The news-herald., 1901-11-02
Articles OF incorporation
OF ,&a2e
Wickcnburg n e &c a ntile
and Investment CO.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
That we, c. F. Chapman, J. E. Boyd, Mary A
Boyd, Mary E. Chapman, have this day asso
ciated ourselves together for the purpose o
! forming an incorporation under the provis
ions of the laws of the Territory of Arizona
and especially an Act of the Legislative AS
! sembly thereof, entitled can Act Concerning
| Corporations" which took effect September
1st, 1901, for the purpose of engaging in and
carrying on the lawful business pursuits here
matter specified And we do hereby make
subscribe and acknowledge, according to law
! these Articles Of Incorporation and certify and
declare:
That the name adopted and assumed by this
corporation, and by which it shall be known,
is Wickenburg Mercantile and Investment Co.,
and shall consist of one President, one Vice
President, one Secretary, one Treasurer, and
until the first general election the said parties
are hereby declared to be the officers, viz:
C. F. Chapman, President; j. E. Boyd, Vice
President; Mary A. Boyd, Secretary; and Mary
E. Chapman, Treasurer.
That the place where its principal business
is to be transacted in the town of Wickepburg,
County of Maricopa, Territory of Arizona, and
the time of the commencement of this corpora
ton shall be the day of the filing of these ar
ticies in the office of the County Recorder of
the County of Maricopa, in the Territory Of
Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be
twenty-five years thereafter
SECOND.
The purpose for which this Corporation is
formed and the business it proposes to DO and
engage in, is that of buying and selling goods,
wares and merchandise of any and all descrlp-
tions mining and milling, also to own and ac-
ouire in the course of business real estate and
personal property of any kind whatsoever,
which it may be necessary to acquire for the
profit of this Corporation, to borrow money,
with or WITHOUT giving security therefor, in
the manner authorized by the bylaws OF this
Corporation, to give, receive and take notes
and mortgages bonds, options and convey
ances to do all things usual and necessary in
the business of a Mercantile, Mining and Mill
ing company to act as agent for other persons
and cOrporations; to acquire, hold and dispose
of stock in other corporations and in any and
all things that may be for the profit of this
CORPORATION lawfully.
THIRD.
That the AMOUNT of capital stock authorized
JONO'OoJ
to be divided into One Thousand $1,000 shares
of a par value OF One Hundred $l00.oO Dollars
EACH and to be paid up as called for from time
to time by the Directors of the Corporation, or
by being issued and delivered from time to time
by the Directors in payment OF property, labor
or services rendered to or purchased OF this
Corporation, or paid for in cash at par value,
and when SO paid shall be worcestershire.
FOURTH.
The highest AMOUNT of Indebtedness which
shall be contracted by this Corporation ut aEy
time shall be Ten Thousand (s1O,OO0.00) Dollars.
FIFTH.
The stockholders in this Corporation and
their private property shall be exempt from
the corporate debts of this company.
SIXTH.
The affairs of this Corporation are to be and
shall be conducted by Board of Directors,
consisting of four (D persons who shall be
elected annually by the stockholders at such
time and manner as shall be prescribed by the
bylaws of this Corporations all of whom shall
be ACTUAL owners Of stock in this Corporation.
And hereafter no person shall be eligible to
the office of Director unless he is a stockhold-
er in this Corporotion.
SEVENTH.
The following persons, who are subscribers
to the Capital Stock of this Corporation, shall
constitute the Board OF Directors of this Cor
poration until NoFember 10th 1902, and until
their successors arc duly elected and qualified,
towit: G. +. Chapman, J, E. Boyd, Mary A:
Boyd, Mary E. Chapman, and any Director
ceasing to be as tockholder shall cease to be
Director:
EIGHTH,
Vacancies in the BOARD Of Directors shall be
filled by the remaining members OF the board.
Immediately, or rs soon as practicable, after
the filing of these articles in the Office of the
County Recorder of the County of Maricopa,
Territory of Arizona, the persons named here
in as Directors to serve until the 10th
day of November 1902, and until their success
ors are duly elected and qualified, shall meet,