The Arizona sentinel., 1905-07-05
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
Arizona Contracting Company.

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 do 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 do here
by declare.
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 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 roads; to buy hold, sell
all kinds OF real estate and personal property
\
tract construction work, to take and enter into
bonds for faithful performance of construction
work, to assign sid 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 (S25. 100000 divided into
twenty-five thousand shares at the par value of
one dollar per share and said stock when issued
skall be fully paid and worcestershire.
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-
zonar 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
cesSorS elected and qualified, and the officers
OF this corporation shall be a president vice
president, secretary, treasurer and manager,
who shall be stockholders of this corporation,
and any one offJSer 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, Williara w. Weiss, shall be President,
Frank c. Goodwin Vice-Presidenty Ernest r.
Hall, Secretary and Manager, respectively.
Ninth: The highest amount of indebtedness
or liabiljty- direct or contingent, to which this
he; fifteen Thousand dollars tsi5;DOe,9O1.
Tenth: The private property of the members
and stockholders Of tAis 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 annual and special
meetings of stockholders, and of the board of
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 its officials, rs said
board may deem expedient-
Twelfth: These articles OF incorporation
May be amended at any annual meeting OF the
stockholders thereof at any special meeting
of said stockholders called for that purpose, by
the affirmative vote Of a majority OF the stoelS
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, (SeaD
Charles H. Pratt tSeaD
Territory of Arizona, e.
County of Maricopa %
On this day personally appeared before me,
j. b. Woodward, notary public i'll and for
the County of Maricopa, Territory of Arizona,
Charles b. Caldwell Dick Wich 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.
ESeall J. B. Woodward,
Notary Public.
Ny commission exri.es April 23rd, 1909.
Territory of Arizona. ~
County of Yuma,
l. J. M. PolhamuS County Recorder in and
for the County of Yuma Territory of Arizona,
do hereby certify that the foregoing is true,
full and correct copy of the Articles Of Incor-
poratfon of the Arizona Contracting Company,
as filed for record in my office on the 18th day
of May, n. D., 1905, and as appears of record in
Book OF Articles of Incorporation Page 645 ct
sea- Records of Yuma County aforesaid.
In witness where's have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal of Office this 18th day
of May, 4. D., 1905.
tSeall ]. M. PolhamuS,
County Recorder, Yuma County
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