The Arizona sentinel., 1901-05-01
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Int ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NAVlGA-
 TON COMPANY.

We ~Alphonso B. Smith, William s. Two good and Erven E. Busby, desiring to incorpor- ate ourselves under the provisions of the laws of the territory of Arizona, and especially an act of the legislative assembly thereof, entitled An act concerning corporations" approved March Sth. 1881, for the purpose of engaging Tn the lawful enterprise, business pursuits and occupations hereinafter specified, do make subscribe and acknowledge, according to law these articles Of incorporation, and declare:
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 The name assumed by this corporation, and by which it shall be known, is ''The Mexican Colorado Navigation Company" and the time of the commencement of said company shall be the day of the filing of these articles in the of flee of the county recorder of the county of fu- ma, territory of Arizona. and the termination after.
 The enterprise business pursuits and Occupa- tion in which this company proposes to engage are as follows: {a( To acquire by purchase or fin any other lawful manner, and to possess, en- iov. operate and use grants, franchises and con- sessions from any territory or state of the United States, or from any other state or coun- try of the world, lands steamships, steamship lines railroads (other than railroads in the ter ritory of Arizona) wagon roads canals, mills factories houses, capital stock and bonds oi corporations, public or private, chattels, goods wares and merchandise ard chooses in action, .nl to own, control deal in, sell or dispose of the sarne, or any part thereof, and to enter into contracts for the construction and operation oi any such enterprises or occupations
 Cb) To buy, sell, own and operate, or other wise deal in, mines, mining claims, mining stocks franchises. industrial enterprises, water works gas works, electrical works, street rail ways, and other commercial enterprises; tC buy sell own and operate all kinds Of stores for the sale of general merchandise, goods ol personal property mining machinery, steam ol electrical appliances or devices; to operate mills and smelters for the reduction of all kinds o ores: to carry on the business of banking in al its branches borrowing and loaning money dealing in all kinds of negotiable paper, prom missory notes, mortgages, stocks, bonds O other securities, gold, silver, copper, lead O other kinds of bullion or ore, bills of exchang or other evidences of indebtedness, and banka ble paper; to acquire, own. construct, operat or dispose of telephone and telegraph lines an' electric lights; to transact any and all kinds o business which may be transacted by an lndl vidual; to hold, use and enjoy the same, and t alienate sell, lease demise and dispose of sam or of any part thereof, as well as of any othe property this corporation may possess acquire be seized of, or entitled to- and to hypothecate mortgage or pledge all or any part of the proT crty of this corporation, or which it may in an manner hereafter acquire, and to issue its prom missory notes, mortgage bonds, debentures c other written evidences of indebtedness, fo any of the objects and purposes herein stated.
 The directors of this corporation shall hay full power and authority to purchase or acquir any of the foregoing property or property rights or any other property that in their judgmer seems for the best interests of the company; acquire and to issue and use in payment ther for the capital stock of this corporation, Il mortgage bonds and debentures, or other wrt ten evidence of indebtedness, or the none thereof, in such amounts and to such extent [ they, the said directors, may determine-suc capital stock to be so used in payment at its flu par value.