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 OXFORD 
 
 Oil &; Mining Co. 
 
 (LIMITED.) 
 
 A Company having been formed under 
 the above name for the purpose of boring 
 for, opening, and using Petroleum, Salt, 
 or other mineral springs, and refining the 
 same when found, for which a Charter is 
 being obtained under the provisions of the 
 Act, 27 & 28 Vic. Cap. 23, Statute of 
 Upper Canada. ^ /^o 
 
 The Capital Stock of said Company is 
 $10,000, in equal shares of $100 each. 
 
 The operations of the said company are 
 to be conducted*on the West half of the 
 East half of Lot Number Seven, in the 
 Seventh Concession of the Township of 
 Zone, in the County of Kent, containing 
 by admeasurement Fifty acres. 
 
 The said Capital Stock is to include the 
 Fifty acres of land, above described, and 
 also, a well upon the same to be sunk for 
 oil purposes, to the depth of Seven Hun- 
 dred feet, if necessary. 
 
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 The evidence of finding oil in this lo- 
 cality, requires no comment. It being 
 well known that out of over 300 wells 
 sunk in the vicinity, not one has failed in 
 producing oil in paying quantities. 
 
 The lot is situated about half a mile 
 from the river Thames, and is held in 
 fee, free from all incumbrances, by 
 me. And I have covenanted with the 
 Directors to convey the said Lot to Trus- 
 tees, for the benefit of the Company. 
 And I have farther bound and obligated 
 myself, in consideration of the said sum 
 of $10,000, to sink a well upon said prem- 
 ises to the depth of 700 feet, if oil in pay- 
 ing quantities be not sooner obtained, and 
 to properly pipe the said well, and 
 to furnish Engine of 16 horse power. Der- 
 rick, fuel, and everything else necessary 
 for the sinking of said well until oil is ob- 
 tained, or reaches the depth of 700 feet. 
 
 The sinking of the said well has already 
 commenced, and is to be completed as 
 aforesaid, without any unreasonable delay. 
 
 And it is further understood that the 
 
 En,«;iiic, Derrick, and all permanent erec- 
 
 • n^; h'^u rpiuaiji the property of the 
 
said Company, after the said well is sunk. 
 
 GEORGE HAIGHT. 
 
 We, the uridersigned Directors, hold a 
 Mortgage >n the Scjjjjth half of the West 
 half of Lot No. 7, in the 7th Concession 
 of the TownsLip of Zone, for $5,000, as 
 collateral security for the sinking of said 
 well. PETER J. BROWN, 
 
 The following Gentlemen have been 
 appointed Directors for the first year. — 
 
 JOHN BURPE PALMER, 
 
 of North Norwich, Esquire. 
 JAMES HAKEN, 
 
 of North Norwich, Merchant. 
 WILLIAM MERRILL, 
 
 of Burford, Mill Owner. 
 WESLEY HOWELL, 
 
 of Blenheim, Miller. 
 ANDREW MORTON, 
 
 of Brantford, Merchant. 
 PETER J. BROWN, 
 
 of Ingersoll, Esquire. 
 THOMAS HARRISON PARKER, 
 
 of Woodstock, Merchant. 
 
OF THE 
 
 Oxford Oil & Mining Co., 
 
 OF CANADA. 
 
 Article I. 
 
 This Company shall be known as the 
 ^Oxford Oil and Mining Company, ot 
 Canada. 
 
 Article IL 
 
 The Capital Stock of the said Company 
 Bhall be Ten Thousand Dollars, in equal 
 shares of One Hundred Dollars each. 
 
 Article III. 
 
 The operations of the said Company 
 shall be carried on in the Township of 
 Zone, in the County of Kent. 
 
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 Article IV. 
 
 The affairs of the Company shall be 
 managed by a Board of Directors. 
 
 Article V. 
 
 The following persons who have ap- 
 plied for the Patent shall be the Directors 
 for the first year. — 
 
 John Burpe Palmer, of North Norwich, Esquire. 
 James Haken, of North Norwich, Merchant. 
 William Merrill, of Burford, Mill Owner. 
 Wesley Howell, of Blenheim, Miller. 
 Andrew Morton, of Brantford, Merchant, 
 Peter J. Brown, of Ingersoll, Esquire. 
 Thomas Harrison Parker, of Woodstock, Merch't. 
 
 Article VI, 
 
 No person shall be elected or chosen 
 a Director thereafter, unless he is a share- 
 holder, owning Stock absolutely in his 
 own right, and not in arrear in respect to 
 
 any call the^^^nn. 
 
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 Article VII. 
 
 The election of Directors shall take 
 place yearly, all the members of the Board 
 retiring, and (if otherwise qualified,) may 
 be re-elected. 
 
 Article VIII. 
 
 Notice of the time and place of holding 
 general meetings of the company shall be 
 given at least ten days previously thereto. 
 
 Article IX. 
 
 The election shall be by ballot; and 
 each shareholder shall be entitled to as 
 many votes as he owns shares in the com- 
 pany, and may vote by proxy. 
 
 Article X. 
 
 Vacancies occurring in the Board of 
 Directors, may be filled for the unexpired 
 remainder of the term, by the Board, from 
 among the qualified shareholders of the 
 Company. 
 
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 Article XL 
 
 The Directors shall, immediately after 
 the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders, 
 elect from among themselves a President 
 of the Company, whose duty it shall be to 
 preside at all meetings of the Stockholders 
 or Directors, and sign all certificates of 
 Stock, and other necessary papers, 
 
 Article XIL 
 
 If at any time an election of Directors 
 be not made, the Company shall not be 
 held to be thereby dissolved, but such 
 election may be held at any general meet- 
 ing of the Company called for that pur- 
 pose. 
 
 Article XIII. 
 
 The Directors shall have full power in 
 all things, to administer the affairs of the 
 Company, and may make, or cause to be 
 
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 made for the Company, any description 
 of contract which the Company may, by 
 law, enter into. 
 
 Article XIV. 
 
 The Annual Meeting of the Company 
 shall be held at Woodstock, on the first 
 Monday in February, in each and every 
 year, at 2 o'clock, p. m., when the Officers 
 for the ensuing year shall be elected. 
 
 Article XV. 
 
 Special meetings of the Directors may 
 be called at any time, by the President : 
 or, in his absence, by the Vice President. 
 
 Article XVI. 
 
 In the absence of the President, the 
 Vice President shall act in his place, and 
 perform all the duties of his office. In 
 the absence of both, the Directors shall 
 appoint one of their own number, to act 
 as President, pro tern. 
 
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 Article XVII. 
 
 The Secretary, whose duty it shall be 
 to keep a full account of all the business 
 of the Company, sign all checks, and at- 
 tend the meetings of the Directors, shall 
 be elected at each Annual Meeting of the 
 Stockholders. 
 
 Article XVIII. 
 
 The Treasurer shall be elected at each 
 Annual Meeting of the Shareholders, 
 whose duty it shall be to receive all mon- 
 eys, and pay all checks, or orders, signed 
 by the Secretary, and countersigned by 
 the President, or, in his absence, by the 
 Vice President. 
 
 Article XIX. 
 
 A Dividend on the Capital Stock shall 
 be declared by the Directors on the first 
 day of every month, during each and every 
 year, and become payable at the office of 
 the said Company. 
 
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 Article XX. 
 
 The Directors shall have full power to 
 appoint all servants or agents of the Com- 
 pany, not otherwise elected, and may re- 
 move them at pleasure. 
 
 Article XXI. 
 
 At any meeting of the Shareholders, 
 these By Laws may be revised by a two- 
 thirds majority of such Shareholders 
 present.