The oasis., 1909-04-17
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,
OF ARIZONA.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we,
the undersigned residents of the City of No
gales, County of Santa Cruz, and Territory OF
Arizona, Allen T. Bird and Alfred Thurtell,
have this day associated ourselves together for
the purpose of organizing corporation under
the laws of the Territory OF Arizona, and pur-
suant thereto, do hereby make, sign, execute,
acknowledge, hle and record the following
Articles OF Incorporation.
ARTICLE |. The names OF the incorpOrators
are Allen I. Bird, and Alfred Ihurtell, and the
name of the corporation shall be, and is the
National Development Company, and its dura-
tion shall be twenty-five years.
ARTICLE2. The general nature of the bust
ness to be transacted by this corporation is
that of developing and improving the mineral
lands, and mining property, belonging to, or
that may be purchased by or located by the
National Consolidated Mining Company, by
sinking shafts, running tunnels, drifts, cross
cuts etc. Also erecting and operating mills,
smelters concentrators, and all kinds of work
and appliances for the purposes of treating,
reducing, handling, or otherwise dealing in
any and all kinds OF ores, and minerals. Also
to buy, hold, sell, assign, and dispose of stock
of other corporations and also to borrow
money, and to contract to repay the same with
or without interest, upon such terms as the
Board OF Directors may determine. And for
that purpose mortgage, pledge, hypothecate,
any and all of its property to make such con
tracts, acquire mortgage, operate and transact
for such property and possess all the powers in
relation thereto, as private individual may
under the laws possess ana enjoy,
ARTICLE g. The principal Office or place of
transacting the business of this Corporation
shall be in Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Terri
tory of Arizona, and the principal place of bust
ness of such corporation shall be in the City of
Chicago County of Cook, State of Illinois. At
either of which places, the Board of Directors,
and the stockholders may hold meetings. and
| the books, records, and seal of the Corporation
! may be kept And said Corporation may also
! transact any of its business and establish and
! maintain Offices at any places within or with
out the Territory of Arizona or the City of
Chicago. State of Illinois, as the Board OF
Directors may provide and determine.
ARTICLE4 4. The amount of the capital stock
of this Corporation shall be 100000 dollars,
divided into 900 900 shares of the par value of
81 90 each and all shares, when issued, shall be
fully paid and worcestershire.
ARTICLE 5. The affairs OF this Corporation
shall be conducted by u Board of three Direc-
tors, and the following names shall constitute
the Board of Directors until their successors
are elected, namely, Allen T. Bird, Alfred
Thurtell d. f. Orange Thereafter the Board
shall be elected from among the stockholders
on the first Monday, after the first Tuesday in
each year The officers of said Corporation,
until their successors are elected shall be
Allen T. Bird, President; Alfred Thurtell
Secretary d. f. Orange, Treasurer. Such other
officers as may be determined by the Board oil