Graham guardian., 1901-06-07
First publication April 10, 1901.
Articles Of. Incorporation
Of The Stafford Commercial Club.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THLsE PRESENTS:

KNOW ALL MEN BY THLsE PRESENTS
That we. the undersigned, G. C. Barry, q. C.
Prlna, H NJ. 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 a corporation under the laws of
the territory of Arizona, and we do hereby
certify;
ARTICLE l. The name ofthis corporation shall
be the stafford Commercial Club with its pIin-
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, bitches. electric light or power
plants, street railways, telegraph and telephone
lines, franchises, mining shafts, drifts, tunnels
and slopes, cars, machinery and all other works,
properly 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, anu puDllC highways, ana 10 organize,
conduct and control for pleasure or for profit,
county fairs and exhibits of live stock, agricul-
tural, horticultural, floral, mineral, manufac-
ed, or other products of the Territory of fArizona
Or elsewhere.
ARTICLE III 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 w. The affairs of said corporation
shall be conducted by a Board of Seven Direc-
tors chosen by its stockholders from among
their number, annually on the FIRST Wednesday
after the second tuesday in January of each
year
ARTICLE " The capital stock of said corpora
ton shall amount to twenty five Thousand pol
lars lS25O00.O0l divided into shares of the value
of Five Dollars $500 each. The highest
amount ofindebtedness to be contracted by said
corporation shall be Five Thousand Dollars
$1,000 0Ol, 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 10 the times, terms
and conditions imposed by order of the Board
Of Directors of said corporation.
ARTICLE VI. The officers of said corporation
shall consist of a president, vice president, a
secretary, treasurer, a corresponding secre-
tary, and such other officers as said Board of
Directors may provide for, all of said officers to
be chosen annually by said Board at the first
regular meeting of said Board after said annual
election of the members of said Board of Direc-
tors. All officers, and members of said Board
until their successors shall be elected and quail
fed
ARTICLE VII. Said Board of Directors may
make and adopt, subject to approval ofits stock
holders, all bylaws, rules and regulate ms for
the management, t, 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 ser1e until
their successors are elected and qualified are:
Geo. A, Olney, u. C. Prina H. NJ Jeter, G.. C.
Barry, J. NJ. Foster, II. w. Hudgen. Geo Jacob
son, all residing at the Town of Stafford, Graham
County. Arizona territory.
ARTICLE TX. These articles may be altered
changed or amended by two-thirds vote of the
stockholders at any regular meeting, notice of
the proposed change having been given. in
writing, at the next preceding regular meeting.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this 18th day of April, 9Ol.
sEALsl g. G. BARRY,
u. G. TRINA,
H. NJ. JETER,
GEO. A. Olney,
j. NJ FOSTER,
H. w. HUDGEN,
GEO. JACOBSON.