Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-19
aRTICLEs OF INCORPORATION
 of the WALTON OIL COMPANY

 lay associated ourselves together for the purpose of organizing a corpora tion under the laws of the State of Ari- zona, and for that purpose hereby adopt, following Articles of Incorporation, to-
 ' ARTICLE ONE.
 The names and postoffice addresses of the WaoR G Ne% Yor City, and c. w. Herndon, kingman, Ari- zona, and the name of the corporation is WALTON OIL COMPANY.
 ARTICLE TWO.
 The principal office and place of bus mess of the corporation shall be at Kingman, Arizona and the corporation may have a branch office and place or business at such other place or places, within or without the State of Arizona, as the Board of Directors hereinafter provided for, may designate, at which branch offices, meetings of the said Board of iDrectors may be & held.
 The general nature of the business to be transacted or carried on by this corporation is to mine, dig or otherwise obtain from the earth, petro- leum. rock or carbon oils, naturat gas, and salt; to manufacture, refine. prepare for market, buy. sell and transport the same in crude or refined condition; to Q cquire, own, hold and deal in gas ana 5, in real estate, gas, oil and other rights; to construct, acquire, operate and main- tain conduits and lines of tubing and piping for the transportation of natural ss well as for the use of the corpora ton; to transport such oil and gas by means of pipe, pipe lines, tank cars or otherwise, and to sell and supply the same to others; to lay, buy. lease. seia tanks to be used for the purpose of transporting and storing oils and gas.
 and of doing a general pipeline and storage business; to construct and main, tain gas wells, oil wells, salt wells and refineries, and to buy, sell and deal in gas, oil and sale; to acquire, construct, operate and maintain al! railways, tram ways, telephone and telegraph lines or Prosecution of the business of the cor poration; to cut, own, hold or sell tim Der from the lands of the corporation
 To acquire, own, handle. sell. cucumber and otherwise deal in or with any aaa aa otherwise acquire, own hold. sell or m any manner deal in or. with shares or the capital stock of this or other cor poration; to pay for property or rignts acquired in cash, stock of this corpor- ation, bonds or otherwise; to acquire by purchase, exchange, location, appc0pria- tion or otherwise, and to own, hold, use, operate, lease, mortgage, sell or otner,
  mines, mining claims. mining rights. and property, ores, minerals, metals, water. water rights, resirvoirs, canals, flumes' ditches, mills, saw-mills. smelters, re- boarding houses, townsites, easements or any other kind of property; 10 carry on a general mercantile business; to op- crate and ,,Ia maintain tatiors. pumping ta np. crate elateS and md maintain maintain pipe lines; to ac- auire, own, hold, sell or otherwfse dls- pose of any and all kinds of inventions rights, licenses, process or processes, patent rights and letters patent; to DOT. DOT able in cash or convertible into stock or this corporation, debentures, mortgages: promissory notes or other ev1denCeS or indebtedness, and to pledge, sell or Stn I. CT wise dispose of or cucumber the whole or any part of the property oWned or held by it for the security or payment of any indebtedness or obligation tn- cured or undertaken; to use it's stock, debentures or bonds in payment for any property which it may purchase or ac- ouire; to make contracts, and to do as fully and to the same extent as natural persons might or could do, any and all things herein set forth, either as nrln- cipai agent, contractor, trustee, or other wise, and either alone or in company with other persons, associa tiOnS CT cor, porations; and in general to nave ana exercise all the. powers. privtteges and immunities conferred upon corpora tions of of this class by the laws ot the srate 'l A'N'" ARTICLE FOUR
 The amount of the authorized capital stock of this corporation is ONE MIL LION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, divided into one million rye hundred thousand shares Of the par value of One Dollar each. Said stock shall be issued at such time or times and upon such terms and conditions as may be provided by the Board of Di- rectors, and may be issued in exch:'n5e for property of any kind, ervices. op- right or thing, for the uses and purposes os the corporation, and when tssued in exchange therefor, shall thereupon and same as though paid for in cash at par, and shall be forever non-assessable. The judgment of the Board of Direc- tors as to the value of the property, right or thing acquired in = exchange TOT TOT capital stock shall be conclusive, Tn the absence of actual fraud.
 ARTICLE FIVE.
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date upon which a Certificate of Incorporation l.: issued by the Arizona Corporation and the termination thereof shall be twenty. five years thereafter, with privilege of renewal as pGgy1deeaI RT1eI,R By sfX sdX
 The management and control of the business. property and affairs Of the corporation shall be vested in Board of Directors consisting of not less than five nor more than uine members, who shall be elected from among the stock holders of record at the regular annual meeting of the stockholders, which said annual meeting shall be held at the principal office of the corporation on the first Wednesday in April of each year, and said Directors so elected shall hold office until the next annual meet ing of the stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified. Said Board of Directors shall have pow CT to establish Bylaws and make and adopt all rules and regulations necessary or proper for the conduct and manage ment of the affairs of the corporation and control and management of the bus mess and property thereof. not incon-- sistent with law or these Articles of Incorporation. Vacancies occurring in said Board of Directors shall be filled fin manner provided by the Bylaws.
 As soon as convenient after the or ganization of the corporation the first Board of iDrectors, to hold office until the first annual meeting of the stock holders in the year 1920, or until their successors are elected and qualified shall be selected by the incorpora tors.
 ARTICLE SEVEN
 The officers of the corporation shall consist of President one or more Vice. Presidents, a Secretary and Treasurer, and more than one of said offices. whose duties are not inconsistent may be held by the same person, together with such other and additional officers os may he daemed necassorv and con-