Arizona silver belt., 1895-01-12
ARTICLES eF INCORPORATION.
THE SULTAN MERCANTILE COMPANY.

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 Know all msh by these presents: That we, JULIUS SULTAN, LYMAN SUL- | TAN and LOUIS SULTAN, desiring to in- corporate un,isr the provisions of title XII of | the Revised Statutes of the Territory of Ari- zOna do adopt the following Articles of In- | corporation.
 Article 1. The name of the Corporation shall be THE SULTAN MERCANTILE | COMPANY, and its principle place of busi- ness shall be in the town of Globe, Gila 1 County, Arizona.
 Article II. The capital stock of this cor l poration shall be the sum of Twenty Five Thousand Dollars fS25, COO, divided into Five Thousand shares of the par value of fifty dol- lars each, which capital stock shall be paid in upon the call of the Board of Directors of this Corporation as provided by their bylaws. Article III. The business proposed to be transacted, Id that of general commercial and contracting character, embracing the keeping of stores, buying, procuring and sell ing merchandise and supplies of all kinds and description whatsoever, including lumber aud timber in all their forms with power to con tract in relation to the delivery thereof, and for dealing buying and selling of lands hay.
 ing relation to such business or any thereof , and generally Go exercise all powers, except those for the construction of works of internal improvement. conferred by the laws of the Territory of Arizona upon corpdfatiuns formed in pursuance ef title XII, Chapter 2 of the Revised Statute of Arizona of 1887.
 Article ". The time of the commence ment of this Corporation shall be the date and day of the filing uf these Articles of h. corporation in the office of the County Re. c0rdsr of Gila County and shall terminate Twsntg.kiye Years thereafter
 Article V. Tie aff .irs of Ihis Corporation shall be conducted by Board of Directors, of not less than three persons who shall be elected by the stock holders, and who shall hold office for one year or until their success oB are elected and qualified, and the time and manner of such election shall be pre- scIihsd and provided for by the bylaws of said Corporation and no person shall be eli gibls to said office unless be be a stock holder in said corporation and thereafter should any director cense tO be a stock holder he shall cease to be a director. Said Board 0f Direc- tors shall have power to make and establish bylaws and tD make rules and regulations necessary for the management of the busine E of such Corporation and providing for tie election of such officers of said Corporation as shall be deemed necessary and proper
 Article VI. The highest amount of inbeet- edness or liability to which this Corporation shall at any time subject itself shall be ths sum oi Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dol lars.
 Article VT. The stock holders and their private property shall not bc liable to and shall De exempt from the corporate debts of this Corporation.
 Article VIII Any stock.holder of ,his Corporation shall be eligible to and hold two or more offices in this Corporation.
 Article K. The capital stock of this Cor porstion shall he forever nonSssessable and each certificate thereof shall state upon it's face the number uf shares represented thereby and that the same is forever nonsssessable
 Article X. The following persons named, below, who see subscribers to the capital stock of this Corporation, the said THE SULTAN MERCANTILE COMPANY" !" sdall constitute the Board of Directors until the first of January 1896, or until their suc- cCssors 2i e duly elected and quAli6edi Julius Sultan, Hy1nsa Sultan and Louis Sultan.
 In witness whereof, we have hersunto set
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