The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-02-27
STATE OF ARIZONA Office Of The
ARIZONA CORPORATION coMMIs-


 SION.
 United States of America, State of Arizona. SS
 The Arizona Corporation Commits sion does hereby certify that the an- nexed is a true and complete trans. cript of the
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 Of
 'TRI-STATE INVESTMENT AND
 LEASING COMPANY" which were filed in the office of said Arizona Corporation Commission on the 18th day of January A. D.. 1920 at 11:00 o'clock a. m., as provided by law.
 In testimony whereof, The Arizona Corporation Commission, by it's chair man, has hereunto set it's hand and affixed it's official Seal Done at the City of Phoenix, the Capitol, this 18th day of January, A D 1920.
 Arizona Corporation Commission,
 Amos A. Betts, Chairman Attest: w. E. Stelzer, Secretary. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 Of
 TRI-STATE INVESTMENT AND
 LEASING COMPANY
 We, the undersigned, in order to form a corporation for the purpose hereinafter stated under the pursuant to the provisions of Title TX. of the Revised Statutes of the State of Ari- zonaa entitled Corporations, and Laws and Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, do hereby certify as follows:
 The name of the corporation is ''Tri-State Investment and Leasing Company
 The location of it's principal office in the State of Arizona is Morenci, in the County of Greenlee; but the df- rectors of said corporation shall have the right at any time by proper reso- lution to establish offices in any other County or State wherein said corpor- ation may hereafter engage in busi- ness as corporation, and to remove to any such office any or all of the books and records of said corporation The name of the agent of said cor poration upon whom process against the corporation may be served, ap- pointed under the provisions of Para graph 2117 of the Revised Statutes of Arizona, A. D. 1913, is Robert J. Mace, of Morenci, Arizona.
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 The objects for which the corpora tion is formed are: To acquire own, develop; occupy, lease, bargain, sell and convey Or otherwise deal or in vest in, oil lands, oil products, oil leases, royalties, options or other evidences of interest, right, title or equity in and to oil lands, oil products or oil leases and options;
 To purchase, own, acquire, hold, sell, mortgage convey and in every manner deal in real and personal pro- perty of every kind and character, proper and necessary for the carry ing on of the purposes of the eorpor- ation, and to make, execute, receive, accept, and deliver any and all nec- essary deeds, and other instruments in writing relative thereto;
 To own, construct, maintain and operate pipe lines and all other means and methods of conveyances necess- ary and proper for the purposes of said corporation, to sell the same or otherwise to dispose thereof, except that this corporation shall at no time become engaged in business in any state as a common carrier
 To acquire by purchase, subscrip- tion or otherwise, and to hold or to dispose of, stocks bonds, or any other obligations of any corporation formed for, or then or heretofore engaged in or pursuing any one of more of the kinds of business, purposes, objects, or operations above indicated, or own ing or holding any property of any kind herein mentioned; or of any corporation owning or holding the stocks or the obligations of any such corporation, and to hold for invest ment, or otherwise use, sell or dis pose of, any stock, bond, or other ob igations of any such corporation. The business or purpose of this 1 is from time to time to do any one or more of the acts and things herein set forth; and it may conduct or carry on it's corporate operations 1 Il other states and in territories and