Arizona republican., 1902-02-16
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE CONSOLIDATED MINERAL COM
 PANY

Know All Men By These Presents: That we. whose hands are hereunto
 affixed. do hereby associate ourselves
 together for the purpose of forming a
 corporation under the laws of the Ter
 ritory of Arizona, and to that end
 make the following statement:
 First: The names of the corporators ! are:
 Albert Holzmark. Max A. Holzmark. l.. NJ. Weems. F.. Homuth, Henry w.
 Brown. H. F. wulf and F. P. Strick-
 land and the name of the corporation
 shall be The Consolidated Mineral Company. The principal place in which
 the business of said corporation within
 the Territory of Arizona is to be trans acted is Phoenix. Maricopa County. Arizona. and the principal place of
 business of said corporation outside the Territory of Arizona shall be the City of Kansas City. in the State of Mis- souri. at which meetings of the Board of Directors may be held, and the cor poration may have such branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona as may be established by the Board of Directors.
 Second: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation 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 estate. any and all kinds of personal property mines. mining claims. oil lands. mineral lands. oil. gas. asphal- tum. petroleum. water and water rights and machinery. and to work. mine. ex- plOre. operate and develop the same; 10 do a general real estate. manufactur- htf fn handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares of capital stock of other corpora tions; to borrow money and execute notes. bonds. mortgages 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 obliga- tions any and all rights. powers and privileges of individual owners thereof, including the right tp vote upon any shares of stock held by it to the same extent that d natural person might or could do; and in general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corpora ton in the Territory and elsewhere. not inconsist- ent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall De r lIteen Mlll1On dollars tS15,OOOOOO), divided into Fifteen Million shares of the par value of One Dollar (sD each. At such time the Board of Directors may by resolution direct. said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation either in cash or by the sale and trans fer to 1t of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said cor poration, in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued, and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby be- come and be fully paid up and non- assessable. and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment of the Directors as to the value of the property purchased shall be conclusive.
 Fourth: The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the Sec retary of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years 
 Fifth: The affairs of this corpora tion shall be conducted by Board of eleven Directors and the following shall constitute the Board of Di- rectors until their successors are elect