Mesa free press., 1900-12-28
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 &
corporation under the laws Of the ter
ritory Of Arizona, and we do hereby
certify and declare and do herebv
adopt the following articles OF incor-
poration. '.,;'
I. That the name of said corpora
tion is California Bangor Slate Corn
|pany.
That the names Of the incorporators
are the following towit: H. H. Todd,
e. c. 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 acquire
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 sell
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 territcrv
of Arizona, and in the state Of Calf
fornia and elsewhere; to carry on
conduct and manage general hotel
boarding and lodging house business.
to acquire. erect, maintain, build, cor
struct and operate: az mills. rlar+c
and machinery to prepare and man,
facturc slate and slate nroducts. -
mills, reduction and other plants fc-7
reducing, treating or extracting +hc
precious metals. and f3) mining me-
chinery, reservoirs. water and wata~
rights, dams, bitches, fumes, tele-
graph and telephone lines and plants.
and electric, compressed air, steam
and other power plants; to operate.
conduct and maintain lighting works
for lighting cities, towns and houses
for domestic or other illuminatine
purposes; to sell or furnish stean,,
electricity or compressed air or other
power for manufacturing, transnorta-
ton, lighting and other purposes: TO
build, 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 other means
Of transportation on water; to rur-
chase, acquire. buy. sell and deal in
shares of the capital stock Of ccrnora
tions Incorporated under the laws Of
the territory OF Arizona or elsewhere.
and generally to grant sell. lease
MORTGAGE. bond, hvpothecate or other
wise disnoee Of and incumber anv and
all Of said property and to do wha+ev-
er else NAV be necessary or incident to
the nurrnses aforesaid.
III. That the amount Of the caoitol
stock of said cornoration is Ave hnr-
dred thousand dollsr~ (*san nan na>
divided into FIVE thousand fFoonl
shares Of the mar value oe one h,ln-
dred dollars $500 .00) each which IS.
TO be Maid in cash or property within
ave (5) years.