The oasis., 1905-05-27
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 -oF THE AZTEC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: |:

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
 That we. the undersigned, < l.. Grswold, ". K. sprecher, and D. s. E. Greeley, being desir0us Of forming corporation under the laws Of the Territory of Arizona, have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together. into body cor porate, and do hereby make, sign and acknowl edge, and do adopt these Articles of Incorpora- ton, and do hereby certify:
 T. The name of this corporation and by which it shall be authorized to act is the AZTEC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY"
 H. The names of the incorpoTatoTs are +. l.. gales, sis Arizona; and 5, s B. Greeley Of New York City. N Y. The principal home office of this corporation shall be al the town of Nogaless santa Cruz county; Territory or Arizona. There shall be branch office at sa lem, Essex County, State of Massachusetts, but branch offices may be Kept and maintained at snch other place or places either in the United Eta es or foreign countries as the Board Of Di- rectors may from time to time determine, at any of which offices meetings of the Stockhnld CTS and Directors may be held and an business transacted
 liT. The time of the commencement of this corporatiOn shall be the day of the fling of it's Articles of Incorporation Tn the office Ot the County Recorder Of Santa Cruz County, Terri tory Of Arizona. and a certified ccpy thereof i'll the office of the Auditor for the Territory of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 1 N. The general nature of the business pro- posed to be transacted by this corporation is 1 to locate buy, bond, acquire, hold. own, lease. ! possess, operate, sell or otherwise dispose of mines or mining claims or prospects of gold, ! silver, copper and all other minerals, and of l all other kinds of mineral properties or lands; I to buy, lease or otherwise acquire. to hold and I own, manage, operate, improve. mortgage, | sell, convey or otherwise dispose of and devel- I op lands, concessions. franchises, rights of way, mining claims, oil wells, and any and all ! other real estate. and interests in any of the
 said properties to engage in the business oi
 building and operating stamp mills and other
 mills, extracting precious metals, boring, dig l ging, drilling, tunnelling and exploring for. l producing. refining. treating. piping hand 1 ling, storing, dealing in, buying and selling
 gold, silver, copper. coal iron, oil. lead, zinc, petroleum, mineral gas, asphaltum. bitumen, 1 bitumenons rock and other minerals and hy-
 dro-carbon substances and the products of all
 contract for, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, manage, operate, mortgage, sell or other
 wise dispose of rehneriess pipe lines, tanks, cars, manufacturers machinery and other
 works property and appliances, franchises and rights of way that may be necessary or convenient or appurtenant for the purposes of | said corporation; to manufacture electricity, obtain rights of way, erect poles. string wires and buy or sell electricity; to engage in and carry on general brokerage business; to en- | gage in, carry on and control general mer- | cantile and real estate business, and to that end to deal in any and all commodities of every kind and nature conducive to the suc- eessful conduct of said business; to buy, own, contract for, feed, sell or otherwise dispose of or handle livestock of any kind whatsoever, and to do and carry on all things pertaining to the cattle business; to buy, procure. hold, ! own, sell, construct, equip, mortgage, maintain i and operate railroads tramways, stage lines, automobiles, and any and all other kinds of
 transportation, including equipments thereof and therefor for mining or transporting or for any other lawful use or business including i boats, barges, steamships, sailing vessels and any and all kinds of water craft; to ow9. handle and control letters patent. patents and inven- | tions: to purchase or otherwise acquire hold. | pledge, hypothecate. sell or otherwise dispose of shares of the capital stock eff other corpora tions; to borrow money and execute notes, bonds. mortgages and deeds of trust to secure the same: and 10 do and perform all matters and things necessary, expedient or proper to carry out the purposes and businesses or act for which individuals may lawfully associate themselves together to perform. and to do and | perform every act and thing which it is lawfnl | for natural persons to do: all of which busi- nesses or occupations be carried on at such places either in il Q United states or for | eign countries as the Boar of Directors may consider for the best interests of the corpora i ton.
 V. The amount of the capital stoch of this corporation shall be one hundred thousand dollars (S100. .000.0nl, divided into twenty-thOu- sand shares of par value of five dollars $500 | each.
 At such time and under such conditions as ! Al