Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-04-26
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION -
 OF MIAMI LAND AND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY


 That we, c. D. Reppy, of Stafford County of Graham, Territory of Ari zona; c. D. Stephens, of Fort Thomas County of Graham, Territory of Ari zona; J. c. Phillipson, ". l.. Hagen, J. II. Davis, s, H. Van Slyck, of Globe County of Gila, Territory of Arizona, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corpora. ton under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and for this purpose we do hereby declare and adopt the following 2 Articles of Incorporation:
 ARTICLE I.
 The names of the incorporators are C. D. Reppy, c. D. Stephens, J. c. Phil. lipson, w. l.. Hagen, J. H. Davis and $. II. Van Slyck. The name of this corporation shall be and is
 MIAMI LAND AND IMPROVEMENT
 COMPANY.
 The principal place of the transaction of the business of this corporation shall be and is at Globe, County of Gila, Territory of Arizona, at which place the meetings of the stockholders and directors shall be held, provided, that branch offices may be established at such places, either within or without the Territory of Arizona, as may at any time be determined by the Board of Directors, where the meetings of the stockholders and directors may be held, and at such places any and all business may be transacted which may not be in conflict with the and all business may be transacted which may not be in conflict with the laws of the Territory of Arizona, or the laws of any such State or Terri. tory where the branch offices may be and maintained.
 ARTICLE II.
 The general nature of the business to be transacted by this cor poration shall be as follows, to wit:
 To do a general real estate business and in that connection to acquire by purchase, location or in any otherwise real estate of all classes, agricultural lands, mines and mining claims and mining property; to own, hold, develop, improve and otherwise use the same and to sell, exchange, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, lease md let the same; to lay out townsites | md to deal in and with the town lots | md property so laid out; to make con .raets to purchase or otherwise acquire | -eal estate, mines and mining claims I md property and to make contracts to | dispose of the same; to erect. construct | md maintain buildings and improve nents of all kinds and character and to | ease and let the same and collect the | 'ents therefore; to conduct stores and | Q engage in the mercantile business; o erect, operate and maintain boarding | houses, lodging houses and hotels; to ieal in and with all kinds of personal stocks, bonds and securities; o acquire, hold, operate, maintain and dispose of electric lighting, power and water plants, gas works; sewer systems md street railways; to borrow money md execute notes, bonds, mortgages md other evidences of indebtedness to i ecure the same; to loan money on rec 'gnized securities; to acquire, hold and lispose of franchises; to engage in the abstract business, and in general to do md perform any and all acts and things necessary to conduct the affairs of this 
 ARTICLE III.
 The authorized capital stock of this is and shall be Sixteen thou and dollars, divided into One hundred | md sixty shares of the par value of )ne hundred dollars each. Each share | If stock when issued shall be fully 'aid for in cash or in property of a ash equivalent, and such stock when so ssued shall become forever non-assess- Ible.
 ARTICLE ".
 The time of the commencement of | his corporation shall be the date upon which these Articles of Incorporation Ire filed in the office of the county Recorder of Gila County, and certified opy thereof filed in the office of the Territorial Auditor of Arizona. The ermination of this corporation shall 'e twenty-five years from and after the