Arizona republican., 1902-03-09
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of SHAMOklN AND ASH GROVE MIN ING AND DEVELOPMENT
 COMPANY

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 hnoW all men by these presents, that We, whose names are hereunto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together Tor the purpose of forming a corpora- ton under the laws of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 First: The names of the incorporat ors are: w. M. SiInms, J. c. Hayden, Wm- F. Davis; and the name of the corporation 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 of business of 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 of directors may be held and the corpor- alton 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 1 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 1 of other corporations; and to exercise | 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 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 Territory ami 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, 800. 100000 one million, five hund- red thousand dollars, divided into 1,500,- OC0 shares of the par value of one dol lar CS1.00) each, which is fully paid and non-assessab ble. And said capital stock may be increased by an affirmat tive vote of majority of the stockh olders. Said l increase Of the capital stock shall be 1 paid into the corpora tion either in cash | or by the sale and transfer to it-ef real | or personal property for the uses and | purposes of said corpora tion, in pay ment for which, shares of the increased l capital stock Of said corporation 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 meat of this corporation shall be the date of the filling of these articles of incorporation in the office of the sec retary of Arizona. and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter
 Fifth: The affairs of this corpora ton shall be conducted by a 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, 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 amount of in- debtedness or liability, direct or con- tngent, to which this corporation is
 
 Seventh: The private property of the stockholders shall be exempt from cor porate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 27th day of February. 1902. i
 w M. SIMMS (SeaD
 J. C. HAYDEN (SeaD
 WILLIAM r. DAVIS (SeaD State of Missouri, county of Greene ss. On this 21th day of February. in the year 1902, before me, Alfred Page, q 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 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 hereun1c 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. Territory of Arizona, County of Mari
 copa. ss-
 I. B. F. McFall, county recorder in and for the county and territory afore- said, hereby certify that I have. conl- pared the foregoing copy with the orig ina1 articles of incorporation of the Shamokin And Ash Grove Mining And Development Company, filed and re- corded in my office on the 3rd day of March, 1902, in book No. 9 of Incorpor- ations, a page -, and that the same is