Daily Arizona silver belt. (Globe, Gila County, Ariz.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-14
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
THE WESTERN COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That j. F. Hechtman, of
Globe, ella County, Arizona, and S. NJ.
Hill, of Cleburne, johnson County,
Texas, have this day associated them.
selves together for the purpose of form
ing a corporation under the laws Of
the Territory of Arizona, and for that
purpose do adopt the following charter:
ARTICLE I.
The name Of this corporation shall be
THE WESTERN COMPANY.
ARTICLE II.
The principal place of business OF
this Company in Arizona shall be in
the City of Globe, in the County of
ella, and it may occupy other prinei
1al Offices and places of business in
the City of Moline, in the State of
Illinois, and al such other place or
places as the Board of Directors may
designate, at which place or places all
lineorporators stockholders and di.
rectors meetings may be held, and all
corporate business may be transacted.
ARTICLE H.
The amount of the capital stock of
this corporation shall be Fifty Thousand
$3.50, 00000) Dollars, divided into FIVE
hundred shares of the par value of
One Hundred (slO0.00) Dollars each,
and said capital stock shall be paid up
at the date of issuance or at such time
as the Board of Directors may designate,
in money, property, labor or any other
valuable right or thing, and the judg.
ment of the Board of Directors, or man.
aging officers, as to the value thereof
shall be conclusive.
ARTICLE ".
The general nature of the business
in which this corporation shall engage
is as follows, to-wit:
To manufacture, import, export, buy,
sell, distribute, store, warehouse and
generally deal in goods, wares and mer-
ehandise, meats and provisions, drugs
and chemicals, heavy and shelf hard
ware and property of every class and
description:
To hold, purchase or otherwise ac-
quire, TO sell, assign, transfer, mortgage,
pledge or otherwise dispose of shares
of the capital stock. and bonds, de
benturcs or other evidences of indebt-
edness created by other corporation or
corporations. and while the holder there.
of to exercise all the rights and priv
ileges of ownership, including the right
to vote thereon:
The Corporation may use such por-
tion of any moneys that it may have
IN hand in the purchase of its own cap
tal stock from time to time as it's
Board of Directors shall determine, and
such capital stock so purchased may, if
the Directors so determine, be deposited
in the treasury of the Company as
treasury stock, TO be thereafter disposed
Of as such treasury stock for the pur
pose of procuring working capital for
the Company.
To undertake and carry on any bust
ness, transaction or operation common
ly undertaken or carried on by contract
ors, capitalists, financiers, and generally
to institute, enter into and carry on,
assist, promote or participate in finan-
cial, commercial, mercantile, Industrial
and other business, works, contracts,
undertakings and operations;
To acquire, own, enter, or lease mines
and mineral lands of every kind, nature
and description; also to acquire, own,
enter or lease mill sites, water rights
and terminal facilities; to work, pros
pect or develop mines and mineral
lands of every nature or description,
either for itself or other companies, cor
porations or individuals, upon such
terms and for such remuneration as it'll
shall deem fit and proper; and to accept
take and hold mineral lands and claims
of every kind and nature, either as an
entity or any interest in the same; to
do everything that may be necessary
or proper in the conduct of it's bust
ness in the way of developing, prospect
ing, locating, acquiring, buying and
selling mineral lands and mining claims
of every kind, nature and description,
and the working Of such mines and the
production of ores and minerals there
from; and in reducing such ores and
minerals to the most profitable, mer-
charitable value; to own and operate
all necessary mills, smelters, machinery,
roads, railroads, tramways, bitches,
fumes and such other property as shall
be fit and necessary in carrying out
the objects herein stated;
To do all and everything necessary,
suitable, convenient or proper for the
accomplishment of any Of the purposes
or the attainment of any one or more
of the objects herein enumerated or
incidental to the powers herein named,
or which shall at any time appear con
ducive or expedient for the protection