Mohave County miner., 1910-07-16
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Arizona Stores Company.

| KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: | That we, the undersigned, l.. A. Shaw and | J. H. Knight, have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of organizing cor Arizona, and to that end we do hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation. ARTICLE The name of this corporation shall be ARI- | IONA STORES COMPANY, ana it's principal of- | flee and place of transacting it's business shall | be ia hingman Mohave County, Arizona. with such other branch offices and places of busine ss either within or without the Territory oi Arr zoua as the Board of Directors hereinafter pro vided for. may establish.
 ARTICLE IL
 The general nature of the business proT osed to be transacted by this corporation is as fol lows:
 The carrying on of a general banking bus mess in all its branches: the carrying ou of a general merchandise business; the acquiring, buying. selling and otherwise dealing in any and all kinds of goods, wares and merchandise; the purchasing or otherwise acquiring nf any and all kinds of real estate mines, mining claims and personal property, and the owning holding. selling or otherwise disposihg of or dealing in the same; the acquiring, construct ing. operating and maintaining of any and all kind Of telephone and telegraph lines. and everything used in connection theTew tn; the acquiring. operating and maintaining o' any and all kinds of freighting, transportation and transfer lines; to own, maintain and operate any and all kinds of hotels. restaurants and boarding houses; to purchase or otherwise ac quire shares of the capital stock of this or Oth- CT corporations. and to hold, own or dispose of the same; to make con racts and acquire and transfer property. possessing the same powers in such respects as private individuals now en- joy; and generally to do and perform each and every act and thing, aud engage in any and every line of business which may be necessary, expefient, incident or proper to the carrying on Of the business or businesses for which this corporation is organ zed.
 ARTICLE IT.
 The authorized amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be Sev, nty Five Thou sand Dollars (s75,OOOOO). divided into seven hundrt and fifty shares C750) of the par value Of One Hundred Dollars tsl000U each. and the same. when issued. shall be fully paid and for ever non -asSessable. Said stock shall be is- sued at such time or times, and upon such terms and conditiUns as may be provided by the Board of Directors, and such stock may be exchanged for property, labor, good will or for services rendered. or for benefits accrulng to the corporation in any manner or form W hat soever. as the Board "t Directors may deter determination of the Board of Directors shall be final.
 ARTICLE ".
 The time Of the commencement of this Cor pOr.tiOn shall be the date Of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in the Ofice of the County Recorder of Mohave County, Arizona. and the termination thereof shall be twenty five years thereafter, with privilege of renewal. as provided by law.
 ARTICLEv
 The affairs of this corporation shall be con QuCLeQ Dy a bOdrQ or not less than three N1l nor more than five 5l Directors, who shall be elected annually by the stockholders of the corporation from among their own number. at the annual stockholders meeting which shall be held on the third Monday in June Of each year, and who shall hold office for one year. or until their successors are elected and qualified Until their successors are elected and qualified. the following named persons shall constitute the Board of Directors Of this corporation: E. A. Shaw, J. H. Knight and W K. Ridenour.
 Tn a,d fn lfrntfa of ffc general powers. the Board of Directors shall have the following powers: To appoint such officers. agents and employees other than those herein mentioned. as tt may deem advisable; to fill any vacancies that may occur on the Board of Directors; to adopt such By. Laws and rules for the government of the corporation as it may deem proper. and to alter and amend | the same; to do and perform all acts and things | and exei else all such powers as are usual. nee essary or incidental in conn ectiOn with the | managing and carrying on of the business and | affairs of the corporation.
 ARTICLE VI.
 Immediately after the election of any Board | Of Directors such Directors shall meet and or | ganiZe and elect the officer of the corporation | who shall be President Vice President Sec | retary and Treasurer who shall hold Ofice un- | til the next annual meeting of the stOckhold- | CTS, and until their successors are elected and | qualified, and whose qualifications shall be | fixed by the Board of Directors: one person | may hold two of such offices as the Board of | Directors may determine.
 
 The highest amount nt indebtedness to which this corporation shall at any time subject it. self is the sum of Twenty Five Thousand (Ss5.- )O0.O0) Dollars.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be forever exempt from corporate debts or liabilities of any kind what sOever.
 ARTICLE TX.
 These articles may be altered or amended by ! two thirds vote of the outstanding capital stock, at any regular stockholders meeting, pr a special meeting called for that purpose. IN WITNESS WHEREOF. we have hereunto set Dur hands this thirteenth day Of June. A. D. 1910. E. A. SHAW,
 J. H. KNIGHT. rEERIToRY Ed;lTe,. Y, OF NAsI NAssIzoNA' ss
 Before me. c. W. Herndon. a Notary Public To and for the County of MOhave, Territory Of Arizona. on this day personally appeared E. A. Shaw and J. Fl. Knight to me known 10 be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument. and acknowledged to me hat they executed the same for the purposes md consideration therein expressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of ofice this 18th day of June, A. D. 1910
 [Seall c. w. HERNDON.
 Notary Public. My commission expires March 26. 1914. First insertion June l8-23 July.