Arizona republican., 1906-01-22
ARTICLES or INCORPORATION OF CONDON CONSTRUCTION
 COMPANY

AHIICLES or INCORPORATION or
 CONDON CONSTRUCTION
 COMPANY
 ,,,s RnqW 3yN All Men By These Presents. That ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of me Ierrltory of Arizona. and to that
 First: The name of the corporation snail be Condon Construction Company.
 The principal office of the company in Arizona shall be at Phoenix, at which place the meeting of incorporators shall be held for the purpose of receiving char ter adopting bylaws. and the doing of all such other things as nav be ueceS- sary or desira ble in connection with the organization of this corporation The corporation may have such other offices. principal or branch, either within or be established by the board Of directors, at which meetings of the stockholders all meetings 1ncorporators or stockhold- CTS may vote either in person or by proxy in writing.
 business of this corporation is as follows, The purchase. construction and opera tion of gas, water. electric light and power plants, refrigerating plants, sewer, drainage and irrigation systems, and the construction and acquisition of all land, buildings and machinery ana appurte- nances necessary. usual and proper or Third: The capital stock of said poration shall be fixed at one hundred
 
 into fifteen hundred Q5OO) shares of the par value of one hundred dollars (S10000) each, one thousand 0.0)0 of which shares shall be common stock. and the balance five hundred (5O0) shares shall be pre- ferred stock
 Said stock shall be issued full paid and non-assessa ble, at such time as the board of directors may designate, in exchange for cash, property, services, or other thereof shall be conclusive
 nTRTRrTan GrOnk nnfIfla holders thereof to receive out of the net earnings, and the corporation shall be lhe rate or put never exceeding, SIX Co) per centum per annum. payable befort any dividend shall be set apart or paid on the common stock: provided, however, that whenever dividend is paid on the preterred stock, the directors shall have power in their discretion to declare and pay a dividend for a like period on the common stock.
 The holders of preferred stock shall. Tn case of liquidation or dissolution of the corporation, before any amount shall be paid to the holders of the commo stock be entitled to be paid the amount paid upon their shares and the dividends accumulated and unpaid thereon but shall not participate in any surplus sets after paying off the whole of the paid-up capital. The preferred stock Such preferred stock. at the discretion of the company. shall be subject to re- demption at par and accrued dividends on any dividend day after its issue.
 Fourth: The time of the commence menL or this corporation snail De the date of the filing of these articles of in corporation in the office of the auditor of Arizona and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 Fifth: The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of direct Ors consisting of three (3) persons. who shall be elected annually on the second day of January after the year 1906.
 The following persons shall constitute hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their success zT~ aND Fad E.fF lrfH J. Condon, Oscar E. Lemen and Edward Sixth: The highest amount of ,ndebt- ednegs or liability, direc- or contingent, to which this corporation is at any time dollars Cs1OO,0OOO0), which amount does not exceed two-thirds the amount of the Seventh The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from the corporate debts of any Eighth Among the powers of this cor poration are the following: (a) To have perpetual succession. (b) To sue and be at pleasure. 1d) To render the shares or interests of stockholders transferable and prescribe the mode of making such transfer Co To exempt the pr.vate prop erty of mem bers from liability Tor the corporate debts. (D To make contracts, acquire and transfer property, possessing the same powers in sucn respect pr1- vate individuals now enjoy. (g) To mort gage all any part Of it's property and create mortgages, DOndS, deDenIuTe bonds, and other evidences of indebted ness. (h) To establish bylaws and make rules and regulations deemed eXpedient for the management of the affairs of the corporation, not inconsistent with the constitution of the United States and the Territory of Arizona (lS) To authorize voting by proxy at incorpOrators' and all stockholders meetings.
 It is hereby expressly provided that the foregoing enumeration of specific powers shall not be held to limit or restrict in tion. Tn general. the corporation shall have and exercise all the powers con ferred by the constitution of the United States and of the Territory Of ArIZona ton is formed
 In witness whereof. we have hereuntO set our hands and seais, tilis twenty eighth day of November, 1905.
 RAYMOND NEWMAN. (SeaD
 CARL T. PRIME. tSeaD
 W R. WATSON. (SeaD State of Illinois,
 County of Cook, ss.
 On this twenty-eighth day of Novem- Der, in the year one thousand nine hun dTed and five, before me. John F. Hol- land, a notary public in and for the State and county aforesaid, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally Watson and Carl T. Prime. known to me to be the persons described in. whose names are subscribed to, and who exc cuted the annexed instrument, and they acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and cOnSidera- tions therein expressed.
 In witness whereof. I have hereuntO set my hand and affixed my official seal, at my office, in the said State and count y, the day and year last above written.
 (SeaD JOHN F. HOLLAND,
 Notary Public.
 My commission expires Sept. 25, 1906.
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