Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-04-23
ARTICLES or INCORPORATION
 OF CITIZENS LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY

Know All Men by These Presents;
 That we, D. R. Williamson, Jos. H. Hamill, J. J. Keegan, Leroy Middleton, J. P. Bosch, J. F. Hechtman, c. T. Sur geOn, Patrick Rose, George F. Briggs, A. G. Smith and F. c. Hanna, all of Globe, County of Gila and Territory of Arizona, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Ter ritory of Arizona, and for this purpose we do hereby declare and adopt the fol lowing Articles of Incorporation:
 ARTICLE l.
 The names of the ineorporators are D. R. Williamson, Jos. II. Hamill, J. J. Keegan, Leroy Middleton, J. P. Bosch, J. F. Hechtman, c. T. Sturgeon, Patrick Rose, George F. Briggs, A. c. Smith and F. c. Hanna. The name of this corporation shall be and is CITIZENS LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. The principal place of transacting the busi- ness of this corporation shall be and is at Globe, County of Gila and 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 Ari- zona, as may at any time be determined by the Board of Directors, where the meetings of the stockholders and direct DTS may be held, and at such places any 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 Territory where the branch offices may be main tained.
 ARTICLE IT.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this cor. poration shall be as follows, to witt
 To loan money on real estate, chat ,els, personal property of every kind and description, stocks, bonds, mines and mining property and to accept ap- proved security for said loans; to ae- sept notes, bonds, mortgages, deeds of trust, pledges and other evidences of indebtedness from individuals or cor porstions; to acquire by purchase, To- cation or otherwise real estate, agricul- tural and mining lands, mines and min ing claims, and to hold, develop, inn prove, and otherwise use the same and to sell or otherwise dispose of the same ;; to do a general real estate business and in that connection to lay out town sites and to deal in town property as well as in all other classes of real estate; to make contracts to purchase, lease, bond or otherwise acquire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate, give or procure options upon or deal in real estate, mines and mining property; to erect and construct buildings and improve ments of all kinds, to lease and let the same and collect the rents therefor; to deal in and with any and all kinds of personal property; to buy, sell and deal in the stock of other corporations, and to deal in all stocks, bonds, securities and all other obligations whatsoever, anu lO tAtIClbe III respect lO all bucn shares of capital stock, notes, bonds, mortgages or deeds of trust any and all rights and privileges of individual own. CTS thereof; to acquire, hold, deal in and dispose of franchises; to erect, operate and maintain electric lighting, power and water plants, gas works, tramways and street railways; to borrow money and execute notes, bonds, mortgages, deeds of trust or other evidences of indebtedness to secure the same; to foreelose mortgages and deeds of trust and to hold, use or dispose of property taken under foreclosure; to assign, transfer and convey evidences of in- debtedness, securities, mortgages and deeds of trust; to issue and sell deben- lures and bonds secured by mortgages on real estate or otherwise; to do general banking and brokerage business and to exercise all the recognized privi- leges and powers incident to such husi. ness; to engage in the abstract busi.