinery, and to work, mine. explore operate and develop the same: to do general real estate, manufa curing and mercantile business; to own, handle and control letters patent and inven- tions and shares of capital stock of other corporations; to borrow money anG execute notes, bonds, mortga ges. 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 i'itory and elsewhere. not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 l THIRD: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be One Million dollars 1000. .OOOOO) di- vided into 1,O00,0oO shares of the par value of one dollar (S1.0O) 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 th= uses and purposes of said corpora tiOn. in payment for which shares of i may be issued. and the capital stock SC issued shall thereupon and thereby be- come and be fully paid up and non a.s:sessable. 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 com- mencement of this corporation shall b. the date of the filing of these Articles or Incorporation in the office of the Sec retary of Arizona. and the termina tior thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter
 FIFTH: The affairs of this corpora tion shall be conducted by a Board ot Six Directors and the following named shall constitute the Board of Director: until their successors are elected Johr T. Knox, Andrew A. Boswell. George Cox. w. Westmoreland. William A Cox. Henry C. Dooiey. Thereafter tn. Board of Directors shall be elected from 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 4. Boswell. President; ". West moreland, Nice-PfeSident: John T Knox, Secretary; John T. Knox Treas urer.
 SIXTH. The highest amount of in debtedness or liability. direct or contin- gent, to which this cCrporati tion is d any time subject shall be Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand dollars (S25O OOO O0) which amount does not exceed two.
 thirds the amount of the capital stock
 SEVENTH: The private property O
 the stockholders of this corporate shall be exempt from corporate debt. Of any kind whatsoever
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have
 hereunto set our hands and seals thi: . Fourteenth day of Jan., 1903.
 JOHN T. KNOX (Seal
 ANDREW A. BOSWELL. (Seaf G. cox (Seal w. WESTMORELAND. (Seal
 WILLIAM 4. COX. (SeaI l HENRY c. DOOLEY. (Seal . State of Kansas,
 County of Montgomery, ss
 ? On this Fourteenth day of January in the year 1903, before me. J. Me CTeary, Q Notary Public in and for tn, } State and County aforesaid. residns z therein, duly commissioned and sworn personally appeared John T. Knox, An ? drew A. Boswell George Cox, w. West |. moreland, William A. Cox and Henr, (. Dooley, known to me to be the per sons described in. whose names are sub l scribed to and who executed the an - nounced instrument and they acknow- t :edged to me that they executed tn, l same for the purposes and considera- 9 tiCns therein expressed.
 ] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hay . hereuDto set my hand and affixed m I official seal. at my office in the sai c State and County. the day and yea D last above written.
 /: CSotary Seal) J. McCREARY. |, Notary Public Q Notary commission expires March 2;