The Arizona sentinel., 1889-01-12
Articles of incorporation of the Mohawk Ranch
 Company.

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 We, W. K. Mcfarland, John Candolfo and Samuel Purclv, desiring to incorporate ourselves under the pro, isions Of the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and especially of an act of the Leg islative Assembly thereof entitled An Act Concerning Corporations, approved March s, 1887, for the parpose of engaging in the business and enterprise hereinafter mentioned, do make, subscribe and ac- knowledge in triplicate these Articles of Incorporation.
 ARTICLE I.
 The name of this incorporation and by which it shall be hereafter kno VII is the "Mohawk Ranch Company" and its principal place fer tlansscting bus mess is NJ Jhawk Ranch, rear Mohawk section house, on the Soathe"n Pacific Rail road, in the Count, of Yuma, Territory of Arizona.
 ARTICLE IT.
 The business and enterprise which this Corporation purposes to engage in sEall be to acquir. by purchase, location. or il any other law ful manner, real estate, lands and all other kinds of property, real, personal or mixed, and to improve and sell the same; to borrow or loan money and receive mort gages upon lands, and to carry on the busi- | ness of banking in ali it's branches; to buy | onI cell m ,,oorobaD1;so ou1 ooD1ncf nd on r,., on mercantile business in all it's branches to acquire water by location or purchase. and to construct and maintain dams, l canals, ditchcs, pipes and reservoirs for conducting, and distributing the same; t. construct buildings and warehouses, and hold, cocapy, buy and sell the same; to cOn- | struct roads and maintain the same; to erect. operate and maintain telegraph anu telephone lines; to mortgage, hvpothecate or pledge any Of the property of this corpo- ration; to tlo and transact any and all kinds of business which may be transacted by 5, natural person.
 ARTICLE III.
 The amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be Three Hundred Thous- and Dollars, $500, ,00)) divided into Sixty Thousand t60, 000) shares, of the par vaiue of Five (5l Dollars share, and the sam6 shall be non-assessabie, and the ssid capit5 stock shall be paid ia at the time and undel the conditions ordered and authorized b, the Board of Directors of this corporation
 ARTICLE ".
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the day of the filing O these Articles in the ctfice of the Dounty R co der of the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, and shall terminate (:5c) Fifty years thereafter
 ARTICLE V.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent, to lie! this corporation is at any time to be snhjec. is the sum If Ole Htnd,ed and Eft, Thousand l50, 0OO) Dollars.
 ARTICLE VI. The highest amount of i11eb5eipess oY liability to which this corporation is at ali! time to subject itself Is the sum of Oae Hun dred and Fifty Thousand (l50, 00J) Dollars.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The afftirs of this corporation shall Le con lucted by Board of Directors com- posed of not more than five (5) persons no1 less than three (3) persons, who shall b. elected annually by the stockholders and shall hold office fJr one year and until thei successors are elected aud qualified. Tn time and manner of sail election shall b, proyileI for ia the B ;-Lass of said C,rro- ration.
 Said Directors shall be subscribers to the capital stock of sail corporation. a!.o no person shall be eligible to $ il olfi;o unless he be stockhoider in the Corpora tion, and any person ceas:ilg U he a slb scriber shall cease to be a Director, ami he:e fer if any Director shall cease to ba d stockholder Le sha..i cease to be a Director ! he ard Of Directors of this corpora tion shall have poaer to establish By laws. and make all rales ald regulations necessary for the management of the af air of tais corporation aaI the oii ;ers thereof. The following named persons, who are subscribers to the capifal stock Of tii; corporation, shall constitute its Board o: Directors for the Ii st three III nths follow ing nd Immediately after the day of the fling of these Articles il the office of the County Recorder of tue County Of Yu.na, Territory or Arizona, ald until their SIC cessors are dul; elected and ia.iied, to- wit: Samuel Knox, w. F.. Mcfarland and Samuel Par.ly.
 ARTICLE WILL
 The stockholders and tneir private prop erty shall be exempt from the co porat, debts of this corporation.
 " WlT.<E55 " tE3EOF, We hare here into set oar hlnls m s.,is thi5 iJt ,iaY Of December, 4. D. 1858. Executed in tiir licate.
 " K MCFARLAND. [3EALl
 JOHN GANDOLFO, 5EALj
 MANUEL FURDY. SEALi TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
 County of Yuma,
 :,fore me, E. B Wagv, Notary Pubii' in and for the County of Y ama, Territory 0