The oasis., 1905-05-13
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 oF THE AZTEC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY IHEsE GHk~EN1Si
 That we, the undersigned k L. Or swold " R. Sprecher, and D. s. E. Greeley, being desirous oi 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 Rpkn0vl- edge, and do adopt these Articles of Incorpora- tion, and do hereby certify:
 l, The name of this corporation and by which it shall be authorized to act is the AZTEC DEW ALLOTMENT C0MPANY.n
 IT. The names of the ineorporators are E. l.. Griswold and W. R. Spreeher, both of Mo- gales, Arizona; and D. s. B. Greeley, Of 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 States or foreign countries as the Board of Di- rectors may from time to time determine. at any Of which offices meetings Of the Stockh0ld- CTS and Directors may be held and all business transacted.
 IT. The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the day 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 q certified copy thereof in the office of the Auditor for the Territory of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty five years thereafter.
 IY. The general nature of the business prn- posed to be transacted bv this corporation is to locate buy, bond. acquire, hold. own. lease, possess, operate, Seit or OtDEFNlSe UlSPU%e QI
 mines or mining claims ar prospects Of gold. silver. copper and all other minerals, and Of all other kinds of 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 ging, drilling, tuaneling and exploring for,
 producing. refining. treating. piping, hand ling storing, dealing in buying and selling gold, silver copper coal. iron, oil. lead, zinc. petroleum, mineral gas. asphaitum, bitumen. bitumenons rock and other minerals and hy- drocarbon substances and the products of All
 such substances, and for such pu poses to buy,
 contract for lease or otherwise acquire hold,
 own, manage, operate mortgage, sell or other wise dispose or retineres, pipe lines tanks,
 cars, mannfactories, machinery and other works, prOpertv and appliances franchises
 and rights of way that may be necessary or convenient or atpnrtenant for the purposes Oi said corporation; 10 manufacture electricity, obtain rights of way, erect poles, string wires and buy or sell eleetricitv; to engage in and carry on a general brokerage business; to en- gage in, carry on and control a general mer- cantile and real estate business. and to that end to d gal in any and all commodities oi every kind and nature conducive to the suc-
 cessful conduct of said business; to buy, own, contract for, feed, sell or otherwise dispose oi ' 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 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 for sany other lawful use or business, including boats, barges, steamships sailing vessels and
 any and all kinds of water craft; to own, handle and control letters patent, patents and inven l tions: to purchase or otherwise acquire, hold l pledge, hypothecate, sell or otherwise dispose l of shares uf the capital stock of other corpora l tions; to borrow money and execute notes l bonds. mortgages and deeds of trust to secure the same; and 10 do and perform All matters
 and things necessary, expedient ar proper te carry out the purposes and businesses or act fol
 which individuals may lawfully associate | themselves together to perform, and to do and perform every act and thing which 1t is lawful l for natural persons to do; all of which bust l nesses or occupations may be carried on al
 such places either in + United States or for | eign countries as the Board of Directors may
 consider for the best interests of the corpora | tiOn
 l V The amount of the capital stock of this
 corporation shall be one hundred thousand
 dollars tSif0,O00.0n. divided into twenty-thou-
 sand shares of a par value of five dollars $500 | each
 At such time and under such conditions as the Board of Directors may direct, said capital