Mohave County miner., 1910-07-16
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
The Mohave Club.

That We " Ligon and R. B. Wright, desir ing to form corporation under Chapter VII of Title l3 of the Revised Statutes Of Arizona entitled Religious. Social and Benevolent As | sociationS" do h reby associate ourselves to gether as booy polite and corporate, ana d, hereby adopt execute and acknowledge thl | following Articles of incorporation for Socia purposes, to-wit:
 ARTICLE l.
 The name of this corporation shall be THI | MOHAvE CLUB. ana the principal office anC place of business and site of this association and corporation shall he in the town of 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 friendly intt rchange oi | views the commercial and industrial prosperity aud deve opment of the County of Mohave Territory of Arizona; to advance thought and acquire social and business information the development of society and encouragement Oi , 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 10 erect such s ructures as may be deemed necessary and proper fOl the furtherance of said objects and for the use. comfort and con. venience of said corporation; to borrow money for the furtherance of said objects. and secure the same by note and mortgage; and 10 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
 
 The capital stock of this corporation shall be the sum Of Six Thousand Dollars tS60OO), di. vided into six thousand t6.OOO) 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
 ARTICLE "
 The date of the commencement of this cor. pOration shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in the ofhce of the County Recorder of the County of MOhave Territory of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years theT 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 at the annual meeting of the stockholders. which shall be held on the second Tuesday In June of each year
 The officers of the corporation shall be President. Vice President. Secretary and Treas urer. and the offices of Secretary and Treas urer may be held by the same person. The of ficer, sha be elected bv the Board of Direc- tors at thelr 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 elect+d 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: V. Ligon 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 .... - - V. LIGON Treasurer r................ 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 they may deem wise. not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or the Ter. ritory of Arizona. The Board of Directors shall have full power and authority to receive applications for membership in this corpora tton and admit such applicants as they may deem proper and beneficial to the association aud the membership Of such applicants shall in every instance be accompanied by a ce1 titi. cate of membership.
 The Board Of Directors shall be
 1. A 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 3 They shall have the power of expulsion aud suspension of members for mis- conduct or non-payment of dues: and also of restoration to mem bership.
 f. 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 " time subject it. self shall be the sum of Three Thousand (S3 OOO) Dollars.
 ARTICLE VIII. The private property nf the stockholders of this corporation shall be forever exempt from all debts, liabilities and obligation of the cor poration.
 ARTICLE TX. The Articles of Incorporation may be amend | ed. modified or changed by vote of two thirds | Of the members of this corporation ut any reg. | ular meeting Of the stockholders or at any | special meeting called for that purpose In Witness Whereof we have hereunto set | our hands and seals this twentieth day of June. | 1910
 V. LIGON (SeaD
 R. B WRIGHT. (Seal) | TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. Sc County of MohAve. i0S' Before me. c. W. Herndon. Notary Public | in and for the County Of Mohave. Territory of l Arizona. on this day personally appeared V. l Ligon and R Wright, to me known to be the l persons whose names are subscribed to the | foregoing instrument. and acknowledged to me l that they executed the same for the purposes and consideration herein expressed. Given under my hand and seal of officc this l (Seal 20th day of June. A. D. 1910.
 c. W HERNDON.
 Notary Public. My commission expires March 26. 1914 First publication June 25 July 30