The Winslow mail., 1912-03-09
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
THE JORDAN OIL AND DEVELOP.
MENT COMPANY

i
PRESENTS:
That we, the undersigned, have this
day associated ourselves together for
the purpose of forming corporation
under the laws of Arizona and for that
purpose do adopt the following charter:
ARTICLE 1
The name of this corporation shall be
THE JORDAN OIL and DEVELOP
MENT COMPANY.
ARTICLE IL
The principal place of business of
this Company shall be in the town of
Winslow, Arizona, at which place all
incorporators, stockholders, and di-
rectors, meetings shall be held and all
corporate business shall be transacted.
ARTICLE Ill
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be $5OO,00O 90 five hundred thou
sand dollars) and devided into 500, 700
shares Of a par value of one dollar each.
Said capital stock shall be paid up at
the date of issuance or at such time as
the Board of Directors may designate,
in money, property, labor or other va
luable right or thing; the judgement of
the Board of Directors as to the value
thereof shall be conclusive.
ARTICLE w
The general nature of The business in
which this corporation shall engage is
as follows, to wit:
TO do general business of develop
ment of oil land and the marketing of
oil; to buy, sell, own, hold, acquire,
lease, pledge, transfer, assign or other
wise dispose of all kinds of real estate,
personal property, easements, franch.
ises, rights of way, patent rights, water
rights, pipe lines, reservoirs, mill rights,
telephone, telegraph, tramways and all
other things necessary for carrying on
a general contracting, real estate, manu-
featuring and development business; to
enter into, make, perform and carry
out contracts of every nature, kind and
description with any person, firm, as
sociation or corporation, to the same
extent as a natural person might or
could do in any part of the world.
ARTICLE V
The affairs of this corporation shall
be conducted by a board of not less
than five, nor more than nine Directors,
who shall be elected annually on the
second Thursday of January of each
year, as the bylaws shall provide
ARTICLE vi
The highest amount of indebtedness
to which this COZ olporation shall subject
itself at any time shall nos exceed 5000,
10000 (Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars).
ARTICLE VII
This corporation is formed to endure
for twenty-five years after its articles
areduly executed, but its charter rights
may be renewed from time to time, for
periods of twenty years or less, per-
petually.
ARIlCLE VIII
The private property of all stOckhold-
ers of this corporation shall be and is
hereby made forever exempt from all
liability for its debts or obligations.
ARTICLE TX
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be and is hereby made forever
worcestershire by this corporation for
any purpose.
THOMAS RAMAGE.
JOSEPH JORDAN.
w. S. PATTERSON.
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA CO
COUNTY OF NAVAJO
Before me, Geo. H. .Keyes Jr., No.
tary Public in and fersald County and
Territory, on this day personally ap-
peared Joseph Jordan, W. s. Patterson
and Thomas Ramage, known to me to
be the persons who subscribed to the
foregoing instrument and acknowledge
TO- me that they executed the same for
the purposes and considerations therein
expressed.
Given under my hand and seal of
office this 3lst, day of January A. d.
Nineteen Hundred and Twelve.
Geo. H. Keyes Jr.
Notary Public.
My commission expires May 23rd, 1914.
Filed and recorded at the request of
W. s. Patterson, February l, 1912, at 3
a. m, and duly recorded in Vol. No. 1
of Interpretations, on pages 271, 272
and 273, Records of Navajo County,
Arizona. &c. HESS, JR., Recorder.
By G.M. G. HOUCK, Deputy.