The border vidette., 1911-05-27
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE ST. LOUIS AND ARIZONA OIL AND GAS
 COMPANY.

KNOW ALI MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
 That wa, the undersigned hereby asso-
 ciate ourselves together for the purpose
 of forming a Corportiou, under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end do desire;
 FIRST: The name of the Corporation
 shall be the ST. LOUIS AND ARI-
 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 Arizona, as may be estsb- lished by the Board of Directors, at and Board of Directors may be held.
 SECOND: The time of the commen ce
 ment of this Corporation shall be the day of filing of the Articles of Incor
 poration in Che office of the County Recorder of Santa Cruz County, Ari- zona, 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 major ity vote of its members, or by opera tion of law.
 THIRD: The general nature of the business of this Corporation is as fol lows. 10 wit: To locate, buy, bond, acquire; 51 D. own. lease, oa possess operate
 
 or mining claims or prospects of gold, silver and copper, and all other kinds of mining or mineral lands or pros poets; to buy, lease, or otherwise ac- quire, to hold and own, manage, oper- ate, improve. mortgage, sell, convey or 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
 A~ l business of mining of buildings and operating stamp mills, and other mills. extracting the precious and other metals, boring, digging, drilling. tun- neling, and exploring for, producing, refining, distilling. treating manu- storing, dealing in, buying and selling gold, silver, copper, coal, iron, lead, oil, petroleum, mineral, gas. asphal- tum, bitumen, bitumenous rock, and other mineral and hydrocarbon sub- stances. and the products of all such substances; and for such purposes to buy, contract for. lease or otherwise acquire. hold, own, manage and oper- nte, mortgage, sell, or otherwise lis pose of refneries. pipe, lines, tanks, cars, man nufacturies, 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, or that may be deemed necessary or con- venient or appurtenant by the Board of Directors of said Corporation. also as factor or agent to engage in and carry on any of the occupations herein ment tioned or any portion thereof. Also to establish and carry on agency, of Aces. stores, storage tanks, structures, appliances and houses, and to buy and sell all articles or products manufact- ured by itself or other Corporations in | Arizona, or in any other State or Ter ritory of the 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 | or of this corporation, and | also bonds, debentures, bills, promis | sory notes, mortgages and pledges of | or persons; to borrow or loan money, to give and receive mortg ages. 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 deal in and with goods, wares and merchandise, real estate. mines. and mining machinery, chose in &C., tion, and other property in possession pr in action, or in expectancy. and to make, do and transact all and every
  kind soever; to sign, acknowledge, eX- Dcute, and deliver such deeds. coven- ants, indentures, mortgages, hypothe- cations, bottomries, bills of lading, bills, bonds, notes, receipts, evidences )f debts, release and satisfaction of judgments and such other of writing Of whatsoever xind and nature as may be necessary pr convenient or proper in the pre- nises; to buy, procure, hold, own, sell, ct, demise, mortgage. construct, cqnip, and operate railroads, ferries, .ramways, stage lines, and any and all other means of transportation, includ ng equipments thereof and therefor, Or mining or for any other lawful use ,r purpose; to build. construct, manu- 'acture, to repair, buy, own and oper- ate, lease, sell, mortgage, or otherwise nypothecate all kinds of boats, barges, steamships, sailing vessels, and all kinds of water craft and any and all things incident or pertaining thereto: to acquire, locate. manufacture. pro- ,ure, construct, buy, hold, own, sell, ease, let, domise, mortgage, maintain, operate, develop, distribute, transmit md 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, ,melt, mill. stamp, and rcd luce oros, metals, bullion and concentrates of avery kind, nature and description; to erect. construct, main tain, operate. buy, hold, own, soil, loase, demise, mortgage )r otherwise dispose Of mills, smelters,