Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1904-10-05
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 to that
end we make the following statement:
First: The names of the incorpordtors
are: M. Y. Snyder. Erie, Kansas; F. NJ.
Denton. South Mound, Kansas: H. ]. Harris,
Kansas City, Mo-; A. f. Feldt, Kansas City,
Mo-; @. W. Sellers, Beloit, Kansas, and H.
7. 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 aG jerome, 1avapal 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 bust
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 smelling bust
ness; and in general to do all things neces
sary to the proper conduct of the business
of this corporation in the territory or Ari-
IONA 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
dred and fifty thousand (250,000) shares
of the par value of one dollar (S1.00) 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 ana 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, 81. ]. Harris, O. W.
Sellars and H. 2. 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; II. 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
ject, shall be SIS, 900, which amount does not
exceed twO-thirds of the amount of capital
stock.
Seventh: The private property of the
and the agents of this corpora
ton 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,
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