The Arizona sentinel., 1905-06-21
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
Arizona Contracting Company.

AflZOHd CONTRACTING company.
We, Charles B. Caldwell, Dick Wick Hall
| and Charles II. 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 arc 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
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 slid 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;OOo.OO) divided into
twenty five thousand shares at the par value of
one dollar per share and said stock when issued
siall be fully paid and worcestershire.
Sixth: The time of the commencement of
this corporation shall be the date ef the fling
of these articles in the Office of the county re-
cerder of Yuma County, Territory of Arizona,
and with the auditor of the Territory of Arr
IONA, and this corporation shall continue for
the period of twenty-five years thereafter.
Seventh: The affairs of the corporation. shah
be conducted by a 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
cessers are elected and qualified, and the officers,
Of thi, corporation shall be a 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 pTONluc, anu uUill UUc uFSG d4lNudi HlCtb-
ing of the stockholders, and until his successor
is appointed by the board of directors and
qualified, WilliamW. 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 shall at any time be subject shall
be fifteen Thousand dollars ISIS OOO,oe,-
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 By laws fixing the
times and places for holding annual and special
meetings of stockholders, and of the board OF
directors, aud for governing the same, and con-
cerning 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 al any annual meeting of the
stockholders thereof or at any special meeting,
of said stockholders called for that purpose, by
tSe 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.
1903.
Charles s. Caldwell, ($cal)
Dick Wick Hall. (ScaD
Charles H. Pratt, (ScaD
Territory Of Arizona.
County Of NUricUpa, %
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 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 ex~
pressed.
Given under my hand and seal of Office this
10th day of April, lee0.
TScalD j. B. Woodward,
Notary Public.
My commission expiresApr 23rd, 1907.
Territory of Arizona. &C
County of Yuma, %
1, j. NJ. Pclhamus County Recorder in and
do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true,
full and correct copy of the Articles of IncOr-
poratiou of tits Arizona Contracting Company,
as filed for record in my office on the 10th day
of May, A. D., l905 and as appears of record in
Book 4 Of Articles of Incorporation Page CAS- ct
seq. Records OF Yuma County aforesaid.
ia witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal of Office this 18th day
Of May, Al. D., 1905.
[Seal j. NJ. Polhamus,
County Recorder, Yuma County.
r.. st 1lrl4c4p.Oa 49,. 3, 1915.