Arizona republican., 1902-03-07
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of SHAMOKIN AND ASH GROVE MIN ING AND DEVELOPMENT
 COMPANY


 ING AND DEVELOPMENT
 COMPANY
 Know all men by these presents, that We. whose names are hereunto affixed do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose Of forming a corpora tion under the laws of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 First: The names of the incorporat- DTS are: w NJ. Simms, J. C. Hayden Wm. F. Davis: and the name of the corpora tion shall be:
 Shamokin And Ash Grove Mining And
 Development Company.
 The principal place in which the bus mess of said corporation within the territory Of Arizona is to be transacted is Phoenix. Maricopa county, Arizona, and the principal place oi business of said corporation outside the Territory Of Arizona shall be the city of Asn Grove. in the state of Missouri. at which place meetings of the board or directHs may be held and the corpor- ation may have such branch offices either within or without the Territory Of Arizona as may be esta ablished by the board of directors.
 If Second: The general nature of tn. 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 deai in real es- 5tate and any and all kinds of personal property. mines. mining claims oil lands. mineral lands, oil gas. asphal- tuln, petroleum, water and water right- and machinery. and to work mine ex- pl0ra. operate and develop the same. to dc general real estate, manufac- turing and mercantile business: to owr handle and control letters patent ami inventions and shares of capital stoc,z of other corporations: and to exercise in respect Of all such bonds mort 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 .. 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 Territory ami elsewhere, net inconsistent with the laws Of the United States and the Ter IitCry of Arizona
 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be G1.5oo. coo GOD one million. five hund- red thousand dollars, divided into .50O- eco shares of the par value of one dol lar ($100) each. which is fully paid and non-assessable. And said capital stock may be increased by an affirmative vote of q majority of the stockholders. Said increase Of the capital stock shall be paid into the corporation either in cash CT by the sale and transfer to it of real CT personal property for the uses and purposes of said corporation. in pay ment for which. shares of the increased capital stock Of said corpora tion may be issued, and the increased capital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid and non assessa ble.
 Fourth: The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the date of the filling of these articles of i incorporation in the office of the sec retarE of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 Fifth: The affairs of this corpora 1 ton shall be Conducted by board of three directors. and the following named shall constitute the board of di- rectors until their successors are elect ed: kia W. NJ Simms. J. C. Hayden. Vim. F. Davis.
 Thereafter the board of directors shall be elected from among the stock holders. as the bylaws of the cor poration may provide. and the number may be increased.
 Sixth. The highest aO,011nt of in debtedness or liability, direct or con- tingent. to which this corporation is tlt any time subject shall be nothing.
 Seventh: The private property of the 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 day of February. 1902
 W. Nj. SINMS (SeaD J. C. HAYDEN tSeaD
 WILLIAM F. DAVIS (SeaD ! State of Missouri. county of Greene. ss. On this Eth day of February in the i year 1902. before me. Alfred Page. q i Notary Public in and for the state and county aforesaid. residing therein. duly commissioned and sworn. personally appeared W. M. Simms, J C. Hayden and William F. Davis. known to me to i De the persons described in, whose names are subscribed to, and who exc 1 cuted the annexed instrument. and they acknowledged to me that they executed 1 the same for the purposes and consid- l erations therein expressed. 1 In witness whereof, have hereuntc set my hand and affixed my official. seal at my office in said county and state. the day and year last above written.
 (NOtary SeaD ALFRED PAGE.
 Notary Jublic. My commission expires June 10, 1905. i Territory of Arizona. County of Mari copa. ss.
 l. B. F. McFan, county recorder in and for the county and territory afore- said. hereby certify that 1 have con- pared the foregoing copy with the orig inal articles of incorporation of the