The oasis., 1905-05-20
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 -oF THE AZTEC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRE%Esrs.


 That we, the undersigned, l.. Grlswold. ". R. sprecher, and D. s, B. Greeley, being desirous of forming a 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 acknowl- edge. and do adopt these Articles of Ineorpora- tion, and do hereby certify:
 | The name of this corporation and by which 1t shall be authorized to act is the AZTEC DEVELOPMENT COMPANYn
 IT. The names of the inc0rporators are K l.. Griswold and M. K. sprecher, both of No- gales, Arizona; and D- \ B- Greeley, of office Of this corporation shall be Ut the town Of Nogales Santa Cruz County. Territory of Arizona. There shall be branch office 1t Sd lem Essex County. State of Massachusetts, but branch offices may be kept and maintained at snen other place or places either in the United Sta es or foreign countries as the Board of Di reetors may from time to time determine. at any Of which offices meetings of the Stnckh0d 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 fling 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 1 twenty five years thereafter.
 l IN. The general nature of the business pro 1 p0sed to be transacted by this corporation Is l to locate buy bond, acquire, hold, own. lease,
 
 1 mines or mining claims or 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 l other real estate. and interests in any of the said properties; to engage in the business Of 1 building and operating stamp mills and other mills, extracting precious metals, boring dig ging, drilling, tunnelltng and exploring for, l producing refining. treating. piping, hand ' ling. storing, dealing in, buying and selling l gold silver, copper. coal, lr0n oil. lead, zinc, petroleum, mineral gas. asphaltum, bitumen, 1 bitumenous rock and other minerals and hy- l dra-carbon substances and the products of all such substances, and for such purposes to buy,
 contract for, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, 1 own, manage, operate. mortgage, sell or other cars, manufaetories, machinery and other works, property and appliances, franchises
 and rights of way that may be necessary or convenient or appurtenant for tue purposes oi said corporation; to manufacture electricity \ obtain rights of way, erect poles, string wires
 and buy or sell electricity; to engage in and carry on a general brokerage business. to en-
 gage in, carry on and control general mer- camille and real estate business, and to that end to deal in any and all commodities 0i every kind and nature conducive to the sue ceSsful conduct Of said buslneSs 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 tu
 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 ol 1 transportation, including equipments thernni
 and therefor for mining or transporting, oF fol any other lawful use or businnss, including i boats, bArges, steamships sailing vessels and
 any and All kinds of water craft: to ow handle and control letters patent, patents and inven l tidns: to purchase or otherwise acquire. hold pledge, hypothecate, sell or otherwise dispose | Of shares of the capital stock of other corpora tions. t0 borrow money and execute notes i bonds. mortgages and deeds of trust to secure l the same, and to do and perform all matters
 and things necessary, expedient or proper tC
 carry out the purposes and businesses or act foi
 which individuals may lawfully associate l themselves together to perform, and to do and perform every act and thing which it is lawfnl i for natural persons to do; all of which busi i nesses or occupations may be carried on al
 such places either in tt Q United States or for 1 eign countries as the Boar of Directors may
 consider for the best interests of the corpora
 tion.
 V The amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be one hundred thousand | dollars lO0,000.00), divided into twenty-thou-
 sand shares of a par value of five dollars (S500) i each.
 At such time and under such conditions as
 the Board Of Directors may direct, said capital