Mohave County miner., 1910-07-30
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF The Mohave Club.
V ALI. MEN Ry rBEsE PREsENTs:

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
 That We, V. Ligon and R. B. Wright, desir- ing to form a corporation under Chapter VIII of Title l3 of the Revised StaIutes Of AriZona, entitled Religious, Social and Benevolent As sOciations" do hereby associate ourselves to- gether aS bOCy polite ana corporate, ana uO hereby adopt, execute and acknowledge the following Articles of incorporation for social purposes, to-wit:
 ARTICLE l.
 The name of this corporation shall be TIE MoHAvE CLUB. ana the principal ofhce and place of business and site Of this association and corporation shall be in the town or King man. County Of Mohave, Territory of Arizona.
 ARTICLE II.
 The general nature of the objects and pur- poses of this association is to advance by so- cial intercourse and a friendly intt rchange Of views the commercial aud industrial prosperity aud deve lopment of the County of Mohave, Territory Of Arizona; to advance thought and acquire social and business information the development of society aud encouragement Of literary pursuits; to establish library. reading rooms assembly hall and club rooms; to ac- quire and lease from other persons or corpora tiOns such property, both real and personal. and tO erect such s ructures as may be deemed necessary and proper fOl the furtherance or said objects. and for the use. comfort and con venience of said corporation; to borrow money for the furtherance of said objects. aud secure the same by note and mortgage; and to do any and all things that may be necessary. incident al and proper in the carrying out of the objects and purposes for which this corporation is formed.
 ARTICLE III.
 The capital stock of this corporation shall be the sum Of Six Thousand Dollars is6.OOO), di- vided into six thousand t6000l shares of the par value of One Dollar per share, to be owned and controlled by the members of said Club or cor poration by and through it's Board of Directors.
 ARTIcLEIv
 The date of the commencement of this cor poratiou shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Mohave. of ri thereof shall be twenty-five years theI eafter.
 ARTICLE V.
 The management and control of the business and affairs of this corporation shall be vested in Board Of not less than three nor more than five Directors, who shall be elected aI the annual meeting of the stockholders. which shall be held ou the second Tuesday Tn June of each year.
 The officers of the corporation shall be a President Vice President, Secretary and Treas urer, and the offices of Secretary and Treas urer may be held by the same person. The of ticer. sha be elected by the Board of Direc- tors at thelT first meeting held immediately after the annual stockholders meeting. and said officers and directors shall hold their offices and transact the business thereof until their successors shall be elected and qualified. ARTICLE VI. Until the first annual meeting Of the stock holders the following named persons shall con stitute the Board of Directors of said corpora tion, to-wit: " Lignn R B. Wright and J. R. Russell.
 Until the first meeting of the Board of Direc- tors held immediately after the first annual stockholders meeting. the following named persons shall constitute the officers Of said cor poration:
 President. ...... -. ...-........J. R. RUSSELL Vice President .... .. R. B. WRIGHT Secretary DO. ...- %. V. LIGON Treasurer ................. V LIGON The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to adopt such rules regulations and By Laws for their own gOvernu eut and the government Of the affairs of this corpora ton as tn y may deem wise. not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or the Ter. ritOrv of Arizona. The Board of Directors shall have full power and authority to receive applications for memberSh D in this corpora tion and admit such applicants as they may deem proper and beneficial to the association. aud the membership Of such applicants shall in every instance h. accompanied by a cel tifi- cate Of membership.
 The Board or Directors shall be
 1. judge of the qualification of members. and the mode of their election and the terms of admission.
 ,. They shall fix the fees of admission to membership and the dues to be paid into the treasury by members.
 They shall have the power of expulsion and suspension of members for mis cond uct or non-Payment of dues and also of restoration to membership.
 I. They shall have the power to contract. secure. pay and limit the amount of indebted ness Of the corporation.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness to which this corporation shall at any time subject it. self shall be the sum of Three Thousand (S3 OOO) Dollars.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The private property 0f the stockholders of this corporation shall be forever exempt from all debts, liabilities and obligation' of the cor pOratiou.
 ARTICLE Tx.
 The Articles of Incorporation may be amend ed. modified or changed by vote of two thirds of the members of this corporation at any reg ular meeting of the stockholders or at any special meeting called for that purpose h Witness Whereof. we have hereunto set our hands and seals this twentieth day of June 1910.
 V. LIGON (SeaD
 R WRIGHT (SeaD TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, SS
 County of MohAve.
 Before me. C.. W. Herndon. a Notary Public in and for the County of MOhave Territory of Arizona on this day personally appeared V. LigOn and R B Wright to me known to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument. and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed. Given under my hand and seal of offcc this (SeaD 2Oth day of June. A. D. 1910.
 c. W HERNDON.
 Notary Public. My commission expires March 26. 1914. First publication June 25-,Iuly 30