Arizona republican., 1902-02-11
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 icorporation under the laws of the Ter .ritory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 1 First: The names of the corpora tors are:
 i Albert Holzmark, Max A. Holzma rk L.. M. Weems, E. Homuth. Henry w Brown. H. F. Wulf and F. P Strick- ' land and the name of the corporation shall be The Consolidated Mineral 1 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 pora tion may have such branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona as may be established by the Board of Directors.
 1 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: to do a general real estate, manHfact tur- ing and mercantile business; to own. 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 to vote upcn any shares of stock held by it to the same extent that q natural person might or could do; and in general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the 1 Territory and elsewhere. not inconsist- ent with the laws of the United States and the Territory uf Arizona.
 1 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall | be Fifteen Million dollars (Sl5. .OOO. .OO0). divided into Fifteen Million shares of the par value of One Dollar Cs1) each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corpora ton either in cash Or by the sale and trans fer to it 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 corpora ton
 may be issued, and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby be come and be fully paid up and non assessa ble. 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. l 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 1 thereafter.
 Fifth: The affairs of this corpora tion shall be conducted by Board of eleven Directors and the following named shall constitute the Board of Di- 1 rectors until their successors are elect ed: A. Holzmark. Wm. Smiley C. $. Carnahan. F. M. Sharks. w. C. Potter. R. F. Welden. r. P. Strickland. w l.. l nett and P. E. Bratton. Thereafter the l. Board of Directors shall be elected from among the stockholders as the bylaws of the corporation may pro vide
 Sixth: The highest amount of in debtedness or lia bility. direct or con- tingent. to which this corporation is at | any time subject shall be One Million dollars (S1,O00. .OOO)
 Seventh: The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall
 be exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 | In Witness Whereof We have here- unto set our hands and seals this 29th day of January, 1902.
 ALBERT HOLZMARK. CSeaD | MAX A. HOLZMAEK. (SeaD Il l.. Nj. WEEMS. CSeaD | F.. HOMUTH. (SeaD | HENRY W. BROWN. (SeaD II. F. WULF. tSeaD
 r. ?. STRICKLAND. (Seal) State of Kansas.
 County of Wyandotte. ss.
 On this 2sth day of January. in the
 year 1902. before me. W. A. Shook, ( Notary Public in and for the State anC County aforesaid. residing therein, duly
 commissioned and sworn, personally Iappeared Albert Holzmark. Max A , Holzmark, l.. NJ. Weems, F. Homuth Henry W. Brown, H. F. Wulf and r . P. Strickland. known to me to be th' ] persons described in, whose names arr i subscribed to. and who executed th' l annexed instrument, and they acknowi , edged to me that they executed tn | same for the purposes and considera