The Arizona sentinel., 1903-04-08
The name of the said corporation shall be The Pacific Gas Works Con
 struction Company.


 struction Company. The principal place of business of the said corporation within the Territory of Arizona, ! shall be at the town of Yuma. Yuma County
 where the annual meeting of the stockholders ! shall be held. The directors may meet and do
 business in the city of Los Angeles, Califor- nia, or in such other place in this or any
 other country as they may from time to time determine.
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 l The general nature of the business pro- posed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows:
 l To secure from cities, counties, towns or viii | lageS, franchises for the right to construct
 equip, maintain and operate gas works, and to
 furnish gas for lighting, heating, power and oth-
 CT purposes to municipalities corporations and | individuals; to purchase lease, sell. mortgage
 or consolidate any existing gas, electric light
 or other plants, furnishing either heat, light or power: to operate natural gas wells, to utilize
 the output for lighting, heating or other pur
 poses; to enter into engagements with cities | towns, counties and villages for the construc-
 tion of gas plants or other heating light and | power apparatus upon SuCH GcrulS anu COuuI-
 tiOns as the company may determine; to pur-
 chase and own stock, bonds or other securities in gas, electric light or other company, situated
 in any city or territory in the United States or
 the Republic of Mexico; to purchase such stock,
 bonds or other securities by the issuance of
 bonds or stock of this company in payment | therefor; to manufacture all machinery con nccted with the construction of gas works, gas plants, pipe lines, water works, electric light 1 plants, or in any way necessary to the proper conduct of the proposed business; to enter into contracts or other engagements with indivi- duals, corporations or municipalities for per iod of twenty-five (25) years, for the manage ment, erection and carrying on of the business of making gas, and furnishing light, power and heat; to own stores or Repositories for all gas fixtures, stoves, pipes, tools and implements of every name and nature, that may be required for the proper utilization of the gas ana cleo tricity; and to sell lease or otherwise dispose | of such goods upon such terms and conditions as the company may determine; to do any and all other things necessary to be done to carry on successfully the construction, equipment and maintenance of gas plants of electric light plants, water powers and stores; to construct operate, maintain, sell. lease or otherwise dis pose of sneltiug furnaces for the reduction of mineral ores and refining of the products there of; to acquire by purchase or otherwise, Smelt- ing furnaces, mines and mineral lands, and to develop, operate sell, lease or otherwise dis pose of such properties; to do all things neceS- Sary to the successful carrying on of the busi- ness of mining and the reduction and refining of ores and mineral productS to construct, oper- ate and deal in, crematorieS and furnaces of all kinds, and to conduct general mercantile and contracting business.
 This corporation shall have the power to pur chase patents, inventions and devices relating to or in any way affecting the manufacture of gas or electricity, or the production of heat for the smelling of ores, or for any mechanical ap- pliances or apparatus of any nature whatsoever that relates to the construction of furnaces of gas works or electrical plants, and pay there for, either in cash or in the stock of this con- pany. and the said stock shall become thereby l fully paid up and non-aSSeSSable and the ludg- ment of the directors of this company as to the value of such patent rights or other property so bought shall be conclusive.
 VI.
 l The capital stock of this company shall be Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (S50O,0OO), di- vided into one hundred thousand 100000 shares of par value of five (5) Dollars each VII
 This corporation shall have power at any time to issue it's corporate bonds of such de- nomination and such amount, within the legal limitation, as the directors may determine, which bonds may be secured by the deposit in trust of the stock or bonds or both of other cor l for tho Of hp dS of this corporation under the terms of a trust deed to be approved by the Board of Directors. VIII.
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the county recorder of the county of Yuma, Arizona, and the terminus thereof shall be | twenty-five (25) years.
 TX.
 The affairs of the corporation shall be conducted by board of seven @ directors and the following names shall constitute the board of directors until their successors are duly elected and qualified: Leslie c. Ferree, Daniel A. Freeman, Stephen w. Dorsey, Al bert Chapelle, William B. Davis, George W. Tibbits and George C.Haldeman, x.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or lia- bility direct or contingent to which this corporation shall at any time be subject, shall not exceed one hundred fifty thousand dol lars, (S50OOO).
 XI.
 The property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from the corpor- ate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 In witness whereof, the incorporators have hereunto set their hands and seals this, the l2th day of March, 1903.
 LESLIE c. PIERRE, (Seal) DANIEL A. FREEMAN, (Seal.) ALBERT CHAPELLE, (Seal)