Mohave County miner., 1894-05-26
Of Incorporation Of the
kiugman Mercantile COnsp pany.

1 nhoko IMAM Mefr8obhuCS - SOns Rony.
Knew all men by these presents: That
we, George NJ. Bowers, Frank l.. Smith
and q. Il. Bowers. each of Kingman, Ari.
zona, have associated ourselves together
| for the purpose of forming a corporation
under tho laws of the Territory of Arizola
in such case made and provided. and we
hereby certify as follows:
EIRsT.
That the name of said corporation il
The KINGMAN MERCANTILE COM.
PANY and its principal place of business
is klngman, Mohave county, Arizona.
sECoKD.
That ths general nature Of the business
proposed is the buying aud selling OF gen.
ernl merohandisr. rs.i estate, ores. bullion
and all manner & ether personal proy erty,
and all and singular tho articles and oOm
modities that pr"p-riy and practically be-
long to gei.er 4 n-ro,ntile business.
TaIsD.
That the amVLnt ui capital stock of said
Corporal Oh. con,,l ot t,e entire Assets
OF the pies.h' ryIIUraiion of Gaddis
of FoUErsss ThoUs,SD DoLL,Rs and
the transfer of lie same from the cOrpor-
alton of Uaadis - o.n,aHy to 80 said
Corporatiou, >usll Ia efi-ct ON the filing
Of these ar ic,es la the office Of the County
Recorder oi Mon va Gun !; for Record.
~ k1H
That the sAid corporation hereby as
sumes all the indeb,edn rs of the said
corporation of Gaddis d Company. aud
by tboss prsssntsis empowered to collect
all accounts owing tothe said corporation.
FIFTH.
That the time for commencement VI the
corporate business shall be on the 10Th day
Of May, 1894, and the same shall termi-
nate twenty-five years from said date.
That the affairs of said corporation shall
be conducted by George NJ. Bowers, Frai.k
l.. Smith and G. 4. Bowers, who are hereby
made n board of directors until the 18th
day of February, 1886. after which date the
stockholders shall elect boa of three
Directors on the third Monday of Feb.
ruary of each ear.
That the officers term of Office and sal
aries of tins corporation shall be de.
termined, fixed and governed by a set of
bylaws to be adrp,ed by the Board Of Di-
iectors immediately ait, t,r the iling of Theses
articles for record.
That the highest amount Of Indebtedness
that the corporation may contract shall be
EioHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS and the great.
est amount of credit extended shall not
exceed KIaHT THoUsAND DOLLARS.
NINTH.
That said capital stock shalt be divided
into sixteen shares of par value of xs75
each. aud said stock is not transferable
except on the bo ks Of the ,rpor alton.
TENTH.
That all private property shall be OF.
empt from corp rate debts.
In witness where 4, we have hereto aet
our hands this May 9th, 1894.
GEO. NJ. BOWERS,
+. l.. SMITH,
c. 4. BOWERS.
rrRklpona Gavs1r :, 9F Moa.EI AkIzoNA' tss.
Before me, Joseph w. Morgan, County
Recorder in and for said county, on this
day, personally appeared Geo. NJ. Bowers.
Frank l.. Smith and g. L. Bowers. known
to me to be ,he persons whose names
are subscribed to the foregoing instru.
ment, and acknowledged to me that
they executed the same for the purpose
and consideration therein exp ressed.
Given under my hand and seal Of office
(sKAL.) this 10th dav of May, A.
d. 1894.
J. W. MORGAN,
Recorder OF Mohays County,
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, GO
COUNTY OF MoHAvE, 3d.
/, j. W. Morvan, County Recorder in and
for said county, Territory aforesaid, do
hereby certify that the above and foregoing
is full. true and correct coy of the Ar.
tioles of Incorporation OF the Kingman
Mercantile Company, and of the indorse.
ments thereon, as the same appears o'
record in my office in Book of moor
porations, at page ~. ct. seq. In witness
whereof l have hereunto set my hand and
affixed my official seal, this 10th day of
May, A. d. 1894.