Mohave County miner., 1901-08-24
Articles Of Incorporation
Southern Exploration and Com
mercial Company.

we the undersigned, Chas. A. Wainwright. J.
c. Hailock Harrie X Harkness, J. X. B. Coon
and c. o. Retslor. have this day associated
ourselves together for the purpose OF forming
corporation under the laws Of the Territory
| of Arizona, and we do hereby certify.
That the name OF the corporation is declared
TO be Southern Exploration and CommeI cial
Company and It's principal place for transact
ing business shall be kingman, County OF Mo
have, Territory OF Arizona. with branch ofrices
Mt 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:
/. 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
terests therein; to erect, establish, buy, lease,
/ operate ana dispose Of lands, mines. stores
| wareh houses, safe-deposit vaults, factories
vessels waterworks, wharves. docks, hotels
boarding houses, and other builc ings 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
or operating any works deemed calculated by
| its Board OF Directors for the time being 70
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 In
such places in every part OF the world as the
Board OF Directors may from time TO time de-
termine. ~ .. ... -.... a..
D. To promote, maintain, do, acquire, own.
operate and dispose OF, each and everything
| incidental to, or which In the Judgment OF its
Board OF Directors may be necessary, conven-
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. ..f..# -r
That the amount OF the capital stock Of this
corporation shall be ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
| DOLLARS (SlOO,OooO0) divided into ONE HUN.
DRED THOUSAND SHARES U0lO0O of the par
value OF ONE DOLLAR Csi.0o) each, and the same
| shall be paid for In cash or its equivalent in
| full as the same shall be subscribed, and when
issued, shall be full paid and non -assessable.
That the time Of commencement OF said cor.
poration shall be the day OF the fling Of these
| articles in the ONCE 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 ct no time exceed TWENTY.
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS (25,oooO0).
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The private property OF stockholders OF this
corporation shall not in any event be liable for
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
hde stockholders OF this corporation and the
names and residences OF the Directors who are
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election and qualification of their successors.
are as follows, to-wit: t a#r a
/, Chas. A. Wainwright, San Francisco, Cal.
| J. C. Halloci,
/, Harrie X. Hardness,
| J. r. b. Coon,
/ G. O. Retsloff
/ The said Board OF Directors shall be elected
annually on the first Monday in July OF each
year by the stockholders, and shall hold ONCE
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. ~ 1es tHEfaa ~ BHl
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this second day Of July, A. D.
1901. CHAS. A. WAINWRIGHT (Seal)
J. C. HALLoCK (sear)
HARRIE X. HARDNESS, (s,eal)
J.R. b. COON, (sseal)
ss.ssg c. o. RETSLOFF, (Seal)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, &c
City and County Of San Francisco. 90 8s
On this I'd day Of July. in the year One Thou
sand Nine Hundred and One, before me. A. X
Daggett Notary Public In and for the City
and County of San Francisco, residing therein
! duly commissioned and sworn. personally ap
peared Chas. A. wainwright, J. @. Hallock
Harrie X. Hardness, J. r. b. Coon and G. o
RetslofY known to me to be the persons who's:
: names are subscribed to the within Instrument
and acknowledged to me that they executed
the same. ...r r t
In WITNESS WHEREOF, have bereunto Sc
my hand and afnxed my oficial seal at my Of
. nce In the City and County Of San Francisco