Arizona republican., 1896-05-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 -OF THE Minnesota, Arizona Mining and De- VelOPnlent Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, the undersigned incorporasors, de- string to form corporation under the revised statutes of the Territory of Arizona, relating thereto of March Sth, 1889, and all acts am enda tory thereof, do hereby associate ourselves for that purpose, and have signed, adopted and acknowledged the following articles of inoor poration, to wit:
 ARTICLE I. The names of the persons so associating themselves for the purpose of forming said cor poration are Hiram C. Truesdale, J. ". LAW renee and Frank l.. Donkey.
 ARTICLE II. The name of this corporation shall be the Minnesota, Arizona Mining and Development Company.
 ARTICLE III. The principal place for jtlansacting the busi- ness of said corporation (within the Territory of Arjzona) shall be the City of Phoenix, but said operation expressly reserves the right to itself to carry on 8 part of it's busiDess in the City of Minneapolis in the County of Henne- pin. State of Minnesota, or at such other places within such other territories and states of the United States, or foreign countries, as may hereafter be deemed expedient for the best in- terests of said corporation.
 ARTICLE ".
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by said corporation is as fol- lows:
 To make and enter into contracts for the purchase of and the purchase of mines or mineral lands or the location or purchase of any other lands, and for the development thereof; it shall also be authorzed:.to construct or otherwise acquire railroads, railroad bridges toll roads and toll bridges. canals for naviga tion water power, irrigation, mining or other purposes, public, private, municipal, or domes tic, either in the Territory of Arizona, or in such other states and territories, or foreign countries, as said company may from time to time deem expedient, and for that pur pose to undertake the construction and erection of railroads, turn bikes, railroad bridges. toll bridges, canals, dams, fumes reservoirs, tanks, ditches, aqueducts, sewers, hydrants, or other hydraulic appliances necessary for carrying on and transacting said business. Said company shall also be authorized and empowered to un- dertake the construction, erection and equip ment of telegraph and telephone lines, and to use and operate the same, and for that purpose, and to that end, shall be empowered to buy, lesse, rent or otherwise acquire, appropriate, enjoy and use lands, tenements and heredita- ments, water and water rights, and rights to use of water for water power, mining manu- featuring, irrigating, or any other lawful pur- pose And said company shall be fully author ized and empowered to sell, lease, rent or otherwise dispose Of any of said lands, tenemsnts, hereditaments or ap- purtenances, water, water rights, or rights to the use of waterf for power, mining, manufacturing, irrigating or other purposes,
 IL. l~-- ! structing thereon such railroads, bridges, toll roads, toll bridges, canals, dams, fumes, re- seryoirs, ditches, aqueducts, sewers, or any other creations, constructions or buildings necessary or expedient to enhance the value thereof, or to improve the same; and in like manner, and to the same extent, said corpora tion shall be empowered to borrow money either with or without security, and to sell, convey, lease let, mortgage or otherwise dis pose of, charge or cucumber such lands, tene- ments and heredltaments, real and personal property and estate, or any of the same, or any right or interest therein at pleasure, and in such manner, and on such termssas such cor poratiou, or association may determine by or der of It's directors, or established by it's by laws, and for that purpose 10 make and deliver, and in like manner accept and receive all necessary and proper deeds, conveyances, mortgages, notes, bonds. lease and other con- tracts or writings obligatory, and to have and exercise sll the necessary rights, franchises, muniments, statutes. powers and privileges necessary to that end.
 And such association. or corporation, is aut thorized to loan money and funds to secure such loans by mortgage or other security, and to do and perform any and all things incidental to or expedient for the best interest Of said cor poration. and in carrying on and transacting the business for which it is incorporated
 ARTICLE V.
 The amount of capital stock autholized is the um of Fifty Thousand Dollars (S50,OOO) and