Mohave County miner., 1911-09-02
Articles of Incorporation
 of the Bingham Mercantile Company.

Bingham Mercantile Company.
 The undersigned, whose full names and places of residence are given below, for the purpose of forming corporation under sub-chapter Chap ter XIV of the Laws of Utah Territory. entitled An Act Compiling and Amen5ng the Laws lating to Private Corporations, approved March 18th. 1884, do hereby make, execute, enter into and adopt the the following Agreement of lncor- poration.
 l. The name of this corporation shall be BING- HAM MERCANTILE COMPANY.
 II. The time of the duration of this corpora tion shall be fifty years, unless the corporation be sooner dissolved or disncorpOrated. III. The principal place of business and the place of the general business of this corporation shall be at Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake County Utah. but business places, and stock, financial and other agencies may be established and kept up and business transacted elsewhere in Utah and in the United States and Territories. ". The full names and places of residence of each and all the corporators, parties hereto, are THOMAS R. JONES. Salt Lake City. Utah WILLIAM H. REMINGTON " WILLIAM P. LYNN, '' HIRAM JOHNSON,
 SYLVESTER J. LYNN,
 V. The capital stock of this corporation shall be Five Thousand Dollars, represented by Five hundred Shares of the capital stock of the par value of Ten Dollars each. The amount of the capital stock and the number and par value of inc shares, may be increased, diminished changed in the manner prescribed by law. or in the ab-
  Board of Directors having special authority for the purpose from the stockholders. .. VI Each party herto subscribes for the num- Der of shares of said stock now set opposite his name, to-wit:-
 THOMAS R. JONES ................24 24O shares WILLIAM H. REMINGToN.......245
 WILLIAM P. LYNN .--... -..--.-.
 SYLVESTER J. LYNN. ......-... HIRAM JOHNSON. e.
 The entire capital stock is fully paid and the amount thereof is represented by and consists of the aggregate valuation of the entire stock of goods, wares, merchandise, assets, effects and good will. and personal estate of every name, nature, kind and description whatsoever, exclud- ing credits, accounts and bills receivable, hereto fore owned and possessed by the late firm of D. Mclnnes & Co and its members, and by D. McIn- mes, doing business in Bingham Canyon, Utan, lately assigned for the benefit of creditors and recently purchased from the assignee, and now held by said Thomas R. Jones for the benefit of and in trust for each and all the parties hereto and said Thomas R. Jones, Trustee, agrees with each and all the other parties hereto, that he holds the title to said property in trust for all the parties hereto according to their respective stock interests in this corporation and in trust to convey, and that he will convey the same to, and assign and vest the title ana rights therein and thereto in, this corporation on its organization as the representative purchase price and payment for the amount of the capital stock subscribed for by each and all the parties. VII. The officers of this corporation shall be a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treas urer. there shall be board of five directors to enttle any officer director to hold his office he must hold on the books of the corporation at least five sha-es of stock and reside in Utah Territory. Each officer shall be chosen from the directors and shall be director to qualify him for election to hold office Officers and directors shall hold office until they become disqualified their suc- cessors elected appo nted and qualified. Directors shall be elected annually by the stock holders voting by ballot and each stockholder shall have vote ballot for each and every share of capital stock by him held represented. All officers shall be appointed by the Board of Oi- rectors. Vacancies in office the board shall be filled by the Board of Directors. Any officer or director may resign by filing with the Presi- ~k.1C 1E resignation which shall be accepted by the board before it becomes effective; and may be removed for cause by the board after due notice and op- portunity to be heard One person may hold two more offices where the duties of the same are not inconsistent or in conflict Until their sue cess1rs are elected appointed and qualified, the following named shall be the officers and directors of IS corporation, to-wit: THOMAS JONES. President. MILAN Fl. REMINGTON, Vice-Presideut WILLIAM P. LYNN. Secretary 6 Treasurer and Thomas R. Jones, William H. Remington, William P. Lynn, Sylvester J. Lynn and Hiram Johnson shall be Directors and constitute the Board of Directors. VIII. The annual meeting for the election of directors and transaction of the general business of the corporation, shall be held the second l Monday of February, 1889, and annually there ! after at the branch office of the company in IT. K. Jones cz Co. Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah, at l2 | o'clock M. No notice ot the annual meeting need | be given. Special meetings of the stockholders may be | called by the Board of Directors or by the holder or holders of one fifth of the capital stock upon notice of the time, place and object of the meet ing published for 3l days next prior to the date of the meeting in some daily newspaper printed in | English at Salt Lake City, and having general | circulation in Salt Lake County, Utah. K The business and pursuit of this corpor- | ation shall be to buy, acquire, Own hold, possess lease mortgage, se use and generally deal in all | kinds and descriptions of goods, wares, general | merchandise, and to carry a general merchan- | dising business including all that pertains is | incident thereto; to buy, sell, acquire, hold, dis pose of, issue, deal in, discount and negotiate | bonds, notes, bills and exchange and other se- curities, and to loan money and take security | therefor; to buy, acquire, sell, hold, dispose of make advances on, haul and freight, and deal in | the products of mines, mills and reduction works | and appliances; to work and operate mines, mills | and ore reduction works, and carry on a general | mining and milling business; To acquire, hold and | dispose of all such real and personal property and rights and interests therein may be necessary | or proper to carry on the business of the corpor- ation; to make, repeal alter bylaws, rules and regulations for the government of corporate bus mess and affairs, X The individual property of the stockholders | shall be liable for of the corporate oblga- tions. Witness our hands and seals at Salt Lake City | Utah. February 2d, 1888 m the presence of Wm. NJ. Bradley.
 T. R. JONES. (Seall |
 VIII. REMINGTON. (SeaO |
 VIM. P. LYNN, lSeaD |
 HIRAM JOHNSON, tSeaD |
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