Arizona republican., 1902-03-11
shamokin And Ash Grove Mining And

mess or SalQ COTpOTatloH WltHiii tiie territory of Arizona is to be transacted is Phoenix. Maricopa county, Arizona. and the principal place of business sf said corporation outside the Territory of Arizona shall be the city of Ash Grove. in the state of Missouri at which place meetings of the board or directors may be held and the corpor- ation 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 es- tate and 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, to do a general real estate, manufac- turing and mercantile business; to owr. handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares of capital stock
  in respect of all such bonds, mortgages, notes, shares of capital stock and oth- CT securities and obligations any and all rights. powers and privileges of indi- vidual 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 general to do all things necessary nf ha hut of this corporation in the Territory an,i elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Ter ritory of Arizona.
 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be (S1. .5OO, GOO. .0O) one million, five hund- red thousand dollars. divided into 1,500.- 900 shares of the par value of one dol lar ($1.00) each. which is fully paid and non- -assessable. And said capital stock may be increased by an affirmative vote of a. ma jority of the stockholders. Said increase of the capital stock shall be paid into the 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 pay ment for which, shares of the increased
 
 be issued, and the increased capital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid and non-assessable.
 Fourth: The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the date of the filling of these articles of incorporation in the office of the sec retary of Arizonar and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 Fifth: The affairs ot this corpora tion shall be conducted by q board of three directors. and the following named shall constitute the board of di rectors until their successors are elect ed:
 w. NJ. Simms, J. C. Hayden, Wm. F. Davis.
 Thereafter the board of directors shall be elected from among the stock holders, as the bylaws oi the cor poration may provide, and the number may be increased.
 Sixth: The highest amount of in- debtedness or liability. direct or con- tingent, to which this corporation is at any time subject shall be nothing.
 Seventh: The private property of th., stockholders shall be exempt from cor porate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 In witness whereof, we have hereuntc set our hands and seals this 27th da; of February. 1902.
 w. NJ. SIMMS (SeaD
 J. C. HAYDEN (SeaD
 WILLIAM F. DAVIS (SeaD State of Missouri, county of Greene, ss.
 On this 27th day of February. in the year 1902, before me, Alfred Page, a Notary Public in and for the state and county aforesaid, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared W. NJ. Simms. J. C. Hayden. and William F. Davis, known to me to be the persons described in, whose names are subscribed to, and who exc cuted the annexed instrument, and they acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and consid- erations therein expressed. In witness whereof, I have hereunIC set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office in said county and state, the day and year last above | written.
 CNotary SeaD ALFRED PAGE. Notary Jublic. My commission expires June 10, 1905 Territory of Arizona, County of Mari copa, ss.
 l. B. F. McFall county recorder in and for the county and territory afore- said, hereby certify that I have cOni- pared the foregoing copy with the orig | inal articles of incorporation of tho Shamokin And Ash Grove Mining And Development Company, filed and re corded in my office on the 3rd day ot March, 1902. in book No. g of Incorpor- ations, at page -, and that the same is a full, true and correct copy of sucf | original and of the whole thereof. Witness my hand and seal of office this 3rd day of March, 1902. ] (SeaD B. F. McFALL, County Recorder. | By A. s. Arthur, Deputy. | Filed and recorded in the office Of the secretary of the Territory of Arizona this 3rd day of March, A. D. 1902, at ?. m.
 l ISAAC T. STODDARD, | Secretary of Arizona.
 First publication March [.