Mohave County miner., 1911-04-08
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Needles Mercantile Company.
5INow All. MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That we, the undersigned. D. E Nelson, Car roll W. Davis and Raymond H. Carr all resi- dents of the County Of MOhave, Territory of ! Arizona have this day associated ourselves to- gether for the purpose of organizing corpora tiOn under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and for that purpose and to that end, We GO hereby make and adopt the following Articles | of Incorporation;
 The name of the corporation shall be the | NEEDLES MERCANTILE COMPANY, and it's principal Office and place of business shall be the town of kingman, County of Mohave Territory of Arizona, with a branch ofdce and place of business in the town of Needles County Of San BernardinO State of California, and such other branch offices. either within or without the Territory of Arizona, as the Board of Directors hereinafter provided for may from time to time designate and establish ARTICLE II.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is us fol lows:
 The carrying on of a general banking busi- ness in all it's branches
 The carving on of a general merchandise business in all its branches; the acquiring buying, selling or otherwise dealing in any and all kinds of goods, wares and merchandise; the purchasing or Otherw SC acquiring any and all kinds of real estate, mines, mining claims. choses in action and personal property. and the owning, holding, selling or otherwise diSpOSing of or dealing in the same; the acquiring con structing owning, operating, selling and deal ing in any and all kinds of telephone and tele- graph lines, and all things used in connection herewith. the owning. acquiring, operating. maintaining or dispOSing of any and all kinds of freighting. transfer and transportation lines; the owning maintaining, acquiring and opera ting, or disposing of, any and all kinds of hotels, restaurants and boar ding houses; to pur- chase or otherwise acquire shares Of the api- tai stock of this or other corporations; and to make contracts and acquire and transfer prop erty, possessing the same powers in such re SpectS as private individuals now enloy; and generally to do and perform each and every act and thing and engage in any line of business Ha afaa hav aWauf to the carrying on Of the purposes, or business or businesses for which this corporation is organized.
 ARTICLE III.
 The amount of capital stock Of this corpora tion shall be the sum Of One Hundred Thou sand Dollars QOO,OOO OOS), divided into One Thousand shares OOO0l of the par value of One Hundred Dollars (lO0.00S) each. and the same when issued shall be fully paid and forever non asSessable. Said stock shall be issued at such time or times, and upon such terms and conditions as may be provided by the Board Of Directors; and such stock may be exchanged for property. labor, goodwill or for services rendered, or for benefits accruing to the cor poration in any manner or form whatsoever. as the Board of Directors may determine, and in the absence of actual fraud such determina tiOn of the Board of Directors shall be final
 ARTICLE ".
 The time of the commencement of the cor poratiOn shall be the date Of filing these Artl- cles in the office of the Auditor of the Territory of Arizona and the termination thereof shall
 
 ege of renewal. as provided by law
 ARTICLE V The affairs of this corporation shall be con ducted by Board of not less than three (3)nor more than five (5) Directors. who shall be elect ed annually by the stockholders of the corpora tiOn from among their own number, at the an nual meeting of the stockholders. which said meeting shall be held on the third Monday in June of each year, and who shall hold offce for one year or until their successors are elect ed and qualified. Until their successors are alp ha persons shall constitute the Board of Directors of this corporation: D E. Nelson, Carroll W. Davis and Raymond H. Carr.
 In furtherancs and not in limitation of its general powers. the Board of Directors shall have the following powers: To appoint such officers, agents and employees, other than those hereinafter mentioned, as it may deem advisable; to fill any vacancies that may occur on the Board of Directors, or that may occur among the hereinafter named Officers of this corporation; to adopt such By Laws and rules for the government of the corporation as 1t may deem proper, and to repeal, alter or amend the same: to do and perform all acts and things, and exercise all such powers as are usual, necessary or incidental Tn connection with the management and carrying of the business and affairs of the corporation
 ARTICLE VT Immediately after the election of any Board Of Directors, such Directors shall meet and organize and proceed to elect the officers Of the Corporation. who shall be a President, Vice-PreSident Secretary and Treasurer, and last two named of said offices may be held by the same person. Such officers so elected shall hold office for one year or until their success sOrs are elected and qualified and their quail | fcations shall be fixed by the Board Of Di- | rectors Until their successors are elected and quail | ied the following named persons shall con l Stitute the officers of this corporation: Presi- | dent, D. E. Nelson; Vice-Presdent. Raymond Il. Carr; Secretary and Treasurer, Carroll w. Davis.
 ARLICLE VII The highest amount of indt btedness to which | this corporation shall at any time subject it. | self is the sum of Twenty Five Thousand Dol | lars (250OO.OOS)
 ARTICLE VIII. These Articles of Incorporation may be alter l ed or amended by two thirds vote of the out l standing capital stock at any annual stockhold- l CTS meeting or any special stockholders meet | ing called for that purpose.
 ARTICLE TX. The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be and is hereby made | forever exempt from corporate debts or liabili- | ties of any kind whatsoever. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have here | unto set our hands this eleventh day of March, | A. D. 1911.
 CARR )LL w DAVIS
 RAYMOND H. CARR. TERRITORY OF ARIzo "A, lss.
 County of Mohave.N Before me c. W HerndOn. a Notary Public | in and for the County of Mohave, Territory of Arizona, on this day personally appeared D. E. | Nelson, Raymond H. Carr, and Carroll W. | Davis to me known to be the persons whose | names are subscribed to the foregoing instru- | ment and acknowledged to me that they exc | cuted the same for the purposes and cOnsidera- | tions therein expressed. GIVEN under my hand and seal Of office this | sixteenth day of March A. D. 1911.
 (SeaD c. w. HERNDON,
 Notary Public. My commission expires 326l9I4 First insertion Mar lsApr. 22