Williams news., 1905-10-28
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Articles of Incorporation
COCONINO SHEEP MIDLAND
 COMPANY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we the undersigned, E. B. Perrin, Lilo ! NJ. Perrin and John Fabian Sullivan, have this | day associated ourselves together for the pur. pose S un1er 6erebV Ine cerfU "COCONINO SHEEP AND LAND COMPANY" Williams, Coconino County, Arizona.
 II. That the general nature of the business pro- i posed to be transacted is as follows: (a) To secure. take, purchase, own, buy. ac i quire, hold, sell, lease, mortgage, or otherwise deal in OF dispose of any lands, or interests therein; any real estate notes secured by mort gage trust deed or interest thereon; any notes secured by collateral or interest therein; any debenture bonds, public or private, with fixed i security or interest therein any shares of cap- itai stock of incorporated companies, with or without dividends thereon, any contracts or evidences of indebtedness of any municipal public or private corporation due, or to become due; any securities obligations, contracts evil dences of indebtedness of every kind and char acter and other property held or owned by this corporation, and to exercise in respect to any or all the above named evidences of indebted ness of any other property, any and al! the rights. powers and privileges of individual owners thereof.
 To manage care for and do any and all things tending to improve upon the property and in crease the value of any and all securities or evidences of indebtedness held or owned by the corporation.
 To issue debenture bonds, the payment of which is guaranteed by pledges or securities placed in the hands of q trustee, or n legally incorporated trust company, secured to the same by bill of sale. mortgage or trust deed, upon the whole or part of the securities or prop erty held by the corporation.
 To sell or pledge such bonds, and use the pro- ceedS for such corporate purposes as the Board of Directors of this corporation shall determine. To do any and all of the things herein de- scribed to the same extent as natural persons might, would or could do as principals, agents, trustees, or otherwise.
 (b} To manufacture purchase, acquire, buy. hold own, mortgage, pledge, sell. assign, trade, divert, transfer or dispose oi any material. ia 1 class and description.
 Co To secure, purchase. take. buy, own, &C., quire. by concession, grant or otherwise any mining prospects, mining claims, mining rights, mining lands, mines. mineral rights, timber rights, water rights, buildings, easements. and other properties whatsoever. which the corporation may from time to time find to be for its advantage or purpose. | To search for minerals and ores: to explore, work develop and mine in any of the corpora tlon's properties. | To mine. quarry smelt and refine ores, met als and minerals of all kinds, and to carry on such other operations may be for the corpor- aton's best interests.
 To purchase, sell manufacture and deal in ores and minerals, mining plants. mining ma i chinery, tools, provisions and miners supplies. To survey, build construct, repair manage and control and maintain any roadways, rail- bridges, water courses, reSerVOlrS, mlllS, l smelters, works, warehouses, and such other necessary improvements as may seem adyanta geous to the best interests of the corporation. but the corporation shall construct and operate no railroad, tramway, turnpike or canal ex- cept such as may lead from its principal works or place of business, to some navigable stream, or to some existing railroad, turnpike or public highway.
 To grant licenses. lease, sell or otherwise dis pose of any of the corporation's properties. (d) To secure purchase, own. buy, hold. sell, lease, mortgage, or otherwise acquire any and all kinds of live stock, and to own and operate any and all kinds of manufacturing plants to utilize the products of such live stock to con- vert same into manufactured goods or food stuffs.
 dize, or otherwise do such things as will be conducive to any of the objects of the corpor- ation.
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 ized is One Million Dollars (sl OOO.OOO)
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 The number of shares into which the capital stock is divided is Ten Thousand 100000 of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($10G) each, which stock shall be issued as full paid and non-assessable, in exchange for cash, services or property, at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Directors may determine.
 V.
 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; and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter. The corporation shall be managed by a Board of Five (5) Directors, who shall be elected an- nually, as the Bylaws provide, and the follow ing persons shall constitute the Board of Direc- tors until their successors are elected and qualify: E. B. Perrin, Williams, Arizona. E. Perrin, Jr:. New York City, N. Y. Robert Perrin, Williams, Arizona. Lilo M Perrin, Williams, Arizona. John Fabian Sullivan, New York City, ".
 VII. The highest amount of indebtedness or lia- | bility, direct or contingent, to which this cor poratiOn is to be at any time subject, shall be | Six Hundred Thousand Dollars (s60O,0OO) The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corpor- ate debts of any kind whatsoever In Witness Whereof: we have hereunto set our hands and seals. this 4th day of October, | A. D. One Thousand Nine Hundred ana Five.
 Names Address E. B. Perrin. Williams, Arizona | Lilo M. Perrin ...............W Williams, Arizona | John Fabian Sullivan New York City, N. Y. l TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, ss
 County of CoconinO. Before me, c. P Silvernail notary public | in and for the County of Coconino, Territory | of Arizona, on this day personally appeared E. i B. Perrin Lilo M. Perrin and John Fabian Sul- | liyan, each and all of them known to me to be | foregoing instrument and they and each and | all of them acknowledged to me that they exc | cuted the same for the purpose and considera- tiOn therein expressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of office this | 4th day of October, A. D. 1905.
 My commission expires Dec. 18th. 1908.
 [Seall C.. SILVERNAIL,
 Notary Public. Recorded at request of E. B. Perrin, October 5, AID. 1905, at o'clock a.m., in Book l, Incor- poratOns. pages 552, 553, 554 and 555, Records of Coconino County, Arizona.
 H. c. HIBBEN, County Recorder.