Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-02-28

A. IL. StelZer, secretary
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 MEX TEX OIL COMPANY Know All Men By These Presents:
 That we, the undersigned, having as sociated ourselves for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of of Arizona, do hereby adopt the follow ing Articles of Interpretations:
 ARTICLE I.
 The name of the corporation is MEX TEX OIL COMPANY.
 ARTICLE II.
 The names, residences and postcffice addresses of the incorporators are
 M. c. CLEVELAND, Kingman, Ari-
 l. C. STRICKER, Kingman, Arizona
 JOHN H. CONWAY. Kingman, Arizona
 ARTICLE III
 The principal place of business of tke corporation within Arizona shall be Kingman, Mohave County, State of Ari- zona; but other offices may be estab- lished and maintained within or out side of the State of Arizona, at such places as the Board of Directors may designate, where meetings of stock holders and directors may be held and any and all corporate business tranF- acted.
 ARTICLE ".
  proposed to be transacted is, to-wit
 1. To purchase lease, locate, preempt, acquire, own. develop, operate, sell "nd deal in petroleum and oil properties and wells, land, any interest therein and any and all products thereof. and in min es and quarries of all kinds, mining rights and claims, and the products thereof, in the State of Arizona, or any other State, Territory or Colony of the United States, or elsewhere, including any Indian Reservation of the United States open to mineral or petroleum To- cations or leases. To mine, quarry, re- move, mill, reduce, smelt, amalgamate, refine. manufacture, and prepare for market, timber. ore, metal. metallic com pounds, and mineral substances of all fuels, petroleum, oils, all products. hy- products. mediates. immediates of all ores, minerals, fuels, petroleums and oils.
 2. To carry on the business of man. ufacturing. distributing, using and sell ing light. heat or power; to acquire and equip water works and systems and supply and deliver water for power con- sumption, irrigation or any other pur- pose: to buy, acquire. construct, main tain and operate railroads, railways, tramways telephone and telegraph lines and other means of communication, stage lines, and other lines of transpor- tation of passengers or merchandise. ex- press lines, ferrys, steamship and loat lines of all kinds, in connection with ts mining business aforesaid.
 .. To buy, acquire, construct, main- tain, operate, and deal in machinery, im- plements, tools, conveniences of all kinds provisions and articles capable of being used in connection with mining, utility, oil or other operations. furnaces, smell ters, mills factories, machine shops, power, light, gas, telephonic. telegraphic and other plants, warehouses, hotels, dwellings stores, harbors, wharves, piers, docks, water course. fumes, can lines, oil tanks, bridges, cars, motors, ships, boats, elevators, and all other kinds of structures, establishments, ar ticles or things necessary or useful or conducive to the interests of the cor poration.
 4. To subscribe to, purchase, acquire, and take over the good will assets, rights and property of any mining, util ity or other corporation or firm, aSSo- ciaton, person, or persons, and pay for corporation or otherwise.
 ,. To manufacture, purchase or oth- erwise acquire, to hold, own, mortgage, pledge, sell, assign and transfer, or oth- erwise dispose of to invest, trade, deal in and deal with goods wares and mer- chandise, and real and personal proper ty of every class and description, lands, buildings, business concerns and under tak1ngS, mortgages, shares, stocks, de- bentures, securities, concessions, poli- cies, book debts and claims, and any interest in real or personal property, and any claims against such property or against any person or corporation, and to carry on any business, concern, or undertaking so acquired.
 6. To own handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares of it's own capital stock and that of other cor poratiens, and to vote any shares of stack Of other corporations owned by it the same as natural person might do; to borrow money and to issue bonds, notes, debentures and other evidence of indeb- tedness and secure the payment of the same by mortgage, deed of trust or oth erWlse; to act as agent, trustee, broker, or in any other fiduciary capacity; and in general to do and perform such acts and things and transact such business in connection with the foregoing objects, not inconsistent with law, in any part or the world, as the board of directors may deem to the advantage of the cor poration.
 z. The foregoing clauses shall be con strued both as objects and powers, and 1t is hereby expressly provided that the foregoing enumeration of specific pow CTS shall not be held to limit or restrict In any manner the powers of this cor poration.
 ARTICLE V.
 The total authorized Capital Stock of this corporation is THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND (s300,00O) DOLLARS, d. vided into Three Hundred Thousand (30O,OO0) shares, of the par value of One ($1.OO) Dollar per share, which shall be paid in at such time as the board of directors may designate, in cash, real or personal property, lease, option 10 purchase, services, or any other valu- able right or thing. for the use and pur- poses of the corporation ,and all shares Of the Capital Stock when issued in ex- change therefor shall thereupon and thereby be and become full-paid the same as though paid for in cash at par, and shall be forever non-assessable and the Judgment of the directors as to the value of any property, right or thing acquired in exchange for capital stock shall be conclusive.