The Holbrook news., 1919-05-02
STATE OF ARIZONA
 Office of the CORPORATION CON- MISSION

ARIZONA CORPORATION COM
 MISSION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA l
 STATE OF ARIZONA
 The Arizona Corporation Commis- sion does hereby certify the annexed is true and complete transcript of the
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION HOLBROOK MIDWEST OIL COM
 PANY
 which were filed in the office of said Arizona Corporation Commission on the 24th day of April A. D. 1919, at 1O:0O o'clock a. m., as provided by law.
 IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, The Arizona Corporation Commission, by its Chairman, has hereunto set it's hand and affixed it's official seal. Done at the City of Phoenix, the Cap ital, this 24th day of April, A. D. 1919.
 ARIZONA CORPORATION COM
 MISSION,
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 AMOS A. BETTS, Attest: Chairman. A. E. Stelzer, Secretary. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF HOLBROOK MIDWEST OIL
 COMPANY.
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES
 ENTS:
 That we, the undersigned, do here by associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation un- der and pursuant to the laws of the State of Arizona, and for that pur- pose do hereby adopt articles of in corporation as follows:
 ARTICLE I.
 The name of this corporation shall be Holbrook Midwest Oil Company
 ARTICLE II.
 The principal place of business of this corporation, within the State of Arizona shall be at Holbrook, Navajo County; and the principal place of tranSacting business outside of Ari- Zona shall be and at such other place as the Board of Directors may determine, where meetings of directors may be held and all business transacted.
 ARTICLE III.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, is to make contracts, to purchase, lease, option, locate or otherwise acquire, own, ex- change, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate and deal in mines, mining claims, mineral land, oil claims, oil land, oil wells, water and water rights, and other property, both real and personal, and to work, explore, operate and develop the same, and to deal in the products and by-products thereof; to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire, erect, own, operate and sell oil refineries, rail- roads and tramways to lead from the company's principal works; to engage in and generally carry on the busi- ness of mining and the development of mines and oil wells, and to bore for and produce, refine, manufacture, pipe, store, buy and sell oil, petroleum, naptha, gas and all other minerals and mineral products; to buy, sell, own, hold, lease, mortgage and gener- ally to deal in real estate of every kind and character; to own, handle or control letters patent and inventions; to do a general manufacturing and mercantile business; to own, hold, buy, sell and generally to deal in pipe lines and pipeline corporations; to issue bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness, and to secure payment of the same by mortgage, deed of trust or otherwise; to act as agent, trustee, broker or any other fiduciary capacity, and to borrow and loan money; and to do and perform acts and things, and transact such business not inconsistent with law in any part of the world, as the Board of Directors may deem to the advantage of the corporation.
 ARTICLE ".
 The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be Two Hundred Fifty Thousand ($250,- O0O00) dollars, divided into 2,500,000 shares, of the par value of ten cents each, which shall be paid at such time as the Board of Directors may desig- nate in case, real or personal property, service, lease, option to purchase, or any valuable right or thing, for the uses of the corporation; and all shares of capital stock when issued in eX- change thereafter, shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid, the same as though paid for in cash at par, and shall be non-assessable for ever, and the judgment of the direc- tors as to the value of any property, right or thing acquired, in exchange for capital stock shall be conclusive.
 ARTICLE V. The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of a certified copy of these articles of incorporation, in the office | of the Corporation Commission of Ar izona, and the termination thereof, | shall be 25 years thereafter, with the | privilege of renewal, as provided by | law.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of Directors, of seven members, and such officers as the directors may elect or appoint, and the following names shall conSti-