Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-04-26

of Five Hundred Thousand (s5O0. OO0)
which indebtedness may be incurred al
the discretion of the Board of Direct
ors. by issue of bonds or other nego-
table securities.
ARTICLE VI. The private property
of the stockholders of this corporation
shall at all times. be exempt from the
debts of the corporation.
ARTICLE VII. The affairs of this
corporation shall be conducted by a
Board of Directors which shall be COM
posed of not less than three, nor more
than nine persons, who shall be elected
at an annual meeting of the STOCKHOLM
ers of the corporation, and who shall
hold office until their successors are
elected and qualify; provided. however.
that the persons named herein as the
incorpora tors shall be the Directors of
this corporation until the annual meet
ing next succeeding the filing of these
Articles of Incorporation: said Direct
ors shall have the power of electing the
officers of the company to serve until
their successors are duly elected and
qualified and same as though said Di-
rectors had been elected at a regular
annual meeting as provided hereinafter
IN Article VIII.
ARTICLE VIII. The annual meet
ing of the stockholders referred to in
Section VII shall be held on the last
Saturday in January, at such
place, either within or without the Ter
ritory of Arizona, as the Board of Di-
rectors shall select.
Notice in writing of the time and
place of such meeting shall be mailed
to each stakeholder of record al least
thirty days before the time of such
meeting.
ARTICLE TX. The officers of this
corporation shall be a president, vice.
president, secretary and treasurer, who
shall be elected annually from among
the Directors at meeting thereof
held Immediately after the annual
meeting of the stockholders.
The secretary and treasurer may be
one and the same person.
Any meeting of the directors at
which a quorum shall be present, shall
be a legal meeting, and the acts done
thereat shall have the same force and
effect as though passed by full board,
whether the absent members of the
board had notice of such meeting or
net.
The President shall be the executive
officer of the corporation, and shall
sign all conveyances, checks, contracts
and other instruments, provided how
ever that all such instruments exc
cuted by the President, shall, before
they shall be valid and binding upon
this corporation, be countersigned by
either the secretary or treasurer.
ARTICLE X. Any and all vacancies
that may occur in the Board of Di-
rectors shall be filled until the next an
nual election by the members of the
Board of Directors remaining in office.
The Board of Directors of the corpo-
ration may appoint such committee or
such business manager or managers to
aid in the management of the business
of the corporation, as it may deem eX-
pedient. and vest in such manager or
managers. committee or committees,
such power as the Board of Directors
may deem best.
ARTICLE XII. No person shall be
eligible to the Office of Director in this
corporation unless he is a stockholder.
and any Director ceasing to be stock
holder shall thereupon cease to be a
Director.
AS soon as practicable after the COM
mencement of the existence of this cor
poration. the Directors shall meet and
adopt bylaws and at any meeting of
! llle BOdIu Ol DiItClOIS IL ludH Illdht
such rules and regulations as it may
deem necessary for the proper man
agement OF the corporation and its
, affairs which shall be consistent with
these Articles of Incorporation and in
, accordance with the laws of the United
! States and the Territory of Arizona.
ARTICLE XII. These Articles of
/ Incorporation may be amended at any
Of no bOl ~,
at any special meeting thereof called
. for the purpose, by two-thirds of the
stockholders represented at such meet
3 ing, either in person or by proxy, vot-
/ ing in favor of such proposed amend
ment. and whenever any such amend
, ment of these Articles of Incorporation
S shall be made, the same shall be signed
] and acknowledged by the President
1 of the corporation and by the secre-
5 tary. and shall have the same force and
e virtue as if signed by all of the stock
t holders.
= IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have
n set our hands and seals this 18th day
i of April, A. D. 1902.
d WILLIS B. TROY. (Seal)
S THOS. j. HILL CSeaD
H. VIM. STEVENS. (SeaD
e Signed, sealed and acknowledged in
S the presence of HARRY N. cox.
= Territory of Arizona,
n County of Maricopa, IS.
?, Before me, Harry n. Cox, a Notary
K Public in and for the County of Mari
:. copa, Territory of Arizona, on this day
d personally appeared Thomas ]. Hill
d H. VIM. Stevens and Willis B. Troy
= known to me to be the persons whose
names are subscribed to the foregoing
e instrument, and acknowledged to me
= that they executed the same for the
s purpose and consideration therein eX-
pressed.
!, Given under my hand and seal OF
y office, this fourteenth day of April 1902
), (Seal) HARRY n. cox.
e Notary Public
My commission expires Jan. Is, 1904.
II Territory of Arizona,
i County of Maricopa, IS.
y 1, B. F. McFan, County Recorder il
and for the County and Territory
r aforesaid, hereby certify that 1 have
= compared the foregoing copy with thu