Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-07
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF the California Bangor Slate Com
pany.


pany.
Know all men by these presents,
that we. the undersigned, have formed
and do hereby form and constitute q
corporation under the laws of the ter
|ritory of Arizona, and we do hereby
certify and declare and do hereby
adopt the following articles Of incor-
poration.
l. That the name of said corpora
ton is California Bangor Slate Com
pany.
That the names OF the incorporators
are the following towit: H. H. Todd,
E. G. Robinson, Fred Sandelin, James
B. Merritt and Thos. M. Robinson.
The principal place Of business shall
be and Is Phoenix, Maricopa county, in
said territory Of Arizona; but the
corporation proposes to carry on bust
ness in the United States Of America,
and elsewhere, with general Office in
the city and county of San Francisco,
state OF California, and at such other
places as the business transacted by
said corporation may make necessary
or desirable.
II. That the general nature Of the
business to be transacted by said cor
poration is as follows: In the terri
tory Of Arizona, and elsewhere In
United States of America, to scquire.
by purchase or any other lawful man.
ner, own and lease, and to sell. let and
otherwise deal in and dispose OF mines
and mining properties, mill sites, wa
ter, water rights, slate deposits. quar-
ries, beds or properties, and slate and
slate products and town sites; to
subdivide the townsites into lots and
blocks. and to build, construct and
erect buildings, houses and other i'm.
provements thereon, and buy and cell
the same; to construct and lay wa
ter, gas and other mains in the streets
thereof, and supply the inhabitants
with water for domestic and other
purposes, and with gas for lighting
and other purposes; to erect and
maintain wires for the transmission
and supplying OF electricity for light
ing and domestic purposes; to do all
manner of street work, or to cause the
same to be done by contract or other
wise; to carry on and conduct gen.
eral transportation, mercantile and
commercial business in the territory
Of Arizona, and in the state OF Cali
fornia and elsewhere; to carry on,
conduct and manage general hotel,
boarding and lodging house business:
to acquire, erect, maintain, build, con.
struct and operate: "a mills. plants
and machinery to prepare and mann-
facture slate and slate products: e,
mills, reduction and other plants for
reducing, treating or extracting the
precious metals, and CD mining ma
chinery, reservoirs, water and water
rights, dams, bitches, fumes, tele-
eranh and telenhone lines and plants,
and electric. compressed air. steam.
and other power plants: to operate.
conduct and maintain lighting works
for 1ighting cities, towns and houses
for domestic or other illuminating
purnoses: to sell or furnish steam,
electricity or COMPRESSED air or other
power for manufacturing, TRANSPORTER
ton. lighting and other PURPOSES: to
hu'ld. construct. maintain and operate
railroads in the state Of California and
elsewhere; to build own, purchase.
charter, buy and sell ships, steam
boats. sailing vessels and ether rneane
OF TRANSFORMATION on water: to rur-
chase, acquire, buy, sell and deal in
shares Of the capital stock Of corpora
tions inccrrorated under the laws of
the territory OF Arizona or elsewhere:
and generally to grant. cell. lease.
nocrt~aTe. bond. hvpothecate or other
wise disnose of and incnmbAr anv end
all Of said property and to do whatev-
err else may be necessary or incident to
tho nur0oses aforesaid
TIT. That the amount IT the canitaJ
stock Of SAID co~noration ia Eve h.,~.
d~ad Thousand dolyars (sEOO 900. 00)
dtvided fnto FIVE thousand Is eo0l
shares ~ tho rar valve az one hur-
draa 1nllars fstoo. n0) each. which IL
~ he no'd n Gosh or property within
ave ~, wears,