Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
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THE SULTAN MERCANTILE COMPANY.

Know all men by these presents That we, JULIUS SULTAN, LYMAN SUL- TAN and LOUIS SULTAN, desiring to Tn. corporate under the proSisoha of title XII of the Revised Statutes of the Territory of Ari. zona, do adopt the following Articles of h. corporation.
 Article I. 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, Gils County, Arizona.
 Article IL The capital stock of this cor. poration shall be the sum of Twenty Five Thousand Dollars 1925, COOL 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 Corp sration as provided by their bylaws.
 Article III. The business proposed to be transacted, is that of general commercial and contracting character, embracing the keeping of stores, buy ing, procuring and sell. ing merchandise and supplies of all kinds aud 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 Co such business or any thereof snd generally to exercise all powers. except those for the construction of works of internal improvement, conferred by the laws oi the TerritJsy of Arizona, upon corporations formed in pursuance of title XII, Chapter of the Revised Statute of Arizona of 1881.
 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 Re corder of Gila County and shall terminate Twenty Five Years thereafter
 Article V. Tie affairs of this Corporation shall be conducted by Beard oi Directors, of not less than three persons, who shall be elected by the stock holders, and who shall hold offics for one year or until their success. CTS are elected and qualified and the time and manner of such election shall be pre- scfibed and provided for by the bylaws oi said Corporation and no person shall be eli gible to said office unless he be stock holder in said corporation, and thereafter should any director cease to be 8 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 management of the business of such Corporation and providing for tb, election of such officers of said Cofporatisr as shall be deemed neeeSaary Gnd proper.
 Article VI. The highest amount of inbebt edness or liability to which this Corporation shali at any time subject itself shall be tn, sum of Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dol l lars.
 Article VII. The stockholders and theii private property shall not be liable to Anc shall be exempt from the corporate debts oi this Corporation,
 Article VIII. Any stock-holder of thi' ! Corporation shall be eligible to and hold tw, or more offices in this Corporation.
 Article K. The capital stock of this Cor porstion shall be forever nonassessable anc ! each certificate thereof shall state upon it | face the number of shares represented thereby | and that the same is forever nonassessable. Article x. The following persohs named | below, who are subscribers to tbe capita stock of this Corporation, the said ''THF SULTAN MERCANTILE COMPANY, shall constitute the Board of Directors unti l the first of January 1896, or until their sue cessors aIe duly elected and qualified; JulinI | Sultan, Hyman Sultan and Louis Sultan. In witness whereof, we have hereunto ss our hands and Seal.
 l LIIIIIIS SULTAN ZEAL