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of Directors of said Standard Oil Com
pany. corporation, do hereby certify
and declare as follows:
That Standard Oil Company is and
was, during all of the times herein
after mentioned, a corporation duly
incorporated, organized and existing
under and by virtue of the laws of
the State of California, and having
its office and principle place of busi-
ness in the City of Richmond, County
of Contra Costa, State of California.
That articles of incorporation of said
company were duly entered into on the
9th day of September, A. d. 1879, un-
der the name of Pacific Coast Oil
CO.., and were filed on said day in
the office of the County Clerk of the
City and County of San Francisco.
State of California, and true COPY
of said articles, duly certified by said
Clerk, was filed in the office of the
Secretary of State of said State of
California, on the 10th day of Sep
tember, A. d. 1879, and said Secretary
on said day issued, under his hand
and the Great Seal of said State, his
certificate of the incorporation of said
corporation, as provided by law. That
in said articles and said certificate
the office and principal place of busi-
ness of said corporation were desig-
mated to be said City and County Of
San Francisco. That thereafter, to
wit, on the 25th day of February, A.
d. 1908, the office and principal place
of business of said corporation were,
pursuant to law, duly changed and
removed to the City of Richmond, in
the County of Contra Costa, State of
California, and it's office and principal
place Of business ever since have been
and still are in said City of Richmond
That on the 23rd day of July, A.-D
1906, by judgment, order and de-
cree, duly made, entered and re-
corded on said day in and by the Su-
perior Court of the State of Cali
fornia, in and for said County of
Contra Costa in said State, and on
petition of said corporation the name
of said corporation was duly changed
from Pacific Coast Oil Co." to "Stan-
dard Oil Company. which last name
ever since has been and still is the
corporate name of said corporation
That the amount of the capital
stock of the said corporation on the
21st day of May, A. D. 1912, was
twenty-five million dollars ($25 ,0OO,-
000), divided into 250,000 shares of
the par value of one hundred dollars
($100) each; that all of said 250,00O
shares of the capital stock had been
on said date subscribed for and is
sued and was then outstanding; that
the number of directors of said corpor-
alton, as provided by its articles of
incorporation, was and is five, and
that at all of the times in this cer-
tificate mentioned the number of di-
rectorS of this corporation was and
now is five, and that said D. G.. Sco-
field, w. s. Miller, w. S. Rheem, K.
R. Kingsbnry and F. H. Hillman ever
since the 1st day of May, A. D. 1912,
constituted and now constitute the
Board of Directors of said Standard
Oil Company;
That said D. G. Scofield is and was
at all of the times hereinafter men
toned, the President of said corpora
tion, and said William Edwards is
and was at all of the times so men,
toned, the Secretary of said corpora
ton;
That at meeting of the Board of
Directors of said corporation, duly
and regularly called, noticed and held,
at the office Of said corporation in
the City of Richmond, County of Con-
ira Costa, State of California, on the
21st day of May, A. D. 1912, at which
meeting of said Board a majority of
the members thereof were present,
acting and concurred therein, GER
tain resolution was adopted by the
unanimous vote of the said majority
of directors of said corporation, which
said resolution was in the words and
figures following, to wit:
WHEREAS this corporation is now
indebted in the sum of about eleven
million dollars ($11, ,00O,OO0.) for
money actually expended in the pur-
chase and development of the proper
ty now used and necessary in the
conduct of it's business, and will re-
quire the further sum of about seven
million dollars ($7000,000) to carry
ont it's plans for the current year in
the purchase and Improvement of
property requisite and necessary for
the proDer and profitable management
of it's affairs, and may require further
sums for the same purpose after said
year, and on this account and by rea-
son of it's increased business, and es-
pecially of it's large sales of export
refined oil to the far East, it is con-
sidered advisable and necessary and
to the best interests and advantage
of this corporation that the capital
stock thereof should be Increased
from twenty five million dollars ($25,-
0,000), divided into two hundred
and fifty thousand (250,000) shares of
Inc Of I11ty, ,6r,f,6 n
(S100) each, to fifty million dollars
$3.50, ,OO0,O00), divided into five hun
dred thousand (50O,000) shares of rhe
par value of one hundred dollars
($100)) each; therefore
RESOLVED that meeLlng Of the
stockholders of this corporation is
hereby called to be held at the prin-
cipal place of business thereof, and ut
the building where the Board Of Di-
rectors, usually meet in the room OF
said Board, namely the office building
of the Standard Oil Company, at the
City of Richmond, in the County Of
Contra Costa, State of California. on
Tuesday, the Goth day of July, A. D.
1912, at twelve o'clock noon of said
day, for the purpose and object or
considering and voting upon a prop
osition to increase the capital stock
of this corporation from twenty five
million dollars ($25,000, 0,OO0), divided
into two hundred and fifty thousand
(250,O00) shares, each of the par value
of one hundred dollars ($100), to fifty
million dollars ($5O,OOO,0 O,000), to be di-
vided into five hundred thousand (5OO,-
OOO) shares, each of the par value OF
one hundred dollars ($10O); and that
the Secretary cause a notice of such
meeting to be published once a week
for sixty (60) days prior to said Both