The Arizona sentinel., 1901-05-08
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
THE MtxICAN-COLORADO NAVIGA-
 TON COMPANY.


 We Alphenso 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, 1887, for the purpose of engaging in the lawful enterprise, business pursuits and occupations hereinafter specified, de 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 uf 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 Yu ma. territory of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five C25) years there after
 The enterprise. business pursuits and occupa- tion in which this company proposes to engage are as follows: (a) To acquire by purchase or ia any other lawful manner, and to possess, en- joy. operate and use grants, franchises and con- sessions from any territory or state of the
  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 of corporations, public or private, chattels. goods, wares and merchandise and choses in action, ni to own. control. deal in, sell or dispose of The same. or any part thereof, and to enter into contracts for the construction and operation of
 
 (b) To buy, sell, own and operate or other wise deGl in, mines, mining claims mining stocks, franchises industrial enterprises, water works, gas works, electrical works, street ral- ways. and other commercial enterprises; to buy. sell. own and operate all kinds of stores for the sale of general merchandise, goods or personal property, mining machinery. steam or electrical appliances or devices; to operate mills and smelJerS for the reduction of all kinds of ores; to carry on the business of banking in all its branches. borrowing and loaning money, dealing in all kinds of negotiable paper, prom miSsory notes. mortgages, stocks, bonds or other securities, gold, silver, copper, lead or other kinds of bullion or ore bills of exchange or other evidences of indebtedness, and banka- ble paper; to acquire, own. construct, operate or dispose of telephone and telegraph lines and electric lights: 70 transact any and all kinds or business which may be transacted by an indi- vidual; to hold, use and enjoy the same, and to alienate, sell, lease. demise and dispose Of same or of any part thereof as well as of any other property this corporation may possess, acquire, be seized of or entitled to- and to hypothecate, mortgage or pledge all or any part of the prop erty of this corporation, or which it may in any manner hereafter acquire, and to issue it's prom miSsory notes. mortgage bonds, debentures or ether written evidences of indebtedness, for my of the objects and purposes herein stated. The directors of this corporation shall have full power and authority to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing property or property rights, CT any other property that in their judgment seems for the best interests of the company; to acquire and to issue and use in payment there for the capital stock of this corporation, its mortgage bonds and debentures, or other writ ten evidence of indebtedness, or the money thereof in such amounts and to such extent as they, the said directors, may determine-such capital stock to be so used in payment at its full par value.
 The place where this corporation proposes to have its principal office and place of business is fn the Village of Yuma County of Yuma, Ter