The border vidette., 1903-05-23
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE CONSOLIDATED DEN T
 COMPANY.

KNOWN ALL ZEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
 That we who's hands are hereunto affixed. do
 pose of crsziing T corporation under tho laws
 of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end
 make the following statement:
 FIEsT-The names of the corporators are;
 William H. SeaInon. . citizen of El Psso Tex;t-
 tieorge H. GaIibrill. q citizen of Park rsburi;.
 West Virginia; GeorgeW. A. Atkinson, q citizen
 of Charlesto on West Virsinia;C. II. Merilel.
 citizen of Wheeling. West Virginia: w II. An
 derson q citizen of Wheeling. West Virginia; {;
 and the name of the corporation shall be
 CONSOLIDATED DEVELOPMENT COM
 PANY. the principal place in which the
 business of said corporation within tbs Terri
 tory of Arizona Is to be transacted i>
 Nogales. County of Santa Cruz, Arizona
 and the principal place of bushes of said
 corporation outside of the Territory of Ariz-
 ona shall be the City of heeIIng. County of
 Ohio State of West NIr- mia, at which meet
 ina,s of the Board of Dire ctors may be held. and the poratIon may have such branch offices either within without the Territory
 of Arizona ; may be established by the Board of Directors and bylaws of said corporation.
 ND-The general nature of the business proposed to transacted is as follows. to wit: To own and operate coal mines, wood and coal yards, to purchase, lease bond, locate or otherwise acquire. own, exchange, sell or other wise dspos- of pledge, mortgage. h! pothecate and deal in Real Estate, and any aud all kinds of personal property, mines, mining cialns
 oil Iauds,, mineral lands, oil, gas, asphaltu1n
 Petroleum. as5estos. salt. water and water rights and machinery. and to work, mine. e1- plore, and develop same; to build and O. rate smelters concentration plants, st mp mills, pipe lines tramway railroads, ore wagon roads' to do general mercantile and misunderstanding business. do general rt al estate business. to own and handle and control letters, patent and inventions and shares of capital sto,>- Gs oth and corpt,ratiOnS, to bOi money execute notes, bonds, mortgage, or deeds of trust. secure same and to exercise in espect of all such bonds, mortgages. notes, shares of capital stock and other securities and obliga ions any and all rights. powers and privileges of individual owners thereof inclad- ing tine right to vote upon any shares of stock held by it to the extent that 2 private in d vioiual natural person might or could do, and in general 70 do all things necessary to the proper conduct Of this corporation and the busines. thel eof not inconsistent with laws of the United S.at,s and the Territo of Ariz- <na to build and operate for it's Tele- ! graph and Telephone lines to its properties, to 1 have a Corporate Seal. to and to be sued, | to contract and be contracted with and to do | business in any and all foreign countries. that the said corporation may desire to e-tablis4 ! branch offices, do business in. To build and | operate oil retineries, to ouy and sell minerals | and to refine same within without the Terri | tory of Arizona.
 TEIIp-The authorized amount of capital i stock of this corporation shall be two million | and five hundred tn usand dollars, divided into ! 25O, 900 shares of the par value of Ten lSlO.0ol | dollars each. At sich . time the Board of { Directors may direct. by resolution sad capital stock may be paid into this corporation, in cash by sale and transfer to it of real estate or personal property for the uses and purposes of said corporal in pay nt nt for whl h said shares of the c- Iital stock of such corporation may be issued, and the capital stock s" issued shalthereup and thereby become fully paid up and non -a,sessable. and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment of the Directors to the value of the property pu urchased shall be conclusive.
 FoCRTE-The said corporation shall have the right increase its capital stock at any time by the majority voc of its stockholders to ten millions dollars, but said increase of the capital stock be voted upon at tine annu1lly meeting of inc stockho .ders of said corporation
 EIFTH-Ihe time of 'e commencement of thls .orporation shall b. the date of tho filing of his articles of incorporation in the office of the auditor of A izonl, and tho term nation there 1f shall be twenty years hereafter. with the privilege of renewal the termination thereof . sIGTE-The affairs of this corporation shall 1e conducted by q Board of Director which hall be elected from the sto;kho ders of this according to the bylaws of this ani the following named shall constitute the directors until their successors ' ire elected w II Seamon; Geo. K GamDrill, ieo. " Atkinson, C Il Merkel and " H And rson Thereafter the Board of Director shal ! ,e elected Jniy lst of each year SEvEE-y -rhe said corporation shall have the ignt lnalS. rules and bylaws for its own over1m,.-t, not inconsistent with the laws of ! he United States and the Territory of Arizona, nd it shall have the r;ghs to elect execut- ve board of directors from the stockholders of aid corporation Until their successors are lected the officers w II Seamou, prcsl- lert; Geo. k Gambrin secretary; Geo. w $ .ckinson. vice president; II MerSel, treasurer. Tne highest amount of Indebtedn or liability. direct indirect contingent, to 'hich this corporation is at any time subject hali be Sl ,50J,U0J do.iars. which amount does st exceesl thirds of tine amount of the 6 pii al stock. SEVENTH The priv;.-e property of the stock r olders of this corporation shall be exempt rom corporate debts of any kind wilas this conformation. IS WITNESS WHEREOF. have hereunto set U UT hands anI seals this 2ith day of March 1 0 ,cs
 W. II. SEAMCN sE>t. /
 GEO. K GAAIBKII.I
 (. II. MERkEI.
 w IL ANDERSON
 GEORGE ". ATKINSON sEAL i