Arizona republican., 1908-08-10
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 Of The SIERRA NEVADA DEVELOPMENT
 COMPANY
Know All Men By These Presents:

Know All Men By These Presents:
 That we. the undersigned, all being of full age. and residents of the State lof California, and being desirous of l forming a Corporation pursuant to and in conformity with the laws of the Ter lritory of Arizona, do hereby voluntarily 1associate ourselves together for that purpose and do hereby certify and set
 forth
 | FIRST: That the name of said cor tporation shall be the SIERRA NE tVADA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY" ,"
 SECOND. That the purposes for
 which t 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, leyees, fumes and pipe | lines for the production of power, for iagriculturc, mining or transportation purposes and to impound, store, con
 duct. use and sell water.
 L (B). To acquire, purchase, buy, town, sell, lease and deal in mines, mining claims and mineral deposits, to carry on business of mining in all Tits forms and to own, establish and maintain plants of all kinds for the extraction, reduction and amalgama- ! ton of 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.
 CD). To borrow money, issue bonds, Ipromissory 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.
 l (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. NCJ- 1O udl dllAtfs eSSulllts DlpNtNA 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 on the
 business of numbering in all its forms,
 general wholesale and retail merchan-
 disc business, storage and warehouse
 business.
 O. 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.
 CK). 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, 1933, subject to be renewed from time to time for a period not exceeding twenty-five years upon each renewal of such other pc riod as may be hereinafter fixed by the laws of the Territory of Arizona in the manner LroS idcd 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- rcclors 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 ! p1rate debts and the Stockholders shall net be liable for the debts of the Cor phration. SIXTH: The snares of the Capital Stock shall be forever n-assessabIc. ! SEVENTH: That the amount of the Capital Stock of said Corporation is S1,50O,000OO and the number of shares into which it is divided is 150,- 900 of the par value of Ten Dollars (s10.00) each and said shares are 10 be | Laid for in cash or other property cf | equivalent value upon the issuance thereof.
 EIGHTH: That the number of Di- | rectors or Trustees of said Corporation | shall be five and that the names and | residences of the Directors or Trustees who are appointed for the first year or to serve until the election and qjal- | of such officers, are as fol- lows, to-wit:
 Name Whose residence is at | I. c. WARREN Oakland. Cal. | N. E. CONkLIN Oakland, Cal. II F. M. GIBSON Oakland, Cal. Il