Arizona republican., 1901-07-19
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the BUFFALO & PITTsBURG PROMOT
 ING co.


 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRE- SEN'rS: "''ia't we, the undersigned. have this Cay voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose Of forming a Corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and do hereby certify es follows. to-wit:
 ARTICLE I. The name of said Corporation shall be Buffalo & Pittsburg Promoting O., and its principal place of itransactins business shall be at Phoenix. Maricopa County. Arizona, with a branch office at the City of Buffalo, State of New York. and at such other p'aces as may be determined by the Board Of Directo- ors. The names of the incorporators of said Corporation are: Thomas Sully, Robert E. F.rdman. Marcus w. Fuller, Mathew Smith and P. Frank Cushing.
 ARTICLE II. The general nature of the diffsrent kinds of business proposed to be trans acts,i by this corporation Is as follows, to-wt; To purchase, lease, bond oi otherwise acquire, own. exchange. sell or otherwise dispose of. pledge. mort" gage, hypl, hecate and deal In. mines ! la nds. oil. gas, asphaltum, petroleum, ! mining claims. oil lands. mineral lands water and water rights and to work mine. explore and develop the same To iso general req, estate and mer- cantile business. To own, handle and control letters patent and inventions To promote different and various enter prises. and to act as agents. factors and brokers. To borrow money and execute mortgages or deeds of trust tc secure the same, and in general do al things necessary to the proper conduc' of the business of this Corporation rot inconsistent with the laws of tn United States and the Territory o Arizona.
 ARTICLE III.
 Among the powers of this body cor porate shaA be: to have perpetual sue cession: to sue and be sued by Its cor pcrate name: to have a common sea and alter the same at pleasure; t' prescribe the mode of making transfer of stock or interests of its sto,khold CTS: to make contracts; to acquire
  and description. both real and person al. and to possess the same powers II such respects as private individuai now enjoy; to establis'h bylaws an' make all rules and regulations deems' expedient for the management or IL iaffairs, rot inconsistent with the law and Constitution of the United State and the laws of the Territory of Arl zona.
 ARTICLE ".
 Ths amount of the capital stock O ,she Corporation shall be Sixty Thous and dollars ($60. .000.00, divided int Six Hundred (600) shares of the pa value of One Hundred dollars sl0O.0O each. fully paid mp and forever non assessable.
 ARTICLE V.
 Ths time of the commencement o this Corporation shall be the date O the filing of these Articles of 1ncor poration in the office of the Secretar. Of Arizona, and the termination there of shall be twenty-five years there after.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The affairs of this Corporation shal
 
 be conducted by a Board of three Di rectors. who shall be elected annual by the stockholders of the Corporation
 ARTICLE VII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent, | which this Corporation shall subject it self at any time, Is Eight Thousan dollars ($S,000).
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The private property of the stock holders of this Corporation shall b exempt from al corporate debts. IN WITNESS WHEREOF. We ha, hereunto set our hands and seals thi 2d day of July. 1901.
 THOMAS SULLY, (Seal. ROBERT E. ERDMAN, (Seal. MARCUS W. FULLER, (Seal. P. FRANK CUSHING. (Seal MATHEW SMITH, (Seal. State of New York, County of Erie, 8; On this 2d day of July, in the yea 1901, before me, Robert M. Codd. Notary Public in and for the State an County aforesaid. residing therein, diI commissioned and sworn, personnall appeared Thomas Sully, Robert F Erdman. Marcus W. Fuller. MatheS Smith and P. Frank Cushing, know : to me to be the persons described ir