The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-06-15
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 whom are citizens of the State of Ari- zona, do voluntarily associate our selves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona, and to that end we do hereby certify as follows:
 ARTICLE I.
 The name of this corporation is ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO OIL COMPANY.
 ARTICLE II.
 The place where the principal busi- ness of said corporation is to be tran sacted is the Town of Clifton, County of Greenlee, State of Arizona. The corporation by and through it's Board of Directors may establish branch off ces within or without the State of Ari- zona where meetings of the Board of Directors may be held.
 ARTICLE IT.
 The names of the incorporators are:
 D. E. Address, residence Clifton, Arizona, postoffice address Clifton. Arizona.
 Asa Miller, residence Clifton, Ari- zona, postoffice address Clifton, Ari- Zona.
 M. Q. Hardin, residence Lerdsburg, New Mexico; postoffice address Lords
 
 B. B. Ownby, residence Lordsburg, New Mexico, postoffice address, Lords burg, New Mexico. J. O. Phillips, residence Clifton, Ari- zona, postoffice address Clifton. Ari- zona.
 ARTICLE ".
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted and con- ducted by this corporation is as fol- lows:
 To buy and otherwise acquire, to hold and own, manage, operate, inn prove, develop and sell lands, mining claims, mineral rights, oil wells, and other real estate and interests and rights in and to any of said properties.
 To engage in and carry on the busi- ness of drilling and exploring for oil, producing, refining, distilling, treat ing, manufacturing, piping, carrying, handling, storing dealing in, buying and selling oils, petroleum, natural gas, asphaltum, bitumen, bituminous rock, and other mineral and hydro carbon substances, and products of all other substances: and for such pur- pose to puy and otherwise acquire, hold, own, manage, and operate re- fineries. pipe lines, tanks, manufactor-
  works, property and appliances that may be incident or auxiliary to said business, or that may be deemed nec- essary or convenient by the board of directors:
 Also to establish agencies, offices, storage tanks and houses.. and to sell articles and products manufactured by itself, or other persons or corporations in the State of Arizona and other states or territories of the United States of America, and in foreign countries.
 To acquire, hold, manage and oper ate canals, reservoirs, dams, ditches. fumes, aqueducts, pipes, water and water rights, electric lines, machinery, factories and other property for the purpose of generating and transmit ting electricity, electric energy and electric light, heat, power and other uses;
 To acquire, hold. manage and oper- ate buildings. tanks, machinery, pipes, and pipe lines, and any and all other appliances, for manufacturing, pro- ducing and distributing gas, and any and all illuminant products, for light, heat, power, and any and all other beneficial uses and purposes to which they may be applied:
 To supply such power to mines, quarries, railroads, street railroads, tramways, mills and factories and to farms, farming lands and all agricul- tural interests: to supply such light, heat, gas and illuminant products, to mines, quarries, mills, factories, in- corporated cities, towns, cities and counties, villages and towns, and to the inhabitants thereof, to farm, farm ing communities and all other agri- cultural industries, or to any other useful purpose.
 To purchase, lease, bond, locate or otherwise acquire, to own, manage, operate, develop, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, to pledge, mort gage, hypothecate and deal in farms, farming lands, ranches and to engage Pin general farming and agricultural pursuits.
 To construct, acquire, own, operate, sell and dispose of such railroad or railroads, as may be necessary, con venient or eXpedient, to connect the properties. works and places of busi- ness of this company with any exist ing railways, turnpikes, or public highways.
 To buy, sell, own, build, construct, maintain operate and dispose of tele- phone and telegraph lines, plants and equipment, whether wireless or oper- ated with wires, electrical plants, ma chinery, appliances and equipment. 1 To own, acquire, build, construct, oDels te sell and dispose of canals, l fumes, pipe lines and other equip. Ment, waters, water rights, storage dams or reservoirs.
 1 To do a general real estate or mer cantile business.
 | To buy, own, acquire, handle, con trol, lease, sell and deal in letters pa tent and inventions of every kind and nature whatsoever.
 To borrow money, to issue notes l and honnS and other evidences of in