Arizona republican., 1902-12-26
NELSON CONTRACTING COMPANY
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

Know All Men by These Presents. That we, the undersigned have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory or ArI- Zona. and we do hereby certify:
 I. That the name of the corporation shall be: NELSON CONTRACTING COMPANY, and it's principal place of business shall be Phoenix, Arizona.
 II. That the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted is as follows:
 To purchase, take on lease or other wise acquire, any mines, mining rights, lands, timber. water rights and mills, and any interest therein; and 10 ex- plore, work, develop. operate and util- ize the same ito prepare for market, and sell the products of the same; to buy, sell. manufacture and deal in min erals, plant, machinery, implements, conveniences, provisions and things capable of being used in connection with the mining, timber, water or other operations of the company, or re- quired by workmen and others em- pioyed by the company; to construct. own, maintain and operate for itselt or others, any roads, ways, tramways, railroads. bridges, reservoirs, dams, water-courses. ditches, aqueducts, wharves, furnaces, mills, crushing works, hydraulic works, power or lighting plants, and equipment. fac tories, warehouses, stores, dwelling houses and other works which may be necessary or convenient to the carrying out of the objects of the compa ny. namely: the carrying on of a general mining, milling. water or timber busi- ness. but the company shall construct and operate no railroads. tramway, turnpike or canal, except such as may lead from its principal works or place of business to some navigable stream or to some existing railroad, turnpike , or public highway.
 III. That the amount. of capital , stock authorized. which shall be fully paid and non-assessable, is five hun dred thousand dollars (s5O0, ,OOO), and the number of shares into which it is di- vided is five hundred thousand (50O, ,OOO) of the par value of one dollar (s1.OO) ' each.
 ". That the duration shall be twen- ty-f five (25) years.
 V. That the corporation shall be managed by a board of directors, who for the first year shall be: William J. Nelson, Los Angeles, Cal ifornia.
 Dan Fellows Platt. Englewood, New Jersey.
 G. Seward Foster, East Orange. New Jersey.
 The annual meeting for the election ! of directors shall be held on the first Wednesday of December in each year. VI. The company shall not subject { itself to an indebtedness of more than $l99,0OO. The private property of each stockholder and officer of said corpora
 tiOn is to be exempt from all corporate | debts.
 In witness whereof. We have hereunto
 set our hands and seals this 2Oth day oi
 November. A. D., 1902. 1 WILLIAM J. NELSON, (SeaI) 1 DAN FELLOWS PLATT, (Seal) G. SEWARD FOSTER, (SeaI) Signed and sealed in the presence oi HENRY SCHOENHERR. 1 State of New York,
 County of New York, ss | Before me. Henry Schoenherr, a mo- i tary public. on this day personally ap- ! peared WILLIAM J. NELSON. DAN | FELLOWS PLATT and G. SEWARD FOSTER, known to me to be the per- 1 sons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and they sever ally acknowledged to me that they ex- ecuted the same for the purposes and ! considerations therein expressed.
 My commission expires March goth
 1903.
 l Given under my hand and seal oi
 office this goth day of November, A ' D., 1902.
 | (SealD HENRY SCHOENHERR, Notary Public. Kings County. | Certificate filed in New York Co. | Territory of Arizona. : County of Maricopa. ss ] I. B. F. McFall, county recorder fir
 and for the county and territory afore-
 said. hereby certify that I have com ! pared the foregoing copy with the or
 iginal Articles of Incorporation of Mel
 son Contracting Company, filed and re-
 corded in my office on the 26th day ot November. 1902, in Book No. 13 of In
 corporations. at page -, and that the
 same is a full, true and correct copy
 of such original, and of the whole
 thereof.
 1 Witness my hand and seal of office ' this 26th day of November, 1902. i (Seal) B. F. McFALL, County Recorder.
 By A. s. ARTHUR, Deputy. Filed and recorded in the office of the ' secretary of the Territory of Arizong | this 26th day of November, A. D., 1902
 at p. m.
 ISAAC T. STODDARD, Secretary of Arizona.