Arizona republican., 1908-08-12
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 Of The SIERRA NEVADA DEVELOPMENT
 COMPANY
Know All Men By These Presents:


 That we. the undersigned, all being of full age, and residents of the State of California, and being desirous of forming a Corporation pursuant to and in conformity with the laws of the Ter ritory of Arizona, do hereby voluntarily associate ourselves together for that purpose and do hereby certify and set forth:
 FIRST: That the name of said cor poration shall be the SIERRA NE VADA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY"
 SECOND. That the purposes for which it is formed are:
 (A). To appropriate, acquire, pur- chase buy, own, sell, lease and deal in water and water rights, to acquire, purchase, buy, own, sell, lease, con- struct, maintain and operate dams. ca nals, ditches, levees fumes and pipe lines for the production of power, for agriculture, mining or transportation purposes and to impound, store, con- duct, use and sell water.
 (B). To acquire, purchase, buy, own, sell, lease and deal in mines. mining claims and mineral deposits, to carry on business of mining in all its forms and to own, establish and maintain plants of all kinds for the extraction, reduction and amalgama- tion O. ores and minerals.
 co. To purchase, lease or in any way acquire real and personal proper ty, to own, hold, use, improve and to sell, lease, let or otherwise dispose of same
 (D). To borrow money, issue bonds, promisSOry notes or other evidence of indebtedness and to secure the pay ment thereof by mortgage or deed of trust. or in any other lawful manner.
 (E). To loan money, with or without security and to take mortgages, pledg- es and securities of real or personal property or other security to secure loans made by it
 (F). To subscribe for, acquire, buy, sell. hold. use, assign, transfer, mort gage, pledge, or otherwise dispose of shares of the Capital Stock of other Corporations, or any bonds, securities, indebtedness or evidence of indebted ness created by any other Corporation or Corporations or individuals.
 co. To guarantee, assume. protect or otherwise become obligated in re- spect to shares of the Capital Stock of other corporations, or any bonds, se- curities, indebtedness or evidences of indebtedness created by any other Cor poration or Corporations or Individ- uals.
 GID. To engage in and carry or the business of numbering in all its forms, general wholesale and retail merchan- disc business, storage and warehouse business.
 CD. To acquire, purchase, buy, own, sell. lease, deal in, develop and operate oil claims, lands and wells and to treat, refine, transport and dispose of the same and to acquire, maintain and op- crate pipe lines, refineries and all properties, plants, works and materials that may be necessary or convenient thereto.
 CD. To acquire, buy, own, sell, lease. construct, manage and operate roads and lines for the transmission of electrical energy and all other pub lie Improvements.
 (K). To do any act or thing neces- sary or appertaining to the transac- tion of any or all of the said business and to carry on and transact any and all other kinds of business to the same extent, purpose and effect as the same or any part thereof could be done by a natural person.
 THIRD: That said Corporation is to commence August 10, 1908. and to terminate August 10, 1893, subject to be renewed from time to time for a period not exceeding twenty-five years upon each renewal of such other pe- riod as may he hereinafter fixed by the laws of the Territory of Arizona in the manner p-oN ided by said laws.
 FOURTH. That the principal place of transacting business of said Corpo- ration shall be the City of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Territory of Arizona, and the principal place of business of said Corporation in the State of Cali fornia, shall be the City of Oakland. County Of Alameda, State of California. and all meetings of the Board of Di- rec.ors and Stockholders of said Corpo- ration shall be had in said City of Oakland. County of Alameda, State of California.
 FIFTH: Private property of Stock holders shall be exempt from the Cor pIrate debts and the StockhoI 1erS shall net be liable for the debts of the Cor poration.