The border vidette., 1919-06-28
ARTICLES or INCORPORATION
 OF Arizona Mexico Oil & Refining Company

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.
 The name of the corporation shall he ARIZONA MEXICO OIL & REFINING COMPANY
 ARTICLE :.
 The principal place for the transan- tion of the business of this corporation shall be in the town of Nogales, Couu- ty of Santa Cruz. State of Arizona. and 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. 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 3.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted is as follows: To locate, purchase, lease, option and acQ uire land, us well as deal in royal ties in connection herewith, for the purpose of prospecting, drilling, min ing, boring and sinking wellsand 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 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, maint tain and operate warehouses. pumping plants. pipe lines and refineries, fac tories and mills, work houses, laborat- 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, producing. re- fning, 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 tRining to'its 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 Sorstions and to exercise all the priv ileges of ownership including voting upon the stock so held. And in general 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 this corporation shall be Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (S500, 900 O0) divided into Five Hundred Thousand (5OO 000) shares of the par value of One Dollar ($1 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- 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 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 shal be at the date of the issuance to it by the Arizona Cor poration Commission of certificate of incorporation and, the corporation shall endure for period jOf 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 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. (2:00 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, whose residence and post office address is New York, New York.
 J. P. Polin, wb ose residence and post office address is Nogales, Arizona.
 Arturo Cubillas Jr., whose residence and post office address is Nogales, Ari- zons.
 Ciprieno Alvarez, whose residence and post office address is Nogales, Arizona. The Board of Directors shall choose from their number a President, one or more Vjce-Presidents. Secretary Treas urer and General l-Manager
 ARTICLE '.
 The Board of Directors shall have power to adopt aad amend by-laws for the government of the corporation and to fill vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors from any cause.
 ARTICLE s.
 The highest amount of indebtedness. 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. OO.)
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