Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-02
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
THE SULTAN MERCANTILE COMPANY

Know all men by these presents That We, JULIUS SULTAN, LYMAN SUI. TAN and LOUIS SULTAN, desiring Co in. corporate under the provisions nf title XII of the Revised Statutes of the Territory of Ari. zona, do adopt the following Articles of h. corporation.
 ArticleI. The name If She Corporation shall be THE SULTAN MERCANTILE COMPANY, and its principle place pf busi- ness sbaA be in the town of Globe Gila County Arizona
 Artrcle IT. The capital stock of this cor poration shall be the sum of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars 1925 O00) 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 BoaTd of Directors of this Corporation as provided by their bylaws.
 Article IT. The business proposed to be transacted, is that of general commercial and contracting character, embracing the keeping 0f stores, buying, procuring and sell ing merchandise and supplies of all kinds and description whatsoever, including lumber and timber E 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 buGiness or any thereof |; and generally to exercise all powers, except those for the construction of works of internal improvement conferred by the laws of the TerritIry of Arizona, upon corporations formed in pursuance of title XII, Chapter Of the Revised Statute of AriztSa of 1887.
 Article ". The time of the commence ment of this Corporation shall be the date and day of the filing of these Articles of In. corporation in the office of the County Ike. corder of Gila County and shall terminate Twenty-Five Years thereafter
 Article V. The affairs cf ghi5 Corporation shall be conducted by @ Board oi 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 ors are elected and qualified, and the time and manner of such election shall be pre- scribed and provided for by the bylaws r' said Corporstion ard 10 person sttii De. eli- gible to said office unless he be Q stock holder in said corporation, and thereafter should any director cease to be stock-holder, he shall cease to be \ director. Said Board of Direc. tors shall have power to make and establish bylaws and to make rules and regulations necessary for the f1eN agenent of the business of such Corporation and providing for the election of such officers of said Corporation as shall be deemed necessary and proper.
 Article VI. The highest amount of inbebt- edness or liability to which this Corporation sum of Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dol. lsrt
 Article VII The stockholders and their private property shall not be liable to and shall be exempt from the corporate debts of this Corporation.
 Article VIII Any stock-hQlder of this Corporation ehall De eligible % and hold two or more offices in this Corporation.
 Article K. The capital stock of this Cor. poration shall be forever nonssssssable and each certificate thereof shall state upon its face the number of shares represented thereby and that the same is forever nonsssessable.
 Article x. The following perbbAs named, below, who are subscribers to the capital stock of this Corporation, the said THE SULTAN MERCANTILE COMPANY" shall constitute the Board of Directors until the hret Of January 1896, or until their sue cessors al e duly elected and otsli6sd; Julius Sultan, Hyman Sultan and Louis Sultan. o,,r I.rlc o.,I Gel