The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-06-25
STATE OF ARIZONA

STATE OF ARIZONA
 Office of the Arizona Corporation Commission
 United States of America, State of Arizona, ss.
 The Arizona Corporation Commis- 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 10:00 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 it's 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: AZ. Stelzer, Secretary ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE MORENCI OIL COMPANY
  That we, the undersigned, have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under and pursuant to the Laws of the State of Arizona, and for that purpose do hereby adopt Articles of Incorpo- ration as follows: z
 Article I
 The name of this Corporation shal L rrT N
 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 Ari 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 Fray be held and all business transacted. Article III
 The general nature of the business i proposed to be transacted is to ec- quire by purchase or cease Or other, '-:se lands in the Reeves County oil i field of Texas, or any other locality 1 for the purpose of prospecting for, and obtaining oil, gas, salt, sulphur or other minerals: and to that end tc 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 tc fully accomplish said purposes; and if oil or other minerals are found then to market the same to the best advantage. l To engage in the transportation o ] oil, gas, salt, sulphur, or other min ] erals, either produced by this corpo 1 "aCon or other persons or corpora tions, by means of pipe lines, tram ways, railroads, boats, barges or othe l conveyances or to lease or subleas' | all or any part thereof to other per sons or corporations for like purpose ami, | older to fully carry put salt o5I-cts anu purposes, to pIro as lease. or otherwise acquire, pipe lines tramways, railroads, boats, barges , tank cars, locomotives, pumping sta } tions, steam plants, air-plants and al other machinery, apparatus and l ara :, phenalia necessary or incidental there to.
 To build. construct, lease, purchas z or otherwise acquire buildings, machir , cry and other apparatus for refining smelling, manufacturing or otherwis working up the products of minera lands, either produced by this corpol ' ation or other persons or corporations f and to refine, smelt, manufacture c n otherwise work up the by-products ( said minerals and to operate the sai
 plant and market the products or b. : products as manufactured to the bes
 advantage. \ D To engage in a general oil or mine D al brokerage business by buying, sel
 ing or otherwise trading in miner; F lands or the products or by-produc
 of mineral lands. F E
 ,, To carry on such other business pr n taining to oil, gas, sulphur or oth' = minerals as may be found necessary { T desirable or such as is generally e g. gagged in by corporation of this kin Tt Article "
 if The authorized amount of capit stock of this Corporation shall m Twenty Five Thousand ($25,OOO.O ,t Dollars, divided into One Thousa1 ;e G.O0O) shares of a par value of I've at ty five ($2500) Dollars each. At su' If times as the Board of Directors m; i'd by resolution direct, said caplt G. stock shall be paid into this Corpo1
 tion, either in cash or by the sale al 10 transfer to it of real or personal pro ,e ] erty. contracts, services, or any oth ,S valuable right or thing, for the u
 and purposes of said Corporation, sA payment for which, shares of the ca 55 ital stock of said Corporation may 70 issued. and the cauital stock so issu