The Arizona sentinel., 1903-05-20
ARTICLES OF RECONSIDERATION
OF THE Hawthorne Oil Land and Invest ment Company.

ment Company. Know all folks by these writings: That we citizens of the United States of America, whose names are underwritten, hereby adopt the fol- lowing articles of incorporation for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona.
 ArticleI
 The names of the incorporators arc: Clair George Andrews, Don C. Haight, Frank B. Veasey.
 The name of the corporation is: Hawthorne Oii Land and Investment Company The principal place of transucting business of the corporation is the City of Yuma, County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, with branch off ceS in Los Angeles. Cal, and other places.
 Article II.
 The general nature of the business to be tran sacted is to buy, sell lease and deal in claims, prospects and mines containing any and all kinds of minerals and metals to develop the same and market the product thereof TO acquire, hold, hire, let lease, construct. erect, build and operate, plants, mills. refineries, con centrators, smelting works cyanide plants and
 
 structures, systems or processes for the treat Inent, reduction and handling of ores, minerals mineral products oil or oil bearing stratas. To acquire hold, hire sell, let lease, construct and erect buildings, use and maintain any and all proper, necessary and convenient systems plants for lighting. hauling. communicating it or carrying on said mining or oil business to operate and maintain the same in connection with said business: to acquire, hold, hire. sell, let lease, own and operate water rights and wBter ways; to own, acquire, hold, hire. sell. let, lease, improve and deal in al kinds of mining. oil, real and per soral property, to loan and borrow money. to mortgage and execute it's bonds, bills, notes, mortgages, trust deeds or pledges of any kind whatsoever, or any property. whether mining, oil. personal or real as security for money borrowed or money loaned; to buy, hold, hire, sell, let, lease, subscribe for, hypothec2te, redeem, mortgage, or pledge and deal in stocks, bonds, notes and evidence of debt. mortgages, trCSJ deeds, or other securities, public or private in- corporations. persons or associations. and gen crilI4y to do any and all things necessary eXpe- dlent. convenient. proper or incident to the gen eIal business of mining. oil. SmeIting and oper ating business, and do any and all things necessary, expedlent 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- biiity direct or contingent to which the corpor- atiOn may at any time be subject shall not ex- ceed Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars (S25,00O).
 Article ".
 The capital stock of this corporation is Three Hundred Thousand Dollars (T300. .0U0l. divided into Three Hundred Thousand (30O0O0) Shares Of par value of One Dollar (Sl.00), and of said capital stock there shall be One Hundred Thou sand O00,G00) Shares preferred stock, and Two Hundred Thousand (200.O0O) shares common stock, and before any dividends can be paid upon the common stock of this corporation a divi- dend of Five per Cent 6 per cent.) per anEum must be declared upon the preferred stock of this corporation.
 Article " Q 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, or 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 ritory of Arizona for the government and guid- ancc of the officers and affairs of this corpora tiOn. IN WITNESS WHEREOF. We have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Slst day of March 1903
 CLAIR GEORGE ANDREWS,
 DON C. HAIGHT.
 FRANK B. VEASEY.
 HARRY L. POTTER,
 W. J. CALDWELL,
 F. T. HOFFMAN.
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
 County of Los Angeles, " O,, hi 0tStd of in, fl,o thousand nine hundred and three. before me, F.. J Young a Notary Public in and for Saili county of Los Angeles. State of California re siding therein duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Clair George Andrews. Don C. Haght. 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 year in this certificate first above written, [SEALl E. J. YOUNG. Notary Public in and for the County of Los Angeles. State of California. Received for record April i, 1903, at clock P. M.. at request Of Wells Fargo & Go. Recorded in Book No of Articles of Incorporation, page lS2. et seq, Records of Yuma County, Arizona
 c. P. GRONIN,
 Recorder. By O. B. BoNDESSON.
 Deputy Recorder. First publication May 6, 1903.