The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-08-27
State Of New Mexico
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CERTIFICATE or COMPARISON .
United States Of America
State Of New Mexico -
II s hereby certified, at the an
nexed is full, true ana complete
transcript Of the
CERTIFICATE OF INCORpORA-
TION
o.
COLUMBUS Gu. COMPANY
mo. s-4jD
with the Endorsements thereon, as
same appears on file and OF record in
the Office Of the State Corporation
Commission.
In Testimony Whereof the State
I, rporu,iun Commission ~ the State
Of New Mexico has caused thi, ccrtih-
cate to be- signed 10y its chairman and
the seal of said Commission, to he
affixed at the city Of Santa Fe on this
2lst day of August, \. ID, 1910.
ISeaN NJ. =. GROVES
I. Il. :. lOc. Chairman
Attest:
EDWIN r. COARD, Clerk.
CEWrIrIArE OF INCuWuRATloN
OF THE
COLUMBUS OIL COMPANY
Know All Men By These Presents,
That Nr. James =. Anderson, Elliott
\. Means and pcter.K. Lennon, Jr.
all cit zens and residents of the
County Of Luna and State Of New
Mexico, have this day associated our
solves together for the purpose of
forming corporation under the
provisions Of the Both Legislative As
,ombiy of the Territory of New Mex
ice. entitled, AN Act to Regulate
the Formation and Government Of
corporations for Mining, Manuiac-
turing, Industrial and othcrPursuits,
approved March 10, l95
We hereby certify as follows:
/. The corporate name OF said cor
puration is. Columbus Oil Company
IL. The principal place of business
Of said corporation is in the store
building of Lennon Il Romney in the
/ Village of Columbus, lana County
New Mexico, and Elliott \. Means
is the name of the agent in charge
thereof and upon whom process
against the corporation may be
served.
III. The objects for which this cor
poration is formed are AS follows:
First. TO acquireby purchase, lease
or otherwise, lands in Luna county,
Nrw Mexico, or in any other locality
for the purpose Of prospecting for,
and obtaining oil. gas. salt, sulphur
or other minerals: aud to that end Il
Idrill, or cauogd to Ice drilled, oil
wells, or sink, or cause To be sunk,
shafts for mining, and to buy, leas,
or otherwise acquire drilling rigs ol
other machinery or apparatus neccs
sary to fully accomplish said pur
poses: and it oil or other minerals
are found, then to market same to thu
best advantage.
Second. 10 engage in the tranSpor
tation of oil gas, salt. sulphur, q
other minerals, either produced b.
this corporation or other persons o
corporations, by means oi pipe lines
tramways, railroads, boats, barge
or other conyeyances or to lease O
sub-leasc all or any part thereof L
other persons or corporations for tn
like purposes, and, in order To full
carry out said objects and purposes
3 to purchase, lease or otherwise aC
quiIr pipe lines tramways, railroads
{ boats, barges, tank cars, locomotive
F, pumping stations, steam plants, al
plants and all other machinery, al
paratus and paraphernalia ncccssar
or incidental thereto.
Third. To build, construct, leas,
y purchase or otherwise acquire huilC
ings, machiney and other apparatu
? for refining, smelling, manuiacturir
!, or otherwise working up the produc
oi mineral lands, either produced /
this corporation or other persons {
corporations, and 10 refine, sm"l
manufacture or otherwise work up Il
!, by-products OF said minerals and
operate the said plant aud market Il
producers or by-products rs manuia
turcd tO the best advantage.
T. Fourth To engage in a general c
or mineral brokerage business
buying, selling or otherwise wadil
IN mineral lands or the products
by-products of mineral lands.
W Fifth. To carry ON such other bu'
ness pertaining To oil, gas, salt, 81