Bisbee daily review., 1906-07-01
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 --of the
 E. B. MASON co.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That We. F. B. Mason, Abbie M Mason, Mary O. Sykes and H. P. Huddleston, citizens of the United States, do hereby voluntarily associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation un- der the laws of the Territory of Ari- zona, and we hereby certify, acknowl- edge and adopt the following articles of incorporation:
 Article I. The, name of this cor poration shall be and is 'E. B. MA SON CO"
 Article II. The principal place of business of this corporation shall be in the City of Bisbee, Cochise County, Territory of Arizona, and this corpor- a.ion may have and establish such other branch offices at such other places as the Board of Directors of said corporation may from time to time select
 Article III. The general nature of the business and enterprise proposed to be transacted and carried on by this corporation shall be and is as follows:
 To engage in and carry on general merchandise business, with full power to buy and sell both at wholesale and retail, merchandise of every nature and description; to buy, sell and gen. erally deal in both at wholesale and retail vehicles and machinery of ev- cry nature and description; to engage iH and carry on a general blacksmith h,,c pA fn facture and repair vehicles and ma chinery of all kinds; to engage in and conduct generally a hauling, freight ing and transfer business, and to enter into contracts to do freighting by teams and otherwise: to own, sell and construct warehouses, and to carry on a general warehouse and storage busi- ness; to buy and sell live stock and to generally deal in the same, to ac- quire. own. sell and deal in personal property of every nature anddescrip- | ton to acquire by purchase or other ] wise, and to locate, own and lease lands and real estate of every nature | and description, and to sell the stock l of this corporation, and to purchase. own, acquire and dea% in the same and in the stock of other corporations | in every manner, and to sell, transfer and exchange he stock of this corpor- ation for personal and real property | ard for different classes of business and the good will thereof; to sell, 1 transfer, pledge, mortgage or other wise convey and dispose of any and all of the lands and other property rights and privileges herein men toned, both real and personal, and generally to do any and all business, acts and things incident to the things aforesaid and not contrary to the laws of the Territory of Arizona.
 Article V. The amount of the cap | iIal stock of this corporation shall be | One Hundred Thousand (s100, ,000.o .o0) Dollars, divided into One Thousand | Shares of the par value of One Hun | dTed ($100.O0) Dollars each: the time WI en and the conditions upon which l said capital stock shall be issued shall 1 be as fixed by Ihe Board of Directors l and capital stock to be issued only as fully paid and inaccessible; in the discretion of the Board of Direct or" and n the absence of actual fraud | said capital stock may be issued as fully paid in exchange for property, hcth real and personal and for differ | ent classes and kinds of business and the good will thereof. conveyed or | transferred 10 said corporation.
 Article " The existence of this corporation shall begin immediately after the recording of these articles of incorporation in the office of the County Recorder of said Cochise Coun
 ty, Arizona, and the filing of a :erti
 fled copy thereof in the office Of the
 Territorial Auditor of said Territory
 and shall continue for a period Ot
 Twenty-Five (25) years thereafter.
 Article VI. The affairs of this cCr
 poration shall be conducted by g
 Board Of Directors consisting of not
 less than four persons, who shall bt
 shareholders of the stock of this cor
 poration-
 The first directors of this corpora
 ton shall be E. B. Mason, Abbia N
 Mason. Mary O. Spykes and H. P. Hud dleston, who shall hold office until
 the election and qualification of theil
 successors at the first annual meeting of the stockholders. which annual
 meeting shall be held each year on the
 first Tuesday in April at Two t2) o'clock p. m. at the office of said com. pGny in said town or Bisbee.
 The Board of Directors shall nave
 power to fill any vacancy in their mum
 Der at any time.
 The officers of this corporation shall
 be a President, Vice President, Score
 tary and Treasurer, and such othe'
 minor officers as the Board of Direct
 OTIS may from time to time deem il expedient to have
 More than one of said above men
 tioned offices may be held by one ana
 the same person.
 , Article VII. The President. Vic President, Secretary and Treasurer : for the first term and until their sue
 cessors are elected and qualified, shal
 be elected by the above named Boar
 of Directors from their number a !. their first meeting after the legal ol