The border vidette., 1919-06-21
ARTICLES or INCORPORATION Arizona Mexico Oil S Refining Company

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRE- SRNTS; That we, the undersigned. have .uhis day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming q corpora tion under the laws of the State of Arizona. and for that purpose hereby adopt the following articles of incor- poration.
 ARTICLE l.
 The name of the cnrpOratlon shall he ARIZONA MEXICO OIL & REFINING COMPANY.
 ARTICLE ,.
 The principal place for the transac- tfon 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 esta blsh such other places of business and offices. either within without the State of Arizona, as they may determine. at any of which offices the books of the corporation may be kept and its 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 loca 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, rehniEg. manufac- turing, storing. piping, transporting. buying and selling petroleum and other oil products and by prod ucts thereof: to buy. sell, furnish and supply the same; to operate, build, construct, pnmp. operate and maintain oil and gas wells; to build, construct, purchase, maintain and operate warehouses, pumping plants, pipe lines and reiineries. 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 taining to it's business: to acquire, use. sell and grant licenses under patented 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 IcoretiOnS 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 f.
 The authorized amount of capital stock of thIs corporation shall be Five Hund red Thousand Dollars (S50O, 900 OO) divided into Five Hundred Thousand (500 000) shares of the par value of One Dollar (SI 00) 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 ation, 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 Beard of Directors to the value l 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 l the issuance to it by the Arizona Cor poration Com mmission 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 | of June of each year at two 0 clock D. m. (2:0O 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 sddress is Nogales, Arizona Arthur Gonzalez, whose residence and post office address is New York, New { York.
 J P. Polin, whose residence and post office address Is Nogales. Arizona.
 Arturo Cnbillas Jr., whose resid ence 2 and post office address is Nogales, Ari- sona.
 Cipriano Alvarez, whose residence and post office address is Nogales, Arizona. The Board of Directors shall choose l rqm their number Presid ent, one or n0re Vice Presidents. Secretary Treas lrer and General Manager.
 ARTICLE z.
 The Board of Directors shall have power to adopt ahd amend by Jaws for he government of the corporation and o fl vacancies occurring in the Board if Directors from any cause. E
 ARTICLE s.
 The highest amount of indebted pess