Arizona republican., 1902-01-03

Maricopa County, Arizona and the l principal place of business of said Cor poration outside the Territory of Ari- zona shall be the City of St. Louis in the State Of Missouri. at which meet l inSs of the Board of Directors may be held, and the Corporation may have such branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona as may be established by the Board of Directors.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this Cor poration is as follows. to-wit: To purchase, lease, bond locate or otherwise acquire, own. exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of. pledge, mort gage, hypothecate and deal in real es- | tate and any and all kinds of personal property. mines, mining claims. oil | lands. mineral lands, oil, gas, asphalt um. petroleum, water and water rights and machinery. and to work, mine. ex- Plore, operate and develop the same; to do a general real estate. manufactur- | ing and mercantile business: to own, l handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares of capital stock of other corporations: to borrow mon ey and execute notes. bonds, mort gases or deeds of trust to secure the same, and to exercise in respect of all such bonds, mortgages, notes, shares | of capital stock and other securities ! and obligations any and all rights, powers and privileges of individual owners thereof, including the right to vote upon any shares of stock held by | it to the same extent that a natural person might or could do: and in gen. l eral to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this Corporation in the Territory and else where, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 Third.
 The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be One Million dollars ($1, ,OOO, ,OOO) divided into one million shares of the par value of one dollar CsD each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolu- tion direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this Corporation, either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said Corporation in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said Corporation may be issued. and the capital stock so is sued shall thereupon and thereby be- ! assessahle. and in the absence of ac- tual fraud in the transaction the judg- ment of the Directors as to the value of the property purchased shall be con- elusive.
 Fourth.
 The time of the commencement of this Corporation shall be the date or the filing of these Articles of Incorpo- ration in the office of the Secretary of Arizona and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter. Fifth.
 The affairs Of this Corporation shall be conducted by a Board of four Di- rectors. and the foliowing-named shall constitute the Beard of Directors until their successors are elected: Gust H. Hammel. Jr.. c. Ii. Williams. Edward Beisbarth. Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be elected from among the stockholders as the Bylaws of the Corporation may provide.
 Sixth.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent. to which this Corporation is at any time subject shall be not more than two third dollars (s66 666).
 Seventh.
 The private property of the stock | holders Of this Corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts of any i kind whatsoever.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. We have hereuntO set our hands and seals this 1 18th day of December, 1901.
 Gust H. Hammell, Jr., (SeaD
 c. II. Williams. (SeaD k. J. Wilson. (SeaD Edw. Beisbarth. (SeaD State of Missouri, County of Jefer- son, ss.
 l On this eighteenth day of December, | in the year 1901, before me, Clara r.. Zollmann. a notary public in and for the State and County aforesaid. resid- ing therein, duly commissioned and sworn. personally appeared Gust H. Hammell. c. H. Williams, E. J. Wilson | and Ed. Beisbarth, known to me to be the persons described in, whose names l are subscribed to, and who executed | the annexed instrument, and they ac- knowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and consid- erations therein expressed.
 | IN WITNESS WHEREOF. have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal. at my office in the said State and County, the day and year last above written.
 1 Clara F. ZoIlmann. l CNOtarial SeaD Notary Public. My commission expires Jan. 19. 1905. | Territory of Arizona, County of Mari l copa. ss.
 | l. R. F. McFan. County Recorder in and for the County and Territory aforesaid hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing copy with the original Articles of Incorporation of the Continental Mining, Smelling and De i veloping Company. filed and recorded in my office on the 23d day of Decem- i Der. 1901, in Book No. of Incorpora- tions at Page, and that the same is a full. true and correct copy of such original and of the whole thereof. ! WITNESS my hand and seal of of | flee, this 23d day of December 1901 1 (SeaD E. F. McFan,
 County Recorder By A. s. Arthur. Deputy.
 Filed in the office of the Secretary ol
 the Territory of Arizona this twenty | third day of December, A. D., 1901 al