Graham guardian., 1901-05-24
First publication April ~, 1901.
Articles Of Incorporation
Of The Stafford Commercial Club
KNOW ALL MEN BY rHIsE PRESENTS:

KNOW ALL MEN BY THEsE PRESENTS:
That we, the undersigned, G. C. Barry, 2. C.
Prina, II. M. Jeter, George A. Olney, j. NJ
| Foster, H. w. Hudgen and George Jacobson,
| all residents of the town of Stafford Graham
! County, Arizona territory, do hereby associate
ourselves into corporation under the laws of
the territory of Arizona, and We do hereby
| certify;
ARTICLE I. The name ofths corporation shall
| be the Stafford Commercial Club with its prin-
cipal place of transacting business in the town
| of Stafford, Graham County, Arizona territory.
ARTICLE II. she purposes for which said cor
poratlon is formed are, to buy, purchase, ap-
| propriate or otherwise acquire, own, hold, bond
rent, lease, sublet, for either public or private
purposes and uses, with full power TO sell,
| transfer, convey, assign, rent, pledge hypothe.
cate or mortgage rights and properties as fol
lows: real estate, mineral oil bearing and min
eral and agricultural lands, mineral rights,
| mines, mining claims and minerals, water
| rights and water power for any beneficial use
whatsoever, with the right to acquire by pur-
chase or otherwise hold, and own, maintain,
manage, construct, operate and control pipe
lines, reservoirs tanks tank-cars, tramways,
| fumes, canals, ditches electric light or power
| plants street railways, telegraph and telephone
lines, franchises, mining shafts, drifts, tunnels
and slopes, cars, machinery and all other works,
| property or appliances that may be incident to
or auxiliary to the aforesaid business or pur-
poses, or for putting into actual or beneficial
| use or operation any of the foregoing mention
ed properties or interests also to improve parks,
streets, and public highways; and to organize.
| conduct and control for pleasure for profit,
county fairs and exhibits of live stock agrcul-
| tural, horticultural, floral, mineral manufac-
ed, or other products of the Territory of Arizona
or elsewhere.
ARTICLE Ill The term of which said CORPORA
ton shall exist shall be twenty five years from
and after the date of filing these articles in the
| office of the recorder of said Graham County,
Arizona territory.
ARTICLE ". The affairs of said corporation
| shall pOnnnntp6 O rd nj
tors chosen by its stockholders, from among
their number, annually on the FIRST Wednesday
after the second tuesday in January of each
year
ARTICLE V. The capital stock of said corpora
tion shall amount to twenty-five Thousand pol
lars 1925, ,00U00 divided into shares of the value
of Five Dollars $500 each. The igheSt
amount Ofindebtedness to be contracted by said
corporation shall be Five Thousand Dollars
1900 00, and The private property OF stock
holders therein shall be exempt from corporate
debts of said corporation. Capital stock shall
be sold and paid in subject TO the times, terms
and conditions imposed by order of the Board
OF Directors of SAID corporation.
ARTICLE VI. The officers of said corporation
snail consist OF president, a vice president, q
secretary, treasurer, corresponding secre
tary, and such other officers as said Board of
Directors may provide for, all of sa officers to
be chosen annually by said Board at the first
ret ular meeting of said Board after said annual
election of the members of said Board of Direc
tors. All officers, and members of said Board
VI bDdll ONCE lOf one year ana
until their successors shall be elected and quail
fed.
ARTICLE vi. Said Board of Directors may
make and adopt, subject to approval ofits stock
holders, all bylaws, rules and regulate ms for
the management, direction and control of the
affairs OF said corporation, limited by the pro-
visions of these articles ofincorporation. of
ARTICLE VIII. The names of the members of
the Board of directors who shall ser7e until
their successors are elected and qualified are:
Geo. A. Olney, q. C. Prina, II. NJ Jeter &. C.
Barry. j. NJ. Foster, II. w. Hudgen. Geo. Jacob
son, all residing at the TOWN of ofSafford, Graham
County. Arizona territory.
ARTICLE TX. these articles may bo altered
changed or amended by a two-thirds vote of the
stockholders at any regular meeting, notice of
the proposed change having been given, in
writing, ct the next preceding regular meeting
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this 18th day of April, 1901
lSEALsl G.. c. BARRY,
II. c. tRINA,
H. NJ. JETER,
GEO. \. Olney,
J. NJ. FOSTER,
II. W. HUDGEN,
GEO. JACOBSON.