The Arizona sentinel., 1904-07-20
Articles of Incorporation

Know all men by these presents: That we the undersigned whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the general laws and the amendments thereof of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end we certify as follows:
 The names ofthe incorporators are: Stephen W. Dorsey, George NJ. Charticr and George C. Haldeman, citizens of the United States.
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 The name of the said corporation shall be The Western Contracting Company and the principal place of business shall be in the town of Yuma, Yuma county, Territory of Arizona, where the annual meeting shall be held.
 The directors may meet and do business in the city of Los Angeles, California, or such other place in the United States or any other country as they may from time to time de- termine.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by thls corporation shall be as follows, to-wit:
 To make contracts for the construction and equipment of railroads, bridges, station houses, warehouses. telegraph and telephone lines, the owning and operating of stores for the purchase and sale of goods of all kinds. to own, buy, lease and sell real estate, erect buildings for it's own use or under contract or for sale to enter into contracts with other corporations to build railroads conals, inn prove streets, or do other and any sort of con- tract work for corporators, municipalities CT
  works, water works and to furnish power to others, and to do any and all things that would come within the scope ofa general con tracing business, and may accept in pay mcnt for work done under such contracts the stock and bonds of other corporations and buy or sell the same. In the conduct of it's business this corporation shall have power to issue and negotiate it's own stock, bonds, notes, or other evidence Ot indebtedness by sale or hypothccation, and to deal in the stock and bonds of other corporations.
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 The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be five thousand (5,O00) shares of par value of ten dollars (Sl00O each.
 Said capital stock shall be paid in this cor poraticn in cash or it may be issued in pay ment for contracts; options, or for services rendered, or for lands, buildings, supplies, or for patents machinery and other things val uabe to the corporation. All stock so issued shall become fully paid up and non-assessable; and the judgment of the directors as to the value of the property or other things pur- chased and paid for in the stock. of this corpo- ration shall be final and conclusive, The time of the commencement of this cor poration shall be the date of the filing of these articles of incorporation In the office of the County Recorder of Yuma county, Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty five years.
 The affairs or the corporation shall be con- ducted by board of three directors, who shall hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualified as the bylaws may pro- vide, and the directors for the first year shall De as follows:
 NAME RESIDENCE stephen w. Dorsey Los Angeles, California George NJ. Chartier Los Angeles, California George c. Haldeman los Angeles, California
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 The board of directors may by resolution increase it's number to five members at any time.
 The highest amount Of indebtedness aside from the current expense accounts shall not exceed Thirty Thousand (S30,000) dollars. The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corpo- rate debts of any kind whatsoever
 In testimony whereof the ineorporators have hercunto set their hands and seals at Los Angeles, California, on this Slst day of May, 1901.
 stephen w. Dorsey.
 George NJ. Chartier.
 George C. Haldeman. STATE OF CALIFOREIA, County of Los Angeles. ] ''
 On this 3lst day of May, 1901. before me, Charles D. KimbalI, a Notary Public in and for said Los Angeles County, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally ap- peared stephen w. Dorsey, George NJ. Char tier and George C. HaldenIan, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that they executed the same. In witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Los An- geles, ill said county. the day and year in this certificate first above written.
 Charles D. Kimba!I
 Notary Public in and for Los Angeles
 County, State Of California. Recorded at request Of stephen w. Dorsey. at a. m., June 1, 1904.
 C. P. GROWN,
 County Recorder. Territory of Arizona
 County of Yuma, sS l, c. II. Cronin, County Recorder in and for | theCOunty of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, do l hereby certify that the foregoing is true, full | and correct copy of articles of incorporation | of The Western Contracting Compay as filed | for record in my office on the 4th day of June. 1 A. D. 1901, and as appears of record in Book One of Articles of Incorporation, page-- ct sea-, Records of Yuma County aforesaid. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 4th day of June, A. D. 1904.
 C. P. CROWN
 County Recorder Yuma County X. r