The Arizona sentinel., 1904-07-13
Articles Of Incorporation Of the Geek County Oil and Gas C,nnnanY.

0l th6 C00k G0lHty UA dEia UdS
 Company. Know all men by these presents that:
 We, whose names arc hcrcunto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purposa of forming q corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end adopt the following articles of incorpora- tion:
 ARTICLES I.
 The names Of the incorporators of the said corporation are Frank P. Sadlcr, Grant Orr, Wiliara D. Schmidt. The name of this corpo- ration shall be Cook County Oil and Gas Com pany. The principal place in which the busi ness of the corporation within the Territory of Arizona is to be transacted is Yuma, in the county of Yuma and Territory of Arizona, and the principal place of business of the said cor poration outside of the Territory of Arizona shall be the city of Chicago in the county of Cook and state of Illinois, ut which place meet ings of the board of directors may be held and the said corporation may have such branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona as may be establ ished by the board of directors.
 ARTICLES II.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by the said corporation is as follows, to-wit: To lease, locate, buy or ac- qure by any means of purchase, all kinds of mineral lands and to obtain title to the same; to buy, sell, operate and clCp oil wells and oil property; to own, acquire, lease hold sell and convey all kinds of real and personal prop erty to locate, buy and sell water rights and still sites; to buy. sell acquire, deal in and hy- pothccate the shares Of other incorporated com panics; to act a plcdyce trustee. and attorney n fact. assignee CT receiver; to bore for. pro dGce, refine Eanuf2cturc pipe,. store, buy aud sell oil and other hydr0-car5on substances, and all minerals and che1nicals; to buy and sell all kinds of merchandise and to owa and opc.c- ate stores for dealing in the same; and gener- ally to condces any business aforesaid as any private individual may do. either in Arizona or in any other state CT territory Of tho United States, or in any foreign country.
 ARTICLE III.
 Tia authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be one million dollars (Si ,000,OOO), divided into one million Q,010010} shares of the par value of one dollar (sD each At such time as the board of directors may di- 
 paid in to this corporation, eicher in cash OF by the sale and transfer to it of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said cor poration, in payment of which, shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued, and the said capital stock So issued shall there upon and thereby become and be fully paid up and mona ssessable, and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction, the judgment of tue directors as to the value of the property pDr- chased shall be conclusive. ARTICLE ".
 The time of commencement of this corpo- ration shall be the date of filing these articles of incorporation in the office Of the auditor of Arizona, and the termination of tho said corporation shall by twenty-five years thereGftcr.
 ARTICLE V. The affairs Of this corporation shall be man aged by 8 board of directors composed of five stockholders, who shall be elected annually on the second Monday in January of each year. and until snch election the following named stock holders shall serve as directors of this corpora tion for the ensuing year until tine second Mon day in January, 1905 and the election of their successors, to-wlt: Frank P Sadler, William D. Schmidt and Grant Orr.
 ARTICLES VI.
 The highest amount Of indebtedness or liabil- ity, direct or contingent to which this corpora tion shall at any time subject itself shall be twenty-five hundred dollars. which amount does not exceed two-thirds of the capital stock of this corporation.
 ARTICLES VII.
 The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from liability for corporate debts of any kind whatsoever, In wi mess whereof we have hereuuto set our hands and seals this 1ith day of June, 1901.
 Graat Orr, [Seall
 William D. Schmidt tSealE
 Frank P. SadIor LScall State of Illinois,
 County of Cook,
 Before me, James C,O'Brien, a notary public in and for the state of Illinois and county Of Cook dnly commissioned and sworn and resid- ing therein on this day personally appeared Grant Orr, William D. Schmidt and Frank P. Sadler, known to me to be the persons de scribed in, whose names are subscribed to, and who executed the foregoing instrument, and they acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and considerations expressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of office this llth day of June, \. D. 1901, at my olfice in the said county and state.
 James c. o i3ricn, fSeGlI Notary Public, My commisson expires April 12, 1908.