The Arizona sentinel., 1904-07-06
Articles of Incorporation

Know all men by these presents: That we, the undersigned, whose hands are hereunto affi xed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the general laws and the amendments thereof of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end we certify as follows:
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 The RarI,es ofthc incornorators are: Stephen ". Dorsey, George NJ. Chartier and George C. Haldeman, oitizcns 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 this corporation shall be as follows, to-wit:
 To make contracts for the construction and  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. conats, inn prove streets, or do other and any sort of con- tract work for corporators, municipalities or individuals; to build electris light plants gas, works, water works and to furnish power to others, and to do ahy and all things that would come within the scope ofa general con tracting business, and may accept in pay ment 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 tbis corporation shall have power to issue and negotiate it's own stock, bonds, notes, CT other evidence ot indebtedness by sale or hypothecation, 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 (5,0oO shares of par value of ten dollars (si0.00} each.
 Said capital stock shall be paid in this cor poratioh in cash or it may be issaed in pay l:1ent for contracts; options, or for services rendered, or for lands, buildings, supplies, or for patents, machinery and other things val uable 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 fling of these County Recorder of Yuma county Arizona, five years.
 The stfTirirs or the corporation shall be cof1- ducted by a board of shree 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 be as follows:
 NAME RESIDENCE stephen ". Dorsey Los Angeles California George NJ. Chartier Los Angeles, California George c. Haldemau Los Angeles, California
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 The board of directors may by resolution increase its number to five members at any time.
 The highest amount of indebtedness aside from Che current expense accounts shall not exceed Thirty Thousand (sSO,e0O) dollars.
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 The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shalf be exempt from corpo- rate debts of any kind whatsoever. En testimony whereof the incorporators have hereItnt0 set their hands and seals at Jos Angeles, California, on this Slst day of May, I9oi.
 Stephen W. Dorsey.
 George NJ. Charticr.
 George c. Halden:an. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Los Angeles. ~
 On this 3lst day Of May, F903. before me, Charles D. KinTbaTl, 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. HalderHan, known to me to be the pcrsoFqs whose names are subscribed to to the within instrument and acknowledged 50 mo that they executed the same. In witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Los An geles in said county, the day and year in this certificate first above written.
 Charles D. KimbafF,
 Notary Public in and for Los Angeles
 County, State of California. Recorded at request of stephen W. Dorsey, at a. n., Jane 1, l90.
 C. r. GROWN.
 County Recorder. Territory of Arizona, e.
 County of Yuma, "
 I, C. r. Cronin, County Recorder in and for the County of Yuma, Territory Of Arizona, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a trtFe 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, X. D lg0lr and as appears of record in Book One of Articles of Incorporation, page---- ct sea-, Records of Yuma County aforesaid.