Williams news., 1903-03-07
Articles of Incorporation George Metal Extracting Company.


 -OF TIE
 George Metal Extracting Company. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under Title XIII, Chap ter Two, Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1901, and to that end make the following statement: The names of the cOrporators are Henry I. | Nesmith, of Swampscott, State of Massachusetts, | Edmund Wood, of New Bedford, State of Mass Arizona, all citizens of the United States, and | the name of the incorporation shall be the | cipal place of which the business of the corpo- | ration shall be transacted will be Williams, Co., corino min county Arizona Territory o.,o of Arizona as may be established by the board of directors. That the general nature of the business pro- posed to be transacted, and the objects and purposes for which this corporation is formed, are, to do any and all the things herein set forth to the same extent as a natural person might or could do, viz: To conduct business in any of the states, ter ritories, colonies or dependencies of the United countries to have one or more offices therein. and to hold, purchase, mortgage and convey real and personal property without limit as to lease real estate, mines and minerals and rights, and to sell, lease, rent or operate the same; to excavate for, mine and remove gold, silver, cop per and all other minerals and mineral sub- stances; to transport and dispose of the same and their products; to purchase, acquire, build, own and lease houses, roads, tramways, in or Construct buildings ana boats ca and to sei sei snd bn9 sell and otherwise deal in general 1S bud machinery and appliances for the extracting of metals of all kinds from their ores, and to ac ents and patent rights respecting appliances. methods and processes for extracting metals tS ne gas. or both oil and gas; to bore, prospect and operate for petroleum, natural gas, salt water and any and all other oils and gases; to trans port and dispose of the same and the products generation, distribution % and the use of electric light and pOwer; to acquire rights and proper of the assets and liabilities of any person, firm. association or corporation. or bonds of this corporation, or otherwise; to take out patents and acquire those taken out spect to patents or works, or to do whatever to them may be thought fit; to draw, make, ac- cept, endorse. discount, execute and issue
 
 bonds, debentures, and other negotiable or transferable instruments; to borrow or raise money without limit as to amount, not exceed ing two-thirds Ca) of the amount of the capital stock of this corporation, by the issue of, or up on, bonds, debenture or debenture stock, or in any such manner as the corporation shall think fit; to have one or more offices to carry on all or any of it's operations and business; to pur- chase or otherwise acquire, to hold, own, mort, gage, sell. cor vey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and de- scriptiOn in any of the United States, districts, territories, dependencies, colonies thereof, and in Mexico, and in any and all foreign countries or places, and in general to carry on any other business in connection with the foregoing, whether of manufacture otherwise, and to have and to exercise all powers conferred by under the laws of the Territory of Arizona; and 1t is expressly provided that the foregoing powers, it being hereby expressly provided that the foregoing enumeration of specific powers shall not be held to limit or restrict in any manner the powers of this corporation.
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 That the amount of capital stock authorized is one hundred thousand QOO, ,OOO) dollars, which the par value of twenty-five dollars per share. The officers of the said corporation to conduct selected by the stockholders at each annual meeting of stockholders, consisting of not less than three and not more than seven members, chusetts, Edmund Wood, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and William L. George, of Will
 
 first annual meeting of the board of directors The board of directors shall, at each annual meeting of the board of directors elect from their body a president, vice president, secre- tary, treasurer, the latter two of which offices may be held by the same person, and may ap- point such other agents as by them are, or may be, deemed necessary in the management of the corporate affairs. The board of directors shall fix the time and place for any meeting for the purpose of trans acting any business pertaining to the affairs hna rd nf hal ha nn hn ct The in June each year, and the annual meeting of the stockholders shall be on the 1st Monday in June of each year. The board of directors may adopt bylaws for authorize the president or any other agent or officer, to have in charge the general manage execute and accept deeds, leases, or other con. veyances, and to do any and all other acts for and in the name of this corporation that he may deem necessary in carrying out the pur- poses for which this corporation is formed.
 VI The private property of each officer of and nd stock exempt from all corporate debts.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or li- ability, direct or contingent to which this cor poratiOn is at any time to be subject, shall in no case, exceed two-thirds of the amount of the | capital stock of the coTTPPf1fTation. TPPff
 The time of the commencement of this corpo- | ration shall be the date of the filing of these
 
 Secretary of Arizona, and the termination | thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter, and for such further time may be permitted l by the laws of the Territory of Arizona. Of the | capital stock we have subscribed the following | amounts, viz:
 Henry I. Nesmith, shares, $1OO
 Edmund Wood, shares.... 100
 William L. George, shares 100 In witness whereof we have hereunto set our | hands this 18th day of December, A. D. 1902.
 HENRY l. NEsMITH, Seal
 EDMUND WOOD, Seal
 WILLIAM L. GEORGE, Seal TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, ss County of Coconino. DO Before me, Henry F. Ashurst, notary public | in and for the County of Coconino, Territory of Arizona on this day personally appeared Hen- | ry I. Nesmith and William L. George, known to me to be the persons whose names sub- | scribed to the foregoing instrument and who | acknowledged to me that they executed the | same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of office this, the 26th day of December. A. D. 1902.
 [Seal] HENRY F. AsHURsT,
 Notary Public. My commission expires July 1st, 1905. STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, ss
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