Arizona republican., 1908-09-29
have. why the prayer If said peti- tioner should not be granted. Dated Sept. 24th. 1908.
 GEORGE KIRKLAND,
 Clerk.
OF INCORPORATION
Know All Men By These Presents,

That we, the undersigned, having asso-
 ciated ourselves for the purpose of forming a corporation under Chapter TIT of Title XIII, Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1901, and Acts amendatory thereof. hereby adopt the following Ar
 ticles of Incorporation:
 l ARTICLE I-The name of the cor
 poration shall be Western Development Association and it's prin- cipaI place of business shall be
 Phoenix, Arizona, but other offices
 may be established and maintained
 within or outside of Arizona at such places as the Board of Directors may designate where meetings of stock
 holders and directors may be held. 1 ARTICLE 1.-The general nature of
 the business proposed to be transacted
 is mining, milling, converting, prepar-
 ling for market and otherwise produc- ing and dealing in gold, silver, copper, l lead, zinc, brass, iron, steel, and all kinds of ores, metals and minerals, oils, gas and coal, and the products land by-products thereof; to purchase
 or otherwise acquire. own, exchange, | sell or otherwise dispose of, mortgage, lhypothecate and deal in mines and mineral lands of all kinds, oil coal and timber lands, real and personal estate, water and water rights, and to work, explore, operate and develop the same; to purchase or otherwise acquire, erect,
 own, operate and dispose of smelting and ore reduction works, oil refineries,
 saw mills and power plants; to do a general manufacturing and mercantile business; to own, handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares of it's own capital stock and that
 of other corporations, and to vote any shares of stock owned by it the same as a natural person might do; to issue bonds, notes. debentures, and other evidences of indebtedness and secure the payment of the same by mortgage, deed of trust or otherwise; to act as agent, trustee, broker, or in any other fiduciary capacity, and to borrow and loan money; and in general to do and perform such acts and things and transact such business in connection with the foregoing objects, not incon- sistent with law, in any part of the world, as the board of directors may deem to the advantage of the corpora tion.
 ARTICLE III.-The capital stock of the corporation shall be One Million Dollars CSI.OO0,00O.0 .00), divided into One Million shares of the par value of One Dollar (SI.0O) each, which shall be paid for at such times and in such manner as the board of directors may desig- nate All or any portion of the capital stock may be issued in payment for real or personal property. services, or any other right or thing of value, for the uses and purposes of the corpora ton, and when so issued shall become and be full-Daid, the same as though paid for in cash at par; and the direc- tors shall be sole judges of the value of any property. right or thing acquired in exchange for capital stock. No shares of capital stock shall be issued until fully paid for and thereafter shall be on-assessable.
 ARTICLE IV-The cOmmencem"T' of the corporation shall be the day these Articles are filed in accordance with law, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter, with privilege of renewal as provided by statute.
 ARTICLE v.-The affairs of the shall be conducted by a Board of Directors and such officers as the said Directors may elect or ap- point. The number of directors shall be designated by the stockholders and shall be elected from among the stock holders at their annual meeting to be held on the first Monday in September of each year. Until the first annual meeting of stockholders and until their | have been elected and have ! qualified, the following named persons l shall be the directors: W. H. Skemp, ! William Kibbee, c. F. Wilander. F. D. | Helge Berglund. Godfrey ! Dave, w. H. Lancelot H. H. Austin, | Gust Berglund, F. V. Inskeep and John | Kotka.
 ARTICLE VI-The directors shall | nave power to adopt, amend and res ,ind Bylaws, to fill vacancies occur ing in the board from any cause, and | -O appoint from their own number an executive committee and vest said co n- nittee with all the powers granted the directors by these Articles.
 ARTICLE VII.-The highest amount )f indebtedness or liability to which he corporation is at any time to sub est itself is Fifty Thousand Dollars $50. .0O0.00).
 ARTICLE VIII.-The private proper y of the stockholders of the corpora ion shall be forever exempt from it's lebts or obligations.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We here O affiX our signatures and seals this . eventeenth day of September, A. D. l' sos. E
 F. V. INSKEEP (SeaD .
 WILLIAM KIBBEE (SeaD f'
 w. H. LANCELOT (SeaD tate of Minnesota, l.
 County of Carlton-ss. !
 Before me, w. H. Skemp, a Notary 'ublic in and for the state and county 2 on this day personally ap- cared William Kibbee. F. V. Inskeep.