Mohave County miner., 1901-08-10
Articles of incorporation
Southern Exploration and Com
mercial Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That
| we, the undersigned. Chas. A. Wainwright. j.
C. Hallock. Harrie X. Hardness, j. X. b. Coon
and c. O. Retsloff, have this day associated
ourselves together for the purpose OF forming
a corporation under the laws of the Territory
OF Arizona, and we do hereby certifT.
| That the name of the corporation is declared
to be Southern Exploration and CONNER cial
Company and its principal place for transact
| ing business shall be Kingman, County of Mo
| have, Territory OF Arizona, with branch ofices
at San Francisco State OF California, and Es.
merales, Ecuador, South America, and such
| other places as the Board OF Directors may de.
| eide.
| That the general nature OF the business pro-
| posed to be transacted is as follows:
l. To engage in and carry on In all branches
| in every part OF the world, general CONNER
cial. mercantile, mining, shipping transpor
tation, express, banking and safe deposit bus
| mess; In any manner, and in every part of the
world. to acquire by purchase, condemnation
exchange, location, appropriation, or other
wise, and to sell, mortgage, least, or otherwise
dispose OF property OF every kind, and any In
operate ana dispose OF lands, mines, stores,
warehouses, safe-deposit vaults, factories,
vessels. waterworks, wharyes. docks, hotels,
boarding houses, and other buildings and
works, that in the opinion of the Board OF Di.
rectors for the tine being may facilitate the
carrying on OF the business OF said corporation.
2. To contribute In every manner 10 the ex.
pense OF constructing, improving. maintaining
its Board OF Directors for the time being to
directly or indirectly advance the interests OF
the corporation; to acquire. hold contract
with reference to, or dispose Of, stocks or Sc
cureties of this or any other corporation; to
do such business of whatever nature. and ip
such places in every part OF the world as the !
Board Of Directors may from time TO time de.
termine.
8. To promote, maintain, do, acquire own, |
operate and dispose Of each and everything
Incidental to. or which In the Judgment OF It's |
Board Of Directors may be necessary, conyen. |
lent or proper TO carry out or perform any OF
the purposes aforesaid or which In the judg. |
ment of the Board OF Directors for the time
being may tend, or be declared TO tend, TO ad. |
vance the interests of the corporation directly |
or indirectly.
That the amount Of the capital stock OF this |
corporation shall be ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND |
DOLLARS CsiOo0oo.0O) divided into ONE HUN |
DRIED THOUSAND SHARES u0l,OOO Of the par
value OF ONE DoLLAR CslOO) each, and the same /
shall be paid for In cash or It's equivalent in
full as the same shall be subscribed, and when i
issued. shall be full paid and non assessable.
That the time OF commencement OF said cor. |
poration shall be the day Of the filing OF these
articles in the office of the Recorder OF Mohave
County Territory OF Arizona and the termina.
tion thereof shall be twenty-five years there
after.
The direct or contingent Indebtedness OF this
corporation shall at no time exceed TWENTY
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS (sS,o0000).
The private property Of stockholders OF this
corporation shall not in any event be liable Tor
the debts of this corporation.
T.
The affairs OF this corporation shall be man.
aged and conducted by q Board OF Directors
consisting OF Five persons, who shall be bona
fide stockholders OF this corporation and the
names and residences OF the Directors who are
appointed for the first year, to serve until the
election and qualification OF their SUCCESSORS
are as follows, to-wit:
Chss. A. Wainwright, San Francisco, Cal
J. C. Hallocl
Harrie K Hardness,
J. r. b. Coon,
c. o. Retslor
The said Board OF Directors shall be elected
annually on the first Monday in July Of each
year by the stockholders, and shall hold offioe
for the term Of one year. or until their sue
cessors are elected and have qualified. The
time and manner OF such election and the
qualifications Of the Directors shall be pre-
scribed In and provided for by the Bylaws OF
this corporation. The officers OF the Board OF |
Directors shall be President Vice President,
Secretary and Treasurer and General Manager,
and such other officers as the Board may order
and direct
In witness whereof, we have nereunto set our |
hands and seals this second day of July, A. d. |
1901. CHAS. A. WAINWRIGHT, (seai)
j. c. HALLoCk (SeaD |
HARRIE X. HARDNESS, (seaD
J. r. B. COON, (SeaD
G. o. RETSLOFF, (SeaD
STATE OF CALIFORNIA q,
City and County OF San Francisco. 90
On this I'd day of July, in the year One Thou
sand Nine Hundred and One, before me, A. K |
Dsggett, Notary Public in and for the City
and County Of San Francisco, residing therein,
duly commissioned and sworn, personally ap-
peared Chas. A. Wainwright ]. c. Hallock,
Harrie X. Hardness, J. R. B. Coon and c. O. |
Retsloff. known to me to be the persons whose
names are subscribed to the within instrument
and acknowledged to me that they executed
the same.
In WITNESS WHEREOF. have hereunto set
my hand and afixed my oficial seal at my Of |
fee in the City and County Of San Francisco, |
the day and year in this certificate first above