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of the said corporation on the 9th
day of March, A. D. 1914, was fifty
million dollars ($50,000,000), divided
into five hundred thousand (500, ,000l
shares of the par value of one hun
dred dollars ($1O0) each; that of said
| 100000 shares of the capital stock
there had been, at said date, sub
scribed for and issued and were then
outstanding 457,S17 9O5752-983383
shares.
That thereafter and on the 9th day
of March, A. D. 1914, there was filed
with the Secretary of said corporation,
and the same is now on file in the Of
flee of the corporation, the written
assent of stockholders representing
more than two-thirds of the capital
stock of said corporation subscribed
and issued on said 9th day of March,
A. d. 1914, to wit, stockholders owning
and holding on the books of the
/ said corporation 322,O46 128799-983383
shares out of the total of 457,817
9O5752-983383 shares of the capital
stock of said corporation subscribed
and issued on said 9th day of March,
1914, to the extension of the term of
the corporate existence of said cor
|
/ day of March, A. D. 1914, that is to
say, to the 1st day of March, A. D.
1864, said written assent being in
words and figures as follows, to wit:
being in words and figures as follows,
/ to wit:
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES
ENTS:
That, whereas, the Board of Direc-
tors of Standard Oil Company, a cor
poration under the laws of California,
at meeting of said Board, duly and
regularly called and held at the office
of said corporation in the City of Rich
mond, County Of Contra Costa, State of
/ California, on Tuesday, the 9Th day
of January, 1914, at which meeting of
said Board all of the members thereof
were present, acting and concurred
therein, passed certain preambles and
adopted certain resolution by the
unanimous vote of all Of the Directors
of said corporation, which said pre-
ambles and resolution are in the words
and figures following, to wit:
Whereas, this corporation was in
corporated under the name of Pacific
Coast Oil Co. on the 10th day of Sep
tember, A. D. 1879; and
Whereas, thereafter, and on the 23rd
day of July, A. D. 1906, in proceedings
duly and regularly had in that behalf,
the name of this corporation was
changed to Standard Oil Company,
which last name ever since has been
and still is the corporate name of this
corporation; and
Whereas, the term of the corporate
existence of this corporation, accord
ing to it's articles of incorporation,
will expire on the 10th day of Septem-
Der, 1929; and
Whereas, it is for the best interests
and advantage of this corporation, and
of the stockholders thereof, that the
/ term of it's corporate existence be ex-
tended for period of fifty years from
| the first day of March, 1914, in the
manner provided by Section of Arti-
Gle XII of the Constitution of the State
of California, and by Section 401 of
the Civil Code of said State:
Resolved: That the proposition of
extending the term of the corporate
existence of this corporation for fifty
years from the first day of March,
| 1914, be submitted to the stockholders
of this corporation for their written
assent, and that when stockholders
representing two-thirds of the capital
| stock of this corporation shall have
signed such written assent, the Presi-
dent and Secretary and majority of
| the Directors of this corporation be,
and they are hereby, authorized and
directed to file in the office of the
| County Clerk of the City and County
of San Francisco, State of California,
that being the office where the orig
| inal articles of incorporation were
filed, the certificate required by Sec
tion of Article XII of the said Con-
stitution, and by Section 401 of the
said Civil Code, and to file in the Of
| flee of the Secretary of State of the
| State of California a copy of such GER
tificate, certified by said County Clerk,
and to do all other matters and things
proper and required by law to effect
such extension
Now, Therefore, we, and each of us,
| the undersigned, each being the owner
and holder, respectively, of the num-
Der of shares of the capital stock of
said Standard Oil Company corpora
tion organized and existing under the
laws of the State of California, set
opposite the respective name of each
| of us, do, and each of us does hereby
in writing, assent that the term of the
corporate existence of said corporation
be, and the same is hereby, extended
| for fifty years from the first day of
| March, 1914, that is to say, to the first
day of March, 1854
In Witness Whereof, each of us has
hereunto set his hand and seal, and
set opposite the respective name of
each Of us is the number Of shares
of the capital stock Of said Standard
Oil Company California; owned and
! held by each of us"
That said written assent was signed
by stockholders of said corporation
representing more than two-thirds Of
! the capital stock of said corporation,
| to wit, stockholders owning and hold
ing on said 9Th day of March, A. D.
| 1914, upon the books of said corpora
ton 322,O46 12S799-983383 shares out
of the total of 457,817 905752-983383
| shares of the subscribed and issued
capital stock of said corporation.
We do further certify that D. G.
| Scofield, prior to said 9Th day of Jan
uary, 1914 was and at all times since
has been and now is the President
of said corporation and that F. H
Hillman was from the goth day of
| September, 1913, up to the End day of
June, A. D. 1914, the Secretary of said
corporation, and that H. M. Storey is,
and at all times herein mentioned
since said End day of June, A. D. 1914,
has been the Secretary of said cor
poration, and that the number of
directors of said corporation prior
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