The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1905-06-07
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE

Arizona Contracting Company.
We, Charles B. Caldwell, Dick Wick Hall
and Charles H. Pratt, of Salome, Yuma County
Territory of Arizona. whose names are hereto
subscribed, 90 hereby associate ourselves to-
gether for the purpose of forming corporation
under the provisions of the laws of the Terri
tory af Arizona, and for such purposes 60 here
by declare.
First: That the names and residences of the
ircorporatorS are as abOve stated
Second: That the name Of the corporation
shall be Arizona Contracting Company
Third: That the principal place for trans.
acting the business Of this corporation shall be
at Salome, Yuma County, Territory of Arizona,
and at such other place or places as the Board
of Directors may by resolution specify.
Fourth: That the purposes for which this
corporation is formed are,
TO contract for and perform development
work on mines, mining claims, and other real
estate erect buildings, power plants, mining
works. reclaim lands, construct wells, canals,
reservoirs, dams, railroads. street car lines,
highways, and private reads; to buy, hold, sell
all kinds of real estate and personal property,
to lease and rent the same: to sublet and con
tract construction work to take and enter into
bonds for faithful performance of construction
work, to assign said contracts; to buy, hold
deal in stocks, bonds Of other corporations
both domestic and foreign.
Fifth: That the authorized amount of the
capital stock of this corporation is twenty-five
thousand dollars 25OO0.Co) divided into
twenty-five thousand shares at the par value OF
one dollar per share and said stock when issued
Slzall be fully paid and non-assessable.
Sixth: The time OF the commencement of
this corporation shall be the date of the filing
of these articles in the Office OF the county re-
corder of Yuma County, Territory OF Arizona
and with the auditor OF the Territory of Ari-
zona, and this corporation shall continue for
the period of twenty-1v years thereafter.
Seventh: The affairs of the corporation Shall
be conducted by board of three directors, who
shall be stockholders Of the corporation.
Eighth: That the first board of directors of
this corporation shall be the undersigned in
corporators WHO shall serve until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified and the officers
of this corporation shall be president, vice
president, secretary, treasurer and manager,
who shall be stockholders of this corporation,
and any one officer may hold two offices as the
board of directors may by resolution, or by
laws, provide, and until the first annual meet
ing of the stockholders, and until his successor
is appointed by the board of directors and
qualified, William w. Weiss shall be President,
Frank c. Goodwin. Vice-President, Ernest r.
Hall. Secretary and Manager, respectively.
Ninth: The highest amount of indebtedness
or liability. direct or contingent to which this
corporation shaif at any TIME be subject shall
be fifteen thousand dollars (sI5,cCQ0O).
Tenth: The private property of the members
and stockholders OF this corporation shall be
forever exempt from liability for its corporate
debts.
Eleventh: The Board of directors of this
corporation may adopt such bylaws fixing the
times and places for holding annua! and special
meetings OF stockholders, and OF the board OF
directors, and fer geveraing the ss,lae, and con
corning the manner of carrying on and trans
acting the business of this corporation, and
fixing the compensation of its officials, as said
board may deem expedient.
Twelfth: These articles of incorporation
may be amended at any annual meeting Of the
stockholders thereof, or at any special meeting
Of said stockholders called for that purpose, by
the affirmative vote OF majority of the stock
actually issued and outstanding.
In witness whereof, We have hereunto set our
hands and seals this tenth day of April, A. D.
1905.
Charles B. Caldwell, (Seal)
Dick Wick Hall, (Seal)
Charles H. Pratt, (SeaD
Territory of Arizona, lse
County OF Marioopa.
On this day personally appeared before me,
j. B. Woodward, notary public in and for
the County of Maricopa, Territory OF Arizona,
Charles B. Caldwell, Dick Wick Hall and
Charles II. Pratt, known to me to be the
persons who subscribed their names to the
foregoing articles Of incorporation and each
acknowledged to me that he executed the same
for the purposes and consideration therein ex~
pressed.
Given under my hand and seal Of Office this
10th day of April, 1905.
[SCall J. b. Woodward,
Notary Public.
My commission expires April 23rd, 1907
Territory of Arizona, 60,
County of YUMA "
1, j. NJ Polhamus County Recorder in and
for the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona,
do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true,
full and correct copy of the Articles of Incor-
poration OF the Arizona Contracting Company,
as filed for record in my Office On the 18th day
of May, a. D., 1905 and as appears of record in
Book of Articles of Incorporation Page 645 ct
seq, Records Of Yuma CoCnty aforesaid.
~ In witness whereof, have hereunto set nv
hand and affixed my seal of Office this 18th day
of May, A. D., 13ot
tSeall J. ID. Poihamcs,
County Recorder, Yuma County.
First publication May 81, 1905.