The Arizona sentinel., 1905-07-05
Articles Of incorporation
OF THE
SanMarcus- SalOme Development
Company.

Know all men by these presents, mat we.
whose hands are herennto affixed. Go hereby /
associate ourselves together for the purpose OF !
forming q corporation under the laws of the
Territory of Arizona, and do hereby, for such /
purpose declare and adopt the following arti- /
Giles of incorporation;
First The names Of the incorporatorS are
Charles H Pratt, Dick Wick Hall and Ray c.
Halter.
Second: The name of this corporation shall !
he San Marcus alome Development Company.
Third: The principal place of business within
the Territory of Arizona for transaction Of cor
porate business shall be salome Yuma county,
| Arizona. with branch offices at Pittsburg,
PENNSYLVANIA. and at such other places as the
board of directors may deem advisable where
meetings of the board may be held, and any
business of the corporation consistent with the
laws of the Territory of Arizona be transacted
Fourth: The general nature of the business
of this corporation is, to-wit: To locate lease
purchase bond or otherwise acquire, own, hoId
exchange, sell or otherwise dispose Of pledge
mortgage. hypothecate and deal in real estate
mines and mining claims and any and all kinds
of personal property and to develop and work
the same: tc acquire, own, erect and operate
power plants of all descriptions; to do gener-
al mercantile business in all its branches; TO
ACQUIRE own. lease, handle and control letters
d patent and inventions, and shares of stock IN
other corporations; to borrow money and exc
cute notes. bonds, mortgages or deeds OF trust,
to secure the same, And to exercise IN respect
to all such bonds, mortgages notes, shares OF
stock and other securities and obligations any
and all rights, powers and privileges OF lhdlVld
ual owners thereof. including the right to vote
upon any shares Of stock held by it to the same
extent that Il na :ural person might or could do;
and to do any and al other business necessary
: to the proper conduct of the affairs of the cor
poration not inconsistent with the laws OF the
Territory of Arizona and the United States
Fifth: TIE authorized amount of capital
stock. OF: this, corporation shall be Five hun
dYed thousand dollars (S30e,0 0Q.00) divided into
Five hundred. thousand shares OF. the par Value
l of One dollar (Sf00) each. At Sueh-times as the
the Board of Directors may by,resolutlon direct
: said capital stock shall be paid into this cofpo
ration either in cash or by, sale and transfer
to it of real or personal property or services
j. rendered for the uses and purposes of this cor
peration, in payment for which shares of,the
capital stool. Shall be issued. and when SO issued
shall thereupon and thereby become and be
fully paid up and forever worcestershire.
AT any time upon the vote of the holders OF
two-thirds of the outstanding capital stock'th
8 company may be reorganized with capital o.
one million dollars ($1,OO000O), and into min
Z ing company, when so recognized two shares
T Of stock Of the mining company shall be lssueo
for each share of the Development company
fully paid UP and forever worcestershire.
Sixth: The time of the commencement o
IS this corporation shall be the day OF the hilhE
4 of these Articles of Incorporation according u
law, and the termination shall be twenty-five
= years thereafter.
l. The affairs of this corporation shall
be conducted by Board of five Director
and the following named shall constitute th
Board of Directors until theirsuccessors, dull
: elected and qualified shall take their places
O Charles H, Pratt Dick Wick Hall, William W
Weiss, - Bee1nan, Ray c. Halter
Ii Thereafter the Board of Directors shall b.
q elected from among the stockholders on tn
first Monday in July OF each year, commenoln
Il with the year 1906. The officers of the corpora
ton, until their successors are elected, shall b
Dick Wick Hall president and general mana
ger: Charles H. Pratt, vice-preSident; WllIlan
~ w. Weiss secretary and treasurer.
OF The board Of directors shall have the powc
he to adopt bylaws and such rules and regulation
g as are deemed expedlent to the proper conduc
:; of the affairs of the corporation, to prescnp
the duties of the officers of the corporation, tn
calling and holding of regular and special NEE
ings OF the stockholders and directors and
l" fill all vacances among the directors and officer
70 of the company. majority of the board
, directors Shnll constitute quorum for tn
10 transaction OF business except where otherwi>
at expressly provided.
II Seventh: The highest amount of indebtedness
GU or liability, direct or contingent, to which tn
corporation is at any time subject shall NJ
exceed one hundred thousand dollars.
l,o Eighth: The private property CT the stoe
~ holders of this corporation shall he exeml
az from all corporate debts,
ne In witness whereof. We have hcreunto 81
TO- our hands this l2Ch day OF June 1908.
Charles II. Pratt,
nc Dick Wick Hall,
Ray c. Halter
Territory of Arizona, ! CO
q County Ct Yuma, J
-, Before me. a Notary Public in and for Il
county and territory aforesaid, on this Ii
he personally appeared Charles Z, Pratt Di
- Wick Hall and Ray C, Haller known to me
"a be the persons whose names are subscribed
II the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged
me that they and each OF them executed t
same for the purposes and considerable
therein expressed.
Given under my hand and seal of Office I'll
la 18th day of June, 1905.
nat [Scall Ernest nan,
Notary Public
First publication July 5, 1908.