The border vidette., 1911-05-20
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE ST. LOUIS AND ARIZONA OIL AND GAS COMPANY,

of forming a Corportion, under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end do desire;
 FIRST: The name of the Corporation shall be tho ST. LOUIS AND ATsI- IONA OIL AND GAS COMPANY. The principal office of the Company in Arizona shall be at Nogales. Santa Cruz County, and the Company may have such other offices, principal or branch, either within or without the Territory of ArizonR, as may be estab- lished by the Board of Directors. at which meetings of the Stock holders and Board of Directors may be held.
 SECOND: The time Of the commence ment of this Corporati n shall be the day of filing of the Articles of 1ncor- poration in the office of ihe County Recorder of Santa Cruz County, Ari- zonu, and certified copy thereof in the office of the Auditor of the Terri tory of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty five years there after, unless the same be renewed. or dissolved before that time by a ma jor- ity vOte of it's members, or by opera tion of law.
 THIRD: The general nature of the business of this Corporation Is as fol lows. to-wit: To locate. buy, bond, acquire. own. lease, possess, operate, or sell or otherwise dispose of mines or mining claims or prospects of gold, silver and copper, and all other kinds of mining or mineral lands or pros poets; to buy, loase, or otherwise ac- quiro, to hold and own. manage. oper- otherwise dispose of, and develop lands, concessions. franchises, rights of way, mining claims, oil wells and oil lands, gas and other real estate, water rights, and interest in any of said prop critics; to engage in and carry on the business of mining of buildings and operating stamp mills, and other mills, extracting tho precious and other metals, boring. digging, drilling, tun- neliDg, and exploring for. producing, featuring. piping. carrying, hauling. storing, dealing in, buying and selling gold, silver, copper, coal, iron, lead, oil. petroleum, mineral, gas, asphal- tum, bitumen. bltumenous rock, and other minera! and hydrocarbon sub stances. and the products of all such substances; and for such purposes to buy, contract for. lease or otherwise acquire. hold, owp, manage and oper ate, mortgage. sell, or otherwise dis pose of rednerles. pipe. lines. tanks, cars, nlanufacturieS, machinery and other works. property and appliances, franchises and rights of way for tran sporting and freighting. as may be necessary or incident to or auxiliary to sad business or pertaining thereto, that may bs deemed necessary or con- venient or appurtenant by tue Board of Directors of said Cooperation. also as factor or agent to engage in aud carry on any of the occupations herein mentioned or any portion thereof. Also to establish and carry on agency, of fices stores, storage tanks, structures. appliances and houses, and to buy and sell all articles or products manufact- ,lred by itself or other Corporations in Arizona, or in any other State or Ter ritory of tho United States. or in for eign countries. Also to purchase or otherwise acquire, hold. pledge, hypo- thecate, sell or otherwise dispose of shares of the capital stock of other corporations or of this corporation, and also bonds, debeutures, bills, promis sory notes, mortgages and pledges of this or other corporations, partnerships or porsops; to borrow or loan money, to give and receive mortgages. to ma: nufRcture electricity, obtain rights Of way. erect poles. string wires and buy or sell electricity, also to bargain and agree for. buy, sell, hypothecate, mort gage, and in any and every way and manner deal in and with goods, wares and merchandise, real estate, mines. 1 and mining machinery, chose in ac- ttOn, and other property in possession or in action, or in expectancy, and to make, do and transact all and every kind of business Of what nature and kind soever: to sign, acknowledge, ex- ecute. and deliver such deeds. coyen- ants, denturo5, mortgages, hyDOthe- cations, bottomries, bills of ladipg, bills, bonds, notes, receipts, evidences of dobtS, release and satisfaction of mortgages. judgments and such other instruments of writing of whatsoever kind and paturo as may be necessary or convenient or proper in the pre- mises; to buy. procure, hold, own, sell, let, demise, mortgage. construct, equip, maintain, and operate railroads. ferries, tramwayS, stage lines, and any and all other means of transportation, inc'ud- ing equipments thereof and therefor, for mining or for any other lawful use or purpose; to build. construct, manu- facture, to repair, buy, own and Opor- ate, lease, sell, mortgage, or otherwise hypothecate all kinds of boats, barges, steamships, sailing vessels, and all kinds of wnter craft and any and all things incident or pertaining thereto: to acquire, locate. manufacture, pro- cure, construct, buy, hold, own, sell, lease. let, demise, mortgage, maintain, operate, develop, distribute, transmit and furnish both for itself and others, water rights. water power, electric light, electric light plants, electric power, steam power, and any and all other kinds of power for any and all lawful business and purposes; to treat, smelt, mill. stamp, and reduce ores, metals, bullion and concentrates of every kind, nature and descriptions; to erect. construct, maintain, operate. buy, hold, own. sell. lease, demise, mortgage or otherwise dispose of mills, smelters, concentrators and any and all kinds of machinery and parts and appliances incident or pertaining CT necessary thereto; to engage fn tho business of s.-- sr