Arizona silver belt., 1903-02-05
OF INCORPORATION
Of the Miners and Merchants Bank, Globe,
 Arizona.

Arizona.
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, Int we, the undersigned are citizens of the United States of America. and do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, pursuant to and in conformation with Chapter IL, Title XIII, Revised Statutes Of Arizona. of 1901 and to that end adopt the following articles of incorporation, to-wita
 ARTICLE l.
 The names of the incorporators are T. A. Pascoe, Geo, w. P, Hunt, H. H. Bru l.. E. Wightman, MD, J. R. Henry, Wm. II, Butler, K. c. sloan N. S. Berray, A. Nj, Beal, Chas T, Martin, J. SuteI, F. F Kellner, Jr,, W D Fisk, J. B Newman w R Rhoads J. H. Pascoe, Patrick Rose, J. NJ. Alfred, c. M. Layton, Free Hubbard and wm Stevenson; and the name of the corporation shall be, MINERS AND MERCHANTS BANK" of Globe, Arizona and the principal place in which the business Of said corporation is to be transacted in the Territory of Arizona is at Globe, County of Gila, Arizona, and at which place meetings of the Board Of Directors of such corporation may be held, and the corporation may have such branch ofices or places within the Terri
 
 Board of Directors
 ARTICLE II.
 The general nature Of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as fol- lows; To do general banking business, and in that connection to receive deposits loan money, invest and collect the same with in- terest and repay depositors with or without | interest, to Issue certificates of deposits buy | and seu exchange, and to do all and every act | requisite, essential and necessary in and about | the management and operation of general | banking corporation; to purchase, lease, bond, | locate or control or otherwise acquire, own, | hold, exchange, sell, or otherwise dispose Of | or pledge, mortgage hypothocate and deal in real estate, franchises and any and all kinds Of | personal property mines, mining claims, pros. poets, placer ground, oil, oil lands mineral lands gas, aSphaltum, petroleum, electricity electric power water water rights, coal and coal lands salt and salt mines or deposits. bo- raX deposits and machinery, and Go work mine, explore operate and develop the same to es- tabsh, operate and maintain salt plants saw mills quartz stamp mills concentrating and cyanide plants, hydraulics and Sluicing works welt drilling machinery and apparatus storage tanks, reHneres for metals, minerals and oils, aSsaying plants, and tp erect operate and maintain gas and gas works electric Hs Hshtiug and power plants, water power; to construct, operate and maintain canals, dil ches, fumes pipe lines, reservoirs and water tanks to con. Struct operate and maintain tramways, street railways. railroads, wagon roads, stages and stage lines to erect and conduct hotels, lodg. ing and boarding houses stores and other buildings to OWL sell handle and control let ters patent, trade marks and inventions; to accept and execute trusts of any and every nature kind and description that may be com. mtted toit; tJ attend in legal manner to the management and settlement of estates guar danshipS receiyershipS assignments and Oth- CT trusts whether under appointment of courts or otherwise to act as administrator execu- tor and guardian of estates to act as pledge holder, attorney In fact, agent, assignee, re- ceyer or trustee do a safe deposit busi- ness to receive and keep in safe deposit vaults or in other places of safe keeping, bonds, stocks notes, paper and valuables Of every kind, and to collect and receive com pensatlon for such keeping to transfer, regis, ter and counterSign stock, bonds, or other eyi- dence of indebtedness to issue and sell de. bentures, bonds secured by mortgages on real property or otherwise secured to receive on deposit, or otherwise. trust funds Of money | belonging to states, counties, cities and other municipal corporations, and to deal herewith | according to the law Of the Territory Of Ari- | zona to buy, sell and hypOthecate shares Of | capital stock of other corporations to borrow | money and execute notes, bonds, mortgages. | or deeds of trust as evidence of such indebt- | ednesS and to secure the same to accept | notes, bonds and mortgages, pledges or other | evidence of indebtedness from individuals or i other corporations and to exercise in respect | to all such bonds, mortgages, notes, pledges | brother evidence Of indebtedness, and secur- itieS and obligations, any and all rights pow CTS and privileges Of individual owueis there ot, and fin general to do all things necessary and requisite to the proper conduct Of the business of this corporation, under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and the laws Of the United States Of America.
 ARTICLE III
 The authorized capital stock of this corpor atiOn shall be twenty-five thousand dollars (S25 OOO) divided into two hundred and fifty (25OD shares of the par value of one hundred dollars each and transferable only on the books Of the company Said capital stock shall be paid into the corporation either in cash or by sale and transfer to it of real or