The oasis., 1905-05-06
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 -0F THE AZTEC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
First pub. April 2a, 1905.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PREsESTs:
 That we the undersigned E l.. Gr swold, " R. sprecher, and D. s. B. Greeley. being desrous of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory Of Arizona, have tsis day voluntarily associated ourselves together into body cor porate. and dO hereby make sign and acknowl- edge. and do adopt these Articles of IneorpoTa- tinn, and do hereby certify:
 | The name of this corporation and by which 1t shall be authorized to act is the AZTEC DEW ELOPMENT C0MPANY.s
 IT. The names of the ineorporators are E. r. Grisw0ld and w R. Sprecher, both Of No gales Arizona: and D. s. E. Greeley, of New York City. N. Y. The principal home office of this corporation shall be at the town of Nogales, Santa Cruz County. Territory of Arizona There shall be branch office at Sa- lem. Essex County, State Of Massachusetts. but branch offices may be kept and maintained At such other place or places either In the United Sta es or foreign countries as the Board of D- rectors may from time to time determine at anv q which offices meetings of the Stnnkh0a- CTS and Directors may be held and all business transacted.
 IT. The time nf the commencement of this corporation shall be the dHy of the filing Of it's Articles Of Incorporation in the office of the County Recorder of santa Cruz County, Terri- tory of Arizona. and certified copy thereof in the office Of the Auditor for the Territory Of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty five years thereafter.
 " The general nature of the business pro- posed 10 be transacted bv this corporation is
 
 possess. operate, sell or otherwise dispose of mines or mining claims or prospects of gold silver, copper and all other minerals, and of all other kinds 0f mineral properties or lands; to buy, lease or otherwise acquire. to hold and own, manage, operate, improve. mortgage, sell convey or otherwise dispose of and devel- 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 of building and operating stamp mills and other mills, extracting precious metals, boring, dig l ginr drilling. tunnelling and exploring for, 1 producing. refining. treating. piping. hand- 1 ling, storing. dealing in, buying and selling gold silver copper coal iron, oil. lead. zine, 1 petroleum, mineral gas, asphalfum, bitumen, bitumen0ns rock and other minerals and hv- l drn-eArbon substances and the products Of all
 such substances. and for such put poses to buy, contract for lease nT otherwise acquire hold, own manage operate. mortgage, sell or other l wise dispose Of refneries, pipe lines, tanks,
 cars, manuAetories machinery and other works property and appliances, franchises ] and rights of way that may be necessary or convenient or Arpnrtenant for the purposes Of 1 said corporations to manufacture electricity, 1 obtain rights of way, erect poles string wires and buy or sell eleetricity; to engage in and carry on a 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 oi l every kind and nature conducive to the sue- cessflil conduct Of said business; to buy, own contract for, feed, sell or otherwise dispose oi \ or handle ilX1SI0Ek GI any k1Tu WHALSaNFef
 and to do and carry on all things pertaining to the cattle business; tn buy, procure, hold own, sell, construct, equip, mortgage maintain 1 and operate railroads, tramwayS, stage lines
 automobiles, and any and all other kinds oI
 transportation. including equipments thereof
 and therefor for mining or transporting, or fol
 any other lawful use or business, including bnats baTges, steamships, sailing vessels and ang and all kinds of water craft; to ow ' handle and control letters patent, patents and inveu 1 tions; to purchase or otherwise acquire. hold I pledge, hypathecate, sell or otherwise dispose i Of shares of the capital stock of other corpora 1 tions; ta borrow money and execute notes l bonds. mortgages and deeds of trust to seeurs the same; and 10 do and perform all matters 1 and things necessary, expedient or proper tf 1 carry out the purposes and businesses or aet fol l which individuals may lawfully associate
 themselves together to perform, and to do and perform every act and thing which it is lawfn for natural persons to do; all of which busi :, nesses or occupations may be carried on al
 such places either in il Q United States or for eign countries as the Rosrd of Directors may
 consider for the best interests of the corpora tion.
 V The amount of the capital stocF of this | corporation shall be one hundred thousand dollars fslf0. .00O.0n, divided into twenty-thou- sand shares of par value of five dollars (S5.o0 l each.
 At such time and under such conditions A.
 fha RoQ I'd of Directors may direct. said capita