Arizona republican., 1903-02-19

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- qulre. own. exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of. pledge. mortgage, hypothe cate and deal in real estate and any and all 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, 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 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 Territory and elsewhere. not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Ter ritory of Arizona.
 THIRD: The authorized amount Of capital stock of this corporation shall h n,-n U~ sand dollars s1.5OO, ,OOO.OO) divided into one million five hundred thousanl shares of the par value of One Dollar (S1.00 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 transfer to it of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said corporation, 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 thereby become and be fully paid up and non-assessa ble, and in the absence of fraud in the transa ction 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 terminal = tion thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 FIFTH: The affairs of this corpo- ra tion shall be conducted by a Board of Five Directors and the following named | shall constitute the Board of Directors until their successors are elected: C. A. WEIGH, s. l.. WHITZEL, C. F. i WILLIAMS. A. E. CRAVER and A. D. MORTON
 Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be elected from among the stock l nClders as the Bylaws of the corpo- ration may provide. The officers ol said corpora tion until their successor are elected shall be:
 C. 4. WEIGH. President: s. l. WHITZEL. Vice President; c. B. WILL l IIAMS. Nice-Pres. and Mana ger: X 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 ton is a any time subject shall be One Hun. dred Thousand and no 100ths dollar: ($100, GOO 00). which amount does not ex ; ceed two-thirds of the amount of tn: capital stock.
 SEVENTH: The private property O. 1 the stockholders of this corpora tior shall be exempt from corporate iei,t: of any kind whatsoever.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We hav' hereunto set our hands and seals thi: Nineteenth day of January, 1903.
 C. A. WEIGH. (Seal
 C. B. WILLIAMS. (Seal A. E. CRAVER. (Seal
 A D. MORTON. Seal Indian Territory.
 Northern District ss
 On this - day of January, in tn, year 19O3 before me, E. G. Lewis, No tary Public in and for the State anc County aforesaid. residing therein duly commissioned and sworn. person ally appeared C. A. WEIGH, C. E WILLIAMS, A. F.. CRAVER, A. T MORTON, known to me to be the per sons described in, whose names az subscribed to, and who executed tn annexed instrument and they acknowl edged to me that they executed th same for the purposes and coasidera 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 SeaD l.. G. LEWIS
 Notary Pubic
 My commission expires May :, 1905. Territory of Arizona.
 County of MariCopa, ss.
 I. E. F McFall, County Recorder i and for the County and TerrItor aforesaid. hereby certify that I hay compared the foregoing copy with tn original Articles of Incorporati of tn l RAMONA OIL and GAS COMPANY filed and recorded in my office on Il, 23rd day of Jan'y, 1903, in Book N, ! 13 of interpretations, at Page -, an that the same is a full, true and coI , rect copy of such original and of th whole thereof.
 } Witness my hand and seal of office this 23rd day of Jan'y. 1903.
 (SeaD B. F. McFALI. County Recorde By A. s. ARTHUR, Deputy. Io1 tl,a .f+ II,