The border vidette., 1919-05-24
ARTICLES or INCORPORATION
 OF Arizona Mexico Oil & Refining Company

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRE- SENTS; That we, the undersigned. have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corpora tiOn under the laws of the State of Arizona. and for that purpose hereby adopt the following articles of incor- pOration.
 ARTICLE l.
 ne name or the corporation shall be ARIZONA MEXICO OIL X REFINING COMPANY
 ARTICLE ,.
 The principal place for the transaa- ton of the business of this corporation shall be in the town of Nngales, Couu- ty of Santa Cruz, State of Arizona. ana the Board of Directors may at any time esta 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 8.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted is as follows:
 To locs te, purchase, lease, option and acquire land, as 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 business of storing and prospecting for, mining, producing, refining, manufac- turing storing. piping, transporting, buying and selling petroleum and other oil prod ucts 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, maint tain and operate warehouses, pumping plants, pipe lines and reineries, fac tories and mills, work houses, laburat- Ories and dwelling houses for workmen and others; to manufacture, buy, sell and generally deal in all of the ap- pltances and cOnveniences necessary to the business of mining, prod ucing, re- lining, 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- telning to its business; to acquire, use, sell and grant licenses under paten ted rights; and to purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, sell, assign and transfer shares of capital stock and bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of cor Toretious and to exercise all the priv 1leges 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 f.
 The authorized amount of capital stock Of this corporation shall be Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($5OO. 900 OO) divided into Five Hundred Thousand $500 OOOl shares of the par value of One Dollar ($l O0) each. The amount of said capital stock shall be paid into the 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- atlon, 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 assesslble. and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment Of the Board of Directors as to the value 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 poratlon Com mmission of 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 p. m. (2:O0 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 residenc and T1nof off inns Ia
 Wirt G. Bowman whose residence and post office address is Nogales, Arizona Arthur Gonzalez, whose residence and York.
 J. P. Polin. who residence and post office address is Nogales. rizona.
 Arturo Cubillas Jr., whose residence and post office address is Nogales, Ari- zons. Cipriano Alvarez, whose residence and post office address is Nogales, Arizona The Board of Directors shall choose from their number a President, one or more Vice. Presidents. Secretary-Treas- urer and General Manager.
 ARTICLE '.
 The Board of Directors shall have power to adopt a0d amend bylaws for the government of the corporation and to fiji 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 porRtion shall be subject at any time ahall ha ThraR HunAra1 on1