Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-09-14
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION THE NEOSHO OIL AND GAS
 COMPANY.

Know All Men By These Presents, that we, whose names are hereunto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the territory of Arizona and 10 that end we make the following statement:
 First: The names of the incorpordtors are: M. V. Snyder, Erie, Kansas; F. M. Denton, South Mound, Kansas; H. J. Harris, Kansas City, Mo. A. F. Feldt, Kansas City, Mo-; c. W. Sellers, ,Beloit, Kansas, and H. F. Paddock, Marion, Kansas, and the name of the incorporation shall be the Neosho Oil and Gas Company. The principal place in which the business of said corporation with in the Territory of Arizona is to be transact ed is aC Jerome, Yavapai county, Arizona, and the principal place of business outside of said Territory of Arizona, shall be the city of Erie, Neosho county, Kansas, at which meetings of stockholders and the board of directors may be held. and the corporation may have such branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona as may be established by the board of directors.
 Second: The general nature of the busi- ness proposed to be transacted by this corpo- ration is as follows, to wit:
 To make contracts; to purchase, lease, bond, locate or otherwise acquire, own, ex- change, sell, or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate and deal in real estate and any of all kinds of personal prop erty, mines, mining claims, oil lands, min eral lands, oil, gas, asphaltum, petroleum, coal, asbestos, salt water and water rights, and machinery, and to work, mine, explore, operate and develop the same, to engage in the business of supplying the above named products to individuals and public and private corporations and to engage in the general manufacturing and smelting busi- ness; and iD general to do all things neces sary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the territory or Ari- zona and elsewhere. not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the terri tory of Arizona.
 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, (S250.000) divided into two hun dred and fifty thousand (250,000) shares of the par value of one dollar (Sl00) each. At such times as the board of directors may by resolutions direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation, either in cash or by sale and transfer to it real estate or personal property for the uses and pur- poses of said corporation, in payment for which shares of capital stock of said corpo- ration may be issued, and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby be- come and be fully paid up and non-assess- able. and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction, the judgment of the direc- tors as to the value of the property shall be conclusive.
 Fourth: The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these articles of the corporation in the office of the county recorder and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 Fifth: The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of directors, not less than two or more than eight in number, and the following named shall con- stitute the board of directors until their sue cessors are elected; NJ. V. Snyder, F. NJ. Denton, A. F. Feldt, H. J. Harris, O. W. Sellars and H. r. Paddock. Thereafter the board of directors shall be elected among the stockholders on the first Monday in Jan uary of each year. The officers of said corporation, until their successors are elect ed, shall be NJ. V. Snyder, President; H. J. Harris, Vice President; F. NJ. Denton, Treasurer and A. F. Feldt, Secretary.
 Sixth: The highest amount of indebted ness or liability, direct or contingent, to which this corporation is at any time sub iect, shall be $25, 900, which amount does not exceed twC-thirds of the amount of capital stock.
 Seventh: The private property of the stockholders and the agents of this corpora tion shall be exempt from corporate debts of any kind or character whatsoever.
 In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 18th day of July,