Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-08-30
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the NAVAJO PETROLEUM COMPANY

ARTICLES OF INcoRPoRATIoN
 NAVAJO PETROLEUM COMPANY Know All Men By These Presents:
 That we, the undersigned, have this | day associated ourselves together for the purpose of organizing a corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona, and for that purpose hereby adopt, exc cute, acknowledge and publish the fol- lowing Articles of Incorporation, to-wit: ARTICLE ONE
 The names and postoffice addresses of the Incorporators are J.. s. Hulet, Nav son H. Smith, Philip A. Smith, w. E. Dunlap, W. G. Damon, s. H. Beecher, Charles Bourquin, J. H. Dundon, H. B. Lang, and J. H. Smith. all of Ktngman, tion shall be NAVAJO PETROLEUM
 ARTICLE TWO
 The principal office and place of bus mess of the corporation shall be at Kingman, Arizona, and the corporation may have branch offices and places of business at such other places within or without the State of Arizona, as the Board of Directors, hereinafter provided may designate, at which places any and all of the business of this corporation
 ARTICLE THREE
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this cor poration is to mine, dig or otherwise obtain from the earth, petroleum, rock or carbon oils, natural gas, and other volatile mineral substances and salt; to buy, sell and transport the same in crude or refined condition; to acquire, own, hold and deal in gas and oil lands, leaseholds and other interests in real estate, gas, oil and other rights; to con struct, acquire, operate and maintain pipe lines for the transportation of nat ural gas, and oil, for the public gener- ally as well as for the use of the cor poration; to transport oil and gas by means of pipe lines, tank cars or other wise, and to sell and supply the same to others; to buy, sell, lease and operate pipe lines and storage tanks for the purpose of transporting and storing oils and gas, and to do a general pipe line and storage business; to construct and maintain gas wells, oil wells, salt wells gas, oil and salt; to cut, own, hold and sell timber from the lands of the cor poration.
 To acquire, own, handle. sell. encum- Der and otherwise deal in or with any and alls classes of property; to purchase or otherwise acquire, own, hold, sell or in any manner deal in or with shares of the capital stock of this or any other rights acquired in cash, stock of this corporation, bonds or otherwise; to bor- row money and to issue bonds, payable in cash or convertible into stock of this corporation, debentures, mortgages or promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness, and to pledge, sell, or oth- erwise 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 in cured or undertaken; to make contracts, and to do as fully and to the same eX- tent as natural persons might or could do, any and all things herein set forth either as principal, agent contractor, trustee or otherwise, and either alone or in company with other persons, as- soclations, or corporations; and in gen eral to have and exercise all the powers privileges and immunities conferred up- on corporations of this class by the laws of the State of Arizona.
 ARTICLE FOUR
 The amount of the authorized capi- tai stock of this corporation shall be ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOU SAND SHARES of the part Ealuc of TEN CENTS each.Said stock shall be issued at such times and upon such terms and conditions as may be provided by the Board of Directors, and may be issued in exchange for property of any kind, services, options, benefits of any other valuable right or thing, for the uses and purposes of the corporation and when issued in exchange therefor, shall thereupon and thereby be an1 become fully paid the same as though paid for in cash at par, and shall be forever non- assessable. The judgment of the Board of Directors as to the value of the prop erty, right or thing acquired in exchange for capital stock, shall be conclnslve, in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction.
 ARTICLE FIVE
 The time of the commencement of lis corporation shall be the date upon which a certified copy of these Articles of In- corporation is filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission and the terr,in- ation thereof shall be twenty .fivs yer5s thereafter with privilege Of renewal as
 ARTICLE SIX
 The management and coatr:.l of the business, property and affairs of this | corporation shall be vestad in a B.. ard | bers. who shall be elected from am ong the stockholders of record at he regular | annual meeting of the stockiioldars, | which shall be held at the principal of- Tuesday in June of each year. Said Board of Directors shall have power to establish By Laws and shall make and adopt all rules and regulations neces. sary or proper for the conduct and man. igement of the affairs of the corpora ion, not inconsistent with Jaw or Ire5e Articles of Incorporation. Vacancies occurring in said Board of DirstrOrs ahsll 3e filled in manner provided by lhe Bylaws.
 ARTICLE SEVEN
 The officers of this corporation sraIl consist Of President. one or moce Vice residents, Secretary and Treasurer, md more than one of said offices, whose iuties are not inconsistent, may be held 'y the same person, together with sucb other officers as may be deemed neces- ,ary and provided for by the Board of Directors The President, Vice presi- lent, Secretary and Treasurer shall be 'lected by the Board of Directors from lmong their own number at the regular lnnual meeting of the Board of Direc. ors, which shall be held as soon as practicable after the adjournment of the lolders: all said officers shall hold of-