The Winslow mail., 1926-04-16
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORA-
TION
of
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA

Article /.
The name of this Corporation is
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA.
Article II.
It's principal office in the State
of Delaware is located at Number
7 West Tenth Street, in the City
of Wilmington, County of New
Castle. The name and address of
it's resident agent is the Corpor-
alton Trust Company of America,
Number 7 West Tenth Street, Will
mington, Delaware.
Article III.
The nature of the business of
this Corporation and the objects
or purposes proposed to be trans
acted, promoted or carried on by
it are as follows, namely:
1. To buy, exchange, contract
for, lease, and in any and all 9TH
er ways, acquire, take, hold and
own, and to deal in, sell. mortgage,
lease, or otherwise dispose of
lands, mining claims, mineral
rights, oil wells, gas wells. oil
lands, gas lands and other real
property, and rights and interests
in and to real property, and to
manage, operate, maintain, i'm
prove, and develop the said prop
critics, and each and all of them.
2. To buy, exchange, contract
for, lease, and in any and all 9th
er ways acquire, take, hold and
own, and to sell, mortgage, lease,
and otherwise dispose of all rights
of way, easements, franchises, and
rights thereto, and to deal in the
same in every way.
3. To buy, exchange, contract
for, lease, and in any and all 9TH
er ways, acquire, take, hold and
own personal property of every
character and description, and to
sell, mortgage, lease and otherwise
dispose of the same.
a. To engage in any kind of
manufacturing business and to
buy, exchange, contract for, lease,
construct and otherwise acquire,
take, hold and own, and to sell,
mortgage, lease or otherwise dis
pose of, manufacturing plants, and
to manage, operate, maintain, i'm
prove and develop the same.
5. To buy, exchange, construct,
contract for, lease and in any and
all other ways acquire, take, hold
and own refineries for the treat
ment of petroleum and other min
eral oils and gases; the tanks
and other facilities for the stor-
age thereof; and the manufacture
ing plants, works and appurten-
ances for the production, distribu-
tion and sale of petroleum, oil,
gas and of any and all refine
ments and by-products thereof; to
prospect for oil; to drill oil wells
and to develop the same; to re-
fine crude oil; to improve, main
tain, operate and develop, and to
sell, mortgage, lease or otherwise
dispose of the said properties. and
to sell or otherwise dispose of such
petroleum, oil, and all refinements
and by-products thereof.
6. To enter into, maintain, op-
crate or carry on in all it's branch
es the business of mining and of
drilling, boring and exploring for,
producing, refining, treating, dis
tilling, manufacturing, handling,
and dealing in, buying and selling
petroleum, oil, natural gas, as
phaltum, bitumen, bituminous rock.
and any and all other mineral and
hydro-carbon substances, and any
and all products or by-products
which may be derived from said
substances or either of them; and
for such or any of such purposes
to buy, exchange, contract for,
lease and in any and all other
ways acquire, take, hold and own,
and to sell, mortgage, lease and
otherwise dispose of, and to con-
struct, manage, maintain, deal in
and operate mines, refineries,
tanks, machinery, wharves, steam,
sailing and other vessels or wa
ter-craft of every kind, character
and description, and otherwise to
deal in, operate, establish. nromot~,
carry on, conduct and manage any
and all other property and appli-
ances, that may in any wise be
deemed advisable in connection
with the business of the Corpor-
alton or any branch thereof, or
that may be deemed convenient at
any time by the Board of Direc-
tors of the Corporation.
7. To buy. exchange, construct.
contract for, lease and in any and
all other ways to acquire, take,
hold and own pine lines and tele-
graph and telephone lines useful
or necessary, in the judgment of
the officers of this CORPORATION,
for its own business, and to i'm
prove, maintain and operate the
same, and to sell, mortgage, lease
or otherwise dispose of the same.
8. To manufacture, buy or 9TH
'erwise acquire. own, MORTGAGE,
sell, assign, transfer or otherwise
dispose of. trade and deal in and
with goods, wares and merchan-
disc of every class and descrip-
ton.
g. To do engineering and con-
tracing in the deSioninp con