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FIELD, w. S. MILLER, w. s. RHEEM,
K. R. KINGSBURY and F. H. HILL
MAN, constituting the Board of Di-
rectors of said Standard Oil Company,
a 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 principal place Of business
in the City of Richmond, County Of
Contra Costa, State of California. That
articles of incorporation of said COM
pany were duly entered into on the
9th day of September, A. d. 1879,
under 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 Septem-
ber, AL 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 business
of said corporation were designated
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, pur-
suant to law, duly changed and re-
moved 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 Rich
mond.
That on the 23rd day of July, A. D.
1906, by a Judgment, order and decree,
duly made, entered and recorded on
said day in and by the Superior Court
of the State of California, in and for
said County of Contra Costa, in said
State, and on petition of said corpora
ton the name of said corporation was
duly changed from Pacific Coast Oil
Co." to STANDARD 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, ,000,000.), di-
vided into 250,000 shares of the par
value of one hundred dollars (S100)
each; that all of said 250,000 shares
of the capital stock had been on said
date subscribed for and issued and
was then outstanding; that the num-
Der of directors of said corporation,
as provided by it's articles of incor-
poration, was and is five, and that
at all of the times in this certificate
| mentioned the number of directors of
this corporation was and now is five,
and that said d. G. Scofield, w. s.
Miller, w. S. Rheem, X. R. Kingsbury
and F. HI. Hillman ever since the LIST
day of May, A. d. 1912, constituted
and now constitute the Board of Di-
rectors 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 corpor-
alton;
That at a 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 Contra
Costa, State of California, on the 21st
day of May, A. d. 1912, at which meet
ing of said Board a majority of the
members thereof were present, acting
and concurred therein, certain reso-
luton was adopted by the unanimous
vote Of the said majority of directors
of said corporation, which said resO-
| luton was in the words and figures
following, to wit:
WHEREAS this corporation is now
| indebted in the sum of about eleven
million dollars ($11 ,000, ,000.) for money
| actually expended in the purchase and
development of the properly now used
and necessary in the conduct of its
| business, and will require the further
sum of about seven million dollars
| ($7,000,000) to carry out it's plans for
| the current year in the purchase and
improvement of property requisite and
| necessary for the proper and profit
able management of it's affairs, and
may require further sums for the same
purpose after said year, and on this
account and by reason of its in
creased business, and especially of
it's large sales of export refined oil
to the far East, it is considered ad-
visableNand necessary and to the best
interests and advantage of this cor
poration that the capital stock thereof
should be increased from twenty-five
million dollars ($25,000,000.), divided
into two hundred and fifty thousand
| (250,000) shares of the par value of
one hundred dollars ($1OO.) each, to
fifty million dollars ($50,000,0 di-
vided into five hundred thousand (500,-
000) shares of the par value of one
hundred dollars ($100) each; there
fore
RESOLVED that meeting of the
stockholders of this corporation is
hereby called to be held at the prin-
cipal place of business thereof, and
at the building where the Board of
Directors usually meet in the room Of
said Board, namely the office build
| ing of the Standard Oil Company, at
the City of Richmond, in the County
of Contra Costa, State of California,
on Tuesday, the 30th day of July, A.
| d. 1912, at twelve o'clock noon of said
day, for the purpose and object of
considering and voting upon PROPOSE
ton to increase the capital stock of
this corporation from twenty-five mil
lion dollars ($25,000,000.), divided into
two hundred and fifty thousand (250,-
000) shares, each of the par value Of