The border vidette., 1919-06-14
ARTICLES or INCORPORATION
Arizona Mexico Oil & Refining Company.

this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corpora Arizona. and for that purpose hereby adopt the following articles of incor- poration.
 ARTICLE ].
 The name of the corporation shall he ARIZONA MEXICO OIL & REFINING COMPANY
 ARTICLE ?.
 The principal place for the transnn- tion of the business of this corporation shall be in the town of Nogales, Coun- ty of Santa Cruz, State of Arizona. ana the Board of Directors may at any time ests blish such other places of business and offices. either within or without the State of Arizona, as they may determine. at any of which offices the books of the corporation may be kept and it's corporate business trans acted, including meetings of the Board of Directors.
 ARTICLE 3.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted is as follows: To loce te, purchase, lease, option and acQ uire land, well as deal in royal ties in connection herewith, for the purpose of prospecting, drilling, min ing, boring and sinking wells and shafts to produce, convey and transport oil, petroleum and gas; to carry on the
 
 mining, producing, refining, manufac- turing, storing. piping, transporting, buying and selling petroleum and other oil products and by products thereof; to buy. sell, furnish and supply the same; to operate, build, construct, pump. operate and maintain oil and gas wells; to build, construct, purchase, main tain and operate warehouses, pumping plants. pipe lines and refneries, fac tories and mills, work houses, laburat- ories and dwelling houses for work men and others; to manufacture, buy, sell and generally deal in all of the ap pliances and conveniences necessary to the business of mining, prod ucing. re- fining, manufacturing. storing, piping, transporting. buying and selling petro. leum and other oil products and by products thereof; to enter into and carry out contracts of every kind per- tsining to it's business; to acquire, use. sell and grant licenses under patented ights; and to purchase or otherwise acquire, hold. sell. assign and transfer shares of capital stock and bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of cor Soratio1s and to exercise all the priv ileges of ownership including voting upon the stock so held And in general to do and perform such acts and things and transact such business necessary to further the objects for which this cor poration is organized.
 ARTICLE 4.
 The authorized amount of capital stock of thls corporation shall be Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (S500. 900 00) divided into Five Hundred Thousand $500 000) shares of the par value of One Dollar (Sl O0) each The amount of said treasury of this corporation either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it of real or personal property. contracts, services or any other valuable things for the use and purposes of the corpor- 4tiOn, in payment for which shares of the capital stock of the corporation may be issued and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby be come and be fully paid up and non assesslbie. and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment of the Board of Directors as to the vslue of property, contracts or services SO purchased or rendered shall be con elusive.
 ARTICLE 5.
 The time of the commencement Of this corporation shall be at the date of the issuance to it by the Arizona Cor poration Com mission of a certificate of incorporation and the corporation shall endure for period of twenty five (25) years thereafter, with the privilege of renewal, as provided by law.
 ARTICLE 6.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by a Board of Directors to consist of not less than three nor more than nine directors. who shall be elected by the stock holders on the first Monday of June of each year at two o'clock D. n. (2:00 p m.) and until such directors are chosen or elected the fol- lowing corporators shall constitute the Board Of Directors of said corporation. J. M. Paredes, whose residence and post office address is Nogales, Arizona. Wirt G. Bowman whose residence and post office address IS Nogales, Arizona. Arthur Gonzalez. whdse residence and post office address is New York, New York.
 J. P. Polin, whose residence and post office address is Nogales, Arizona. A Arturo Cubillas Jr.. whose residence and post office address Is Nogales, Art- 1 zona. Cipriano Alvarez. whose residence and post office address is NoRales, Arizona. ] The Board of Directors shall choose ] from their number a President, one or 1 more Vjce-Presidents. Secretary Treas | urer and General Manager
 ARTICLE z. The Board of Directors shall have | power to adopt a0d amend by laws for the government of the corporation and l to fill vacancies occurring in the Board ] of Directors from any cause.
 ARTICLE 8. The highest amount of indebted ness. | direct or contingent to which this cor poration shall be subject at any time | shall be Three Hundred and Twenty | Five Thousand Dollars (S325. 900. 00)
 ARTICLE Q. Priuoto nrOnartv of the stock holders |