Mohave County miner., 1910-01-29
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 Cotton Land Company.

| KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, the undersigned. have this day asso- ciated ourselves together for the purpose of be- coming incorporated under the laws of the Terri tory of Arizona, for the transaction of a lawful
 business and for that purpose we do adopt the following Articles of Incorporation, and we here by certify;
 That the names of the corporators of said cor poration are W. l. Hollingsworth, W. J. Hole, D. NJ. Martin. Louis Evans. and W. J. Burton. ARTICI.EI
 That the name of said corporation shall be COTTON LAND COMPANY ARTICLE II
 That the principal place of transacting business of said corporation shall be Cottonia, County of Mohave, Territory of Arizona.
 That the general nature of the business propos- ed to be transacted by said corporation is fol- lows, to-wit:
 To purchase or otherwise acquire lands and other real property and to own, manage, improve, subdivide, sell and otherwise dispose of the same
 To acquire by deed, gift, will, grant, or other wise, lands, tenements, heredtaments, lease-hold estates, water, water rights, bonds notes, bills, claims, evidences of indebtedness, stock of in- corporated companies, franchises, privileges, patent rights and licenses, and every estate, right interest and appurtenance in, to or con- cerning real and personal property of every name and nature legal and equitable and to have and to hold, use and enjoy, manage, control, grant. sign, transfer, and convey, cucumber by mort gage or deed of trust. and otherwise dispose of the same, and every part and parcel thereof, interest therein; to buy and otherwise acquire, hold, own, manage, operate, improve and develop lands mining claims, mineral rights, oil wells gas wells, and other real estate. and all interests and rights in and to any of said property; to engage in and carry on the business of boring and eN- ploring for, producing distilling. treating, manu- featuring, piping, transporting, handling, stor- ing, buying, selling, and dealing in oils, petro- leum, naphtha, natural gas, asphaltum, bitumen, bituminous rock other mineral and hydrocarbon substances. and products of all such substances;
 To purchase. construct, build. manufacture, import and otherwise acquire, to own, improve, repair, mainf air. alter equip, store and operate, to sell, a. whole ale and retail export exchange or otherwise dispose of and tO deal in any and all k1nos of machinery, instruments, apparatus and supplies, locomotive engines, stationary engines, motors, boilers, furnaces machines, devices, and appliances for the generation, transmission and application of steam, electricity and o.her powers, and any and all kinds of appliances, devices, ma- chimes, apparatus and ma erials used for or adapted to the manufacture, construction, im- provement, repair, maintenance or equipment of machinery, instruments, appliances, supplies and plants, and to engage in the business of manufac- turing in any and all of its departments;
 To engage in and carry on the business of ranchtng, farming, fruit growing. stock raising, dairying, and to engage in and carry the busi- ness of both wholesale and retail merchants of any and all classes and kinds of goods wares and merchandise;
 To act as agents, factors, forwarding agents, bailee and to maintain and operate storage ware houses;
 To apply for. obtain, register. purchase. lease. or otherwise acquire, and to hold own, use, op- crate, introduce, develop, grant licenses in re- spect of, or otherwise turn to account and to sel assign, or otherwise dispose of any trade marks, trade names patents, inventions, improvements, l processes, or licenses used in connection with, or secured under Letters Patent of the United States, or elsewhere;
 To make, execute and enter into contracts with, |