Arizona republican., 1905-11-06
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Of the Kansas City and Central Kansas
 Construction Company.

We. whose hands are hereunto offixed. hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation un- der the laws of the territory of Arizona First: The names of the corporators are A. R. Grigsby, G. E. Gleason, w. H. Mendenhall. $. A. Akins, G. NJ Roster. and the name of the corporation shall be Kansas City and Central Kansas Con- struction Company. The principal place within the territory of Arizona in which the business of said corporation is to be transacted is Phoenix, and the principal place outside of said territory is Kansas City, in the state of Missouri. where business may be- transacted and where meetings of stockholders and directors may be held.
 Second: The general nature of the bus mess proposed to be transacted is: To make contracts; to purchase, lease, bond locate or otherwise acquire, own, eX- change, sell or otherwise dispose of pledge, mortgage, hypothecate and deal in any and all kinds of real and personal property. including bonds and shares of the capital stock of other corporations, mines, mining claims, oil lands, coal lands. mineral lands, oil, gas. coal, shale, asphaltum. petroleum, asbestos, salt water and water rights and machinery and to work, mine, explore, operate and develop the same to build electric rail- roads, secure rghts-of-way, install cleo tric lighting plants and telephone sys tems to borrow money and execute notes, bonds, mortgages, or deeds of trust to secure the same, and to exercise in respect thereof and of all shares of CdDlIdI SHOCK ana other securities and obligations any and all rights. powers and privileges of individual owners. in- cludtng the right to vote any shares of stock held by it to the same extent that natural person might or could do: and in general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation.
 Third: The authorized amount of cap ital stock shall be five million dollars G5OOO.OO0 divided into five million shares of the par value of one dollar ($1 .O0) each such a rd of may by resolution direct. said capital stock shall be paid in, either in cash or by the sale and transfer of real or per sonal property to the said corporation for its uses and purposes, in payment for which the shares of the capital stock may be issued, and the stock so issued be fully paid up and non-assessable. and the Judgment of the directors as to the value of the property purchased shall
 Fourth: The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the 14th day of October 1905. and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years there after.
 Fifth: The affairs of this corporation more than five directors and the follow ing named shall constitute such board and the officers of the corporation until their successors are elected and qua1ifed A. R. Grigsby, president: G. F. Gleason vice-president; W. H. Mendenhan, sec retary;. S.; A; Akins, treasurer. Direc- <15 AS, VI ie'oJ' VI. I1. bledSOIl, W. H. Mendenhal. $. A. Akins. and G. M Roster Thereafter the board of direc- tors shall be elected from among the stockholders on the first Monday in No Vember of each year.
 Sixth: The highest amount of indebt- edness or liability to which this corpora uon is at any time subject shall be three million dollars (S3, 000,0O0).
 Seventh: The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. We have hereunto set our hands and seals this eleventh day of October. 1905
 C.. NJ. ROSTER (SeaD
 G. F. GLEASON (SeaD
 A. R. GRIGSBY. (SeaD
 s. A. AKINS. (SeaD
 w. H. MENDENHALL (SeaD State of Missouri,
 County of Jackson.-ss Before me. William A. Morton. a not ary public in and for the state and county aforesaid, on this day personally appeared A. R. GriGshv, s. A. Akins, w 1T. Mendenhall c. NJ Roster and G. IS. Gleason, known to me to be the per sons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purpose and consideration therein ex- pressed.
 Given under my, hand and seal of office. | this 11th day of October. 1905
 WILLIAM A MORTON. (Notarfal SeaD Notary Public. My commission expires May 16th. 1918. Filed according to law, Oct. 14 1905.