Arizona republican., 1901-10-17
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the . UNITED RAILWAY & LIGHT COM PANY.

KNOW ALI. MEN BY THESE | PRESENTS: That we. tL- undrr=irn- | cd have this lay N.iluiitari.y ass&- ! ciated ourselves together for the pur- rose of forming Corporation under | the laws of the Territory of Arizona. | and do hereby certify as follows. to- | wit: Y
 ARTICLE I. The name of said Cor | poi ation shall be United Railway & Light Company" and its principal ] place of transacting business shall .'e at Phoenix, Maricopa County Arizona. with a branch office at the City of Philadelphia. State of Pennsylvania. and at such other places as may be de- | termined by the Board of Directors The names of the incorporators of said Corporation are:
 II. D. Long. Philadelphia. Pa.
 c. F. Lent. Philadelphia. Pa. | Wm. D. Marks. Philadelphia, Pa. ! ARTICLE II. The general natur,. of the different kinds of business proposed 1 to be transacted by this Corporation is | as follows, to-wit:
 | To purchase, lease, bond, or otherwise | acquire. own. exchange, sell. or other i wise dispose of, pledge. mortgage. hy pothecate and deal In. mines, mining. claims. oil lands. mineral lands, oil. | gas. asphaltum. petroleum. water and water rights, and to work, mine, ex plore and develop the same.
 To do a general real estate and mer- | cantile business.
 To own. handle and control letters patent and inventions.
 To borrow money and execute mort | gages or deeds of trust. to secure the same. and in general do all things nec- essary to the proper conduct of the business of this Corporation, not in- consistent wi.h the laws or the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 ARTICLE III. Among the powers Of this body corporate shall be: To have perpetual succession: to sue and be sued by it's corporate name; to have Il common seal and alter the same at pleasure; to prescribe tn. mode of n1ak- ing transfers of stock or interest of iss l stockholders; to make contracts. 10 acquire and transfer property of every l kind and description, both real and | personal and to possess the same pow CTS in such respects as private inGivd uals now enjoy; to establish bylaws and make all rules ana regulations deemed expedient for the management of ufairs. not inconsistent with the laws and Constitution of the United States and the laws of the Territory of | Arizona.
 ARTICLE ". The amount of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be One Million dollars (s1 1.000.00O) divid- ed into One hundred thousand GC0 000) shares of the par value of Ten dollars (s10) each, fully paid up and forever non n-assessable.
 ARTICLE V. The time of the com mencement of this Corporation shall ba the date of the filing Of these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the Secretary of Arizona, and the terminal ton thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 ARTICLE VI. The affairs of this Corporation shall be conducted by d Board of Three (s) Directors. who shan be elected annually by the Stockhold- CTS of the Corporation.
 ARTICLE VII The highest amoun- of indebtedness or liability. direct 0t contingent, to which this Corporation shall subject itself at any time Is SIX hundred and sixty-six thousand dollars ($666. .000.)s
 ARTICLE VIII. The private proper ty of the stockholders of this Corpora ton s~all be exempt from all corpor- ate debts.
 In Witness Whereof, We have here unto set our hands and seals this ninth day of October. 1901.
 II. D. LONG. (SeaD.
 c. F. LENT. (SeaD.
 VIM. D. MARKS. tSeaD.
 STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. County of Philadelphia. SS: On this ninth day of October. in the year 1861 before me, FRANCIS C. ADLER. No tary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid. residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared H. D. Long, C. F.. Lent, and Wm. D. Marks, known to me to be the persons described in. whose names are . subscribed to. and who executed tho ari-isxed instrument and they acknow- ledC- q to me that they executed the : same for the purposes and considera- tions therein expressed.
 In Witness Whereof, I have iereunto set my hand and affixed my Offcla! Seal at my office in the said State ami County the day and year last above written.
 (SeaD. FRANCIS C. ADLER, Notary Public. My. commission expires March C | 1905.
 r TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, County of Maricopa, SS: I, B. F. McFALL, I County Recorder in and for the Count y : and Ter itory aforesaid, hereby certify : that I have compared the foregoing } copy with the original Articles of In 1, | corporation of The United Railway & l Light Company filed and recorded in :. my office on the 14th day of October | 1901, in Book No. of Articles of In : corporation at Page = and that tn, = same is a full true and correct CODY of such original and of the whoi' 0 | thereof.
 l. WITNESS my hand and seal of office ', this 14th. day. of October. 1901. |. (SeaD. B. F. McFALL.
 County Recorder.
 By A. s. ARTHUR, = Deputy. Filed in the office of the Secretary O |, the Territory of Arizona this 14th da.
 of October. A. D.. 1901 at p. m. V ISAAC T. STODDARD, I of A,-;1