The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-06-04
STATE OF ARIZONA

The Arizona Corporation COmm1S- sioner does hereby certify that the an- neXed is true annd complete trans cript of the ARTICLES OF INCOR- PORATION of THE MORENCI OIL COMPANY which were filed in the office of said Arizona Corporation Commission on the 18th, day of May A. D. 1920, at % o'clock a. m., as provided by law In testimony whereof, The Arizona Corporation Confusion, by it's Chair man. has hereunto set it's hand and | affixed its official seal. Done at the City of Phoenix, the Capital, this 18th day of May A. D. 1920.
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 ARIZONA CORPORATION COM
 MISSION
 Amos A. Betts,, Chairman Attest: A. E. Stelzer, Secretary ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE MORENCI OIL COMPANY Know all men by these presents, That we, the undersigned, have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under and pursuant to the Laws Of the State of Arizona, and for that purpose do hereby adopt Articles of 1ncorpo- ration as follows:
 Article I
 The name of this Corporation shall be THE MORENCI OIL COMPANY.
 Article II
 The principal place of business of this Corporation within the State of Arizona, shall be at Morenci, Greenlee County, and the principal place of transacting business outside of Arf- zona, shall be at Toyah State of Tex as, and at such other places as the Board of Directors may determine, where meetings of Directors Tray be held and all business transacted.
 Article III
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted is to ec- quire by purchase or cease or other wise lands in the Reeves County oil field of Texas, or any other locality for the purpose of prospecting for, and obtaining oil, gas, salt, sulphur or other minerals; and to that end to drill, or cause to be drilled, oil wells, or sink, or cause to be sunk, shafts for mining, and to buy, lease or other wise acquire drilling rigs or other machinery or apparatus necessary to fully accomplish said purposes and if oil or other minerals are found, then to market the same to the best advantage.
 To engage in the transportation of oil, gas, salt, sulphur, or other min erals, either produced by this corpo- raton or other persons or corpora tions, by means of pipe lines, tram ways, railroads, boats, barges or other conveyances or to lease or sublease all or any part thereof to other per sons or corporations for like purpose, ami. ol der to fully carry put said obl-cts anu purposes, to pIro ase, lease. or otherwise acquire, pipe lines, tramways, railroads, boats, barges tank cars, locomotives, pumping sta tions, steam plants, air-plants and all other machinery, apparatus and ara phenalia necessary or incidental there to.
 To build, construct, lease, purchase or otherwise acquire buildings, machin cry and other apparatus for refining smelting, manufacturing or otherwise working up the products of mineral lands, either produced by this corpor ation or other persons or corporations and to refine, smelt manufacture o1 otherwise work up the by-products oi said minerals and to operate the said plant and market the products or by products as manufactured to the best advantage.
 To engage in a general oil or miner al brokerage business by buying, sell ing or otherwise trading in minera lands or the products or by-products of mineral lands.
 To carry on such other business ore taining to oil. gas, sulphur or othe minerals as may be found necessary O desirable or such as is generally en gagged in by a corporation of this kind
 Article "
 The authorized amount of capita stock of this Corporation shall b. Twenty Five Thousand ($25, 100000 Dollars, divided into One Thousan G.000) shares of par value of Twer ty five ($25.00) Dollars each. At sucl times as the Board of Directors ma, by resolution direct, said capita stock shall be paid into this Corpors tion, either in cash or by the sale an transfer to it of real or personal prcI erty contracts, services, or any othe valuable right or thing, for the US and purposes of said Corporation, i payment for which, shares of the caI ital stock of said. Corporation may b issued, and the cauital stock so issue shall thereupon and thereby becom and be fully paid up and non-asses: able forever. in the absence of actua fraud in the transaction the iudgmer of the Directors as to the value ot tn property purchased shall be conclusive
 Article V
 The time of the commencement ( this Corporation shall be the date the fling of 2 certified copy of thes