Mohave County miner., 1911-04-22
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Needles Mercantile Company.

l That We. the undersigned. D. E Nelson, Car 1 IOll W. Dal Is aud haymUnd IL Carr, all resi- l dents of the County Of MOhAve, Territory of ] Arizona. have this day associated ourselves tO- | gether TOT the purpose of organizing a cUrpOra- | IiOn under the laws of the Territory of rizOna | and for that purpose and tO that end, We co | hereby make and adopt the following Articles | of Incorporation:
 | ARTICLE l. | The name of the corporation shall be the | NEEDLES MERCANTILE COMPANY, and it's principal Office and pace of business shal | be Che town of kingman, County of Mohave, Territory of ArlZOna, with a branch office aud place of business m the town Of Needles, County of san BerdardinO State of California, and such other branch Of1cCs. 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 IT, 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 carryiag on of q general merchandise business in all it's branches; the acquiring. buying, selling or otherwise dealing in any and all kinds of goods wares and merchandise; the purchasing Or OLherWise acqu ring any ard all kinds of real estate, mines. mining claims chUseS in action and personal property. aud the owning, holding, selling or otherwise diSpOSing of or dealing | the same; the acquiring con. structing owning, operating, selling and deal ing ln any and all kinds or telephone and teie- graph lines, and all things used in connection herewith the owning, acquiring, operating. main taining or diSp0sing of aL aud all kinds of freighting transfer aRd transportation lines; the owning, maints ming, acquiring and opera ting. oC dispOsRg Of, any and all kinds of hotels, reslVrantS and boa ding houses; tO pur- chase or otherwise acquire shares Of the ca 1i- tai stock or thIS or other corporations. and to make contracts and acquire and transfer prop ertv. possessing the same powers in such re SpectS as private individuals now enloy; aud generally to do and perform each and every act and thing and engage in any lIne of business winch may be necessary, eXpedient. or incident to tn carrying on of the purposes, or business or businesses for which thls corporation is organized.
 ARTICLE III The amount of capital stock Of this corpora | tiOn shall be the sum Of One Hundred Thou | sand D0llaJs QO0.OO0 uOSl, divided into One Thousand Sh ares O0OJ of the DIT value of One Hundred Dollars N0o.00Sl each. aud the same when issued shall be fully paid and forever non aSsessable. Said stock shall be issued at such time or times, aud upon such terms and conduit, ns IS may be provided by the Board of Directors; and such stock may be exchanged for property. labor goodwill or for services reRdered- or for benefits accruing to the cor poratiOn in any manLer or form whatsoever, | as the Board of Directors may determine, and in the absence of actual fraud such determina- tion of the BJard of Directors shall be final. ARTICLE ". The time of the Commencement Of the cor pOrstion shall be the date of filing these Artl- cleS in the office of tke 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 C3) nor more than five (5) Directors who shall be elect ed annual by the stockholders of the corpora tion from among their own number, at the an nRal meeting of the stockholders. which said meeting shall be held on tne third Monday in June Of each Year, and who shall hold ofice for one ye until their successors are elect ed and qualified. Until their successors are a rd RaI III .ad persons shall constitute the Board of Directors of this corporation: D E. Nelson, Carroll w. Davis and Raymond H. Carr
 In furtherance and not in limitation Of it's general powers. the Board of Directors shall have the following powers: To appoint such officers agents and employees other than those hereinafter mel toned 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 Onicers of this corporation, to adopt such By Laws and rules for the government of the corporation it may deem proper, aud tO repeal alter or amend the same: to do and perform all acts and things. and exercise all such powers are usual necessary or incidental Tn connection with the management and carrying of the business and affairs Of the corporation ARTICLE VI
 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 President, Vice e-PreSident- Secretary and Treasurer, and last tEO named Of said Ofnces 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 fcatiOus shall be fixed by the Board Of Di reeCOrS
 Until their successors are elected and quail tied the following named persons shall con stjtUte the officers of this oOrpOration- Presi- dent, D. E. Nelson; Viee-President Raymond H. Carr; Secretary and Treasurer, Carroll W. Davis.
 ARLICLE VII.
 The highest amount Of ind' btedness to which this corporation shah at any time subject it. self is the sum Of Twenty Five Thousand Dol lars (25OO0.OOSl
 ARTICLE VIII
 These Articles of Incorporation may be alter ed O- amended by a two thirds vote Of the out standing capital stock at any annual StOckhod- CTS meeting or any special stockholders meet ing called for that purpose.
 ARTICLE K. 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,
 DE. NELSON CARROLL w DAVIS
 RAYMOND H. CARR TERRITORY OF ARTZO, A, tcc
 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 JO be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing inStru- meHt and acknowledged to me that they exc cuted the same for the purposes and eonsidera- tions therein expressed.
 GIVEN under my hand and seal of ofhce this '-- ISSai1 CSeaT '''' VI -' @ c. W, HERNDoN.
 Notary Public
 My commission expires 326-l9l{ frcf fnSarffOn Mar AOr 22