The Arizona sentinel., 1905-08-09
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE

Arizona Contracting Company.
 We Charles B. Caldwell. Dick Wick Hall and Charles H. Pratt, of Saiome, Yuma County. Territory of Arizona, whose names are hereto subscribed do hereby associate ourselves to- gcther for the purpose of forming corporation under the provisions of the laws of the Terri tory af Arizona. and for such purposes do here by declare.
 1 First: That the names and residences of the incorporators 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 arc.
 | 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, l highways and private roads; to buy hold, self 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, l both domestic and foreign.
 Fifth: That the authorized amount of the capital stock of this corporation is twenty-five | thousand dollars (S25, ,OO0.O0) divided into twenty-five thousand shares at the par value of one dollar per share and said stock when issued slall 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-five 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 ccsSors 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 k. Hall, Secretary and Manager, respectively.
 Ninth: The highest amount of indebtedness or liability. direct or contingent, to which this corporation shall at any, time be subject shall be fiftppD thousand dollars (Si5 GQo OO)
 Tenth: The private property of the members and stockholders of this corporation shall be forever exempt from liability for it's corporate debts.
 Eleventh: The Board of directors of this corporation may adopt such bylaws fixing the times and places for holding annual and special directors and for governing the same and con- corning the manner of carrying on and trans acting the business of this corporation, and fixing the compensation of it's 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 a majority of the stock actually issued and outstanding. fp witness whereof, we have hereunto set our handS and seals this tenth day of April X. D. 1905.
 Charles B. Caldwell, (Scal)
 
 Charles H. Pratt tSeaD Territory of Arizona, m County of Maricopa, % On this day personally appeared before me. | ] E. Woodward notary public in and for | the County of Marcopa, Territory of Arizona | Charles B. Caldwell Dick Wick Hall and l Charles H. 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 cX l pressed. Given under my hand and seal of office this | 10th day of April, 1905. IScall J. E, Woodward,
 Notary Public. My commission expires April 23rd 19O7 Territory Of Arizona, cS County Of Yuma, 90 l. J. NJ. PolhamuS Courty Recorder in and for le County of Yuma Territory of Arizona, | do hereby certify bh It the foregoing is a true, | full and correct opy of the Articles of Incor- | poration of the Ar Onl 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 sea- Records of Yuma County aforesaid In witness whereof I have hereuntO set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 18th day of May. A. D. 1905. ISeall J. M. PolhamuS.
 County Recorder, Yuma County. First publication May 3l, leu5>