The Arizona copper camp. [volume] (Ray, Ariz.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-23

The Secretary thereupon read the
resolution of the Board of Directors.
adopted July oath, 1906, calling such
meeting, as follows:
Whereas, by reason of the in
creased business of this corporation.
it is considered advisable and neces-
sary that the capital stock thereof
should be increased to $25, 1000, 900.
Therefore, Resolved: That a meet
ing of the stockholders of this cor
poration is hereby called to be held
at the principal place of business
thereof, and at the building where the
Board of Directors usually meet, and
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 End day
of October, A. d. 1906, at twelve
o'clock noon, for the purpose and OBJ
ject of voting upon a proposition to
increase the present capital stock of
this corporation, from $6,000,OOO., di-
vided into 100000 shares, each of the
par value of So, to $25,OOO,O0 to be
divided into 250,000 shares, each of
the par value of $780,, and that the
Secretary cause a notice of such
meeting to be published once a week
for sixty days prior to said End day
of October, in the Contra Costa Ca
zette, a newspaper published at Mar
tinez in said County of Contra Costa,
and that said notice be in the follow
ing form, viz:
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING.
Notice is hereby given that, pursu-
ant to resolution and order of the
Board of Directors, a meeting of the
stockholders of the Standard Oil Com
pany is hereby called to be held at it's
| principal place of business, namely:
the City of Richmond, in the County
of Contra Costa, State of California,
and in the Directors room of the Of
! flee building of said Standard Oil
Company at said place, and which is
the building where said Board of Di-
rectors usually meet, on Tuesday, the
End day of October, A. D. 1906, at
| twelve o'clock noon; that the object
of said meeting is to enable said
stockholders to then and there vote
upon a proposition to increase the
present capital stock of said conn any
of $6,OO0,000., to $25,000,00O to be di-
vided into 100000 shares of the par
value of 500 each.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY,
By w. S. Rheem, Secretary
1t is further ordered that the Secre-
tary of this corporation do address
and mail, postage prepaid, a notice
in the form hereinbefore set forth
| for said meeting, to each of the stock
holders of this corporation whose
names appear on the Company's
| al
identified, at his place of residence,
| if known, and if not known, then at
the place in which the principal place
of business of the corporation is stu
ated as aforesaid, which notice shall
be so mailed to such stockholders at
least thirty days before the said End
| day of October, A. D., 1906"
Thereupon the Secretary called the
| roll of stockholders, and the follow
| ing answered in person or proxy:
| Names. No. Shares.
H. M. Tilfard 500,0U1
E. S. Pilsbury 1896
D. g. Scofeld ]
w. S. Miller /
w. S. Rheem /
! w. M. Hall
Total number of shares represented
100000 shares
The Chairman appointed Messrs.
Pillsbury and Miller a committee to
examine the proxies, ana the commit
| tee reported as follows:
1--WE, the committee appointed to ex-
anime the proxies presented at the
meeting of the stockholders of the
Standard Oil Company, rn1s End day
of October, 1906, beg to report: We
have examined the following proxy
and find it in order:
H. NJ Tilford in favor of d. G.
Scofield and w. S. Rheem, or either
of them, 500001 shares"
The Secretary announced that six
hundred thousand (600,000) shares
we're represented out of the total cap
ital stock of the corporation, which is
six hundred thousand (600,000) shares
and the Chairman declared that more
than two-thirds of all the subscribed
or issued capital stock of the cor
poration, namely, the total capital
stock, was duly present and repre-
scented, and that the meeting was
ready for business.
The Secretary reported that he had
given notice of the meeting as re-
quired by the order of the Board
made July "a, 1906, pursuant to Sec
ton $50 of the Civil Code of Califor-
MIA, and produced and read the fol-
lowing copy of the notice thereof, to
wit:
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING"
NOTICE is hereby given that, pur-
suant to a resolution and order of the
Board of Directors, a meeting of the
stockholders of the Standard Oil Com
pany is hereby called to be held at
it's principal place of business, name
ly the City of Richmond, in the Coun-
ty of Contra Costa, State of Califor-
MIA, and in the Directors room of the
office building of said Standard Oil
Company at said place, and which is
the building where said Directors u.s.
ually meet on Tuesday, the End day
of October, A. D., 1906, at twelve
o'clock noon; that the object of said
meeting is to epable said stockholders
to then and there vote upon a prop
osition to increase the capital stock
of said Company of 100000 to $685.
100000 to be divided into 100000
shares of the par value of 500 each
STANDARD OIL COMPANY,
By W. S. Rheem, Secretary"
which he reported was published in
the Contra Costa Gazette, which
was and is a newspaper printed and
published in the town of Martinez,
County of Contra Costa, State of Cali
fornia and the newspaper designated
by said order of the Board of Dire.-
tors of this corporation as the one