Mohave County miner., 1911-04-01
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Needles Mercantile Company.

That We. the undersigued D. E Nelson, Car roll W. Davis aud Raymond h. Carr. all resi- ArIZOna. nave 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 do hereby make and adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:
 ARTICLE l.
 The name of the corporation shall be the NEEDLES MERCANTILE COMPANY and its principal ofice aud place of business shall be the town of kingman, County of Mohave, Territory of Arizona, with branch office aud place of business in the town of Needles, County Of San Bernardino. State of California, and such other branch oficcs. 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 as fol- lows:
 The carrying on of a general banking busi- ness in all its branches
 The carrying 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 aud merchandise; the purchasing or otherwise acquiring any and all kinds of real estate, mines, mining claims chUSeS in action and personal property. aud the owning, holding, selling or otherwise dispoSing oi or dealing 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. acQulrlQg, operating. maintaining or diSp 'Sing Of aLy aud all kinds of freighting. transle .Ind transportation lines; the owning. ID Iinta ming. acquiring and opera ting. or dtspOSing Oi. any and all kinds of hotels. restaurants an DOA ding houses; to pur- chase or otherwise ac Iuire shares of the ca 1- tai stock of thIS or other corporations; and to make contracts and ac luire and transfer prop erty. possessing the same powers Tn Such re spects as private individuals now enJoy; and generally to do and perform each and every act and thing and engage in any line of business rr-hf fRh ms ha pKnndtnnN incident to the carrying on Of the purposes, or business or businesses for which this corporation is organized.
 The amount of capital stock Of this corpora tiOn shall be the sum of One Hundred Thou sand Dollars QOOOO0 UOS). divided into One Thousand sh Ires QO0OD Of the par value of One Hundred Dollars (lOOOOSl 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 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 manIer or form whatsoever, the Board of Directors may determine, and in the absence of actual fraud such determina- tiOn of the iard of Directors shall be final.
 ARTICLE ". The time of the commencement of the cor poratiOn shall DC the date of filing these Artl- cles in the office of the Auditor of the Territory of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty five years thereafter, with pri7il- 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) uOr more than five (5) Directors. who shall be elect ed annually by the stockholders of the cnrpora- 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 lall hold Ofice for one year or until their successors are elect ed and qualified. Until theIr successors are elected and qualified, the following named 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 imitation 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 mentioned. as 1t 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 it may deem proper, aud to repeal, alter or amend the same: to do and perform all acts and usual necessary or incidental In 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 ofice for one year or until their success sOrs are elected and qualified. and their quali- fications shall be fixed by the Board Of Di- rectors Until their successors are elected and quali- lied the following named persons shall con stitute the officers of this corporation: Presi- dent, D. E. Nelson; Vice-President. Raymond H. Carr; Secretary and Treasurer, Carroll W. Davis.
 ARLICLE VII
 The highest amount of ind' btedness to which this corporation shall at any time subject it. self is the sum of Twenty Five Thousand Dol lars (25OOO.OOS)
 ARTICLE VIII. These Articles of Incorporation may be alter ed or amended by a two thirds vote of the out standing capital stock at any annual StOckhOld- 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.
 D. E. NELSON
 CARROLL W. DAVIS.
 RAYMOND H. CARR. TERRITORY OF ARIzoN NA' lss.
 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 acFno wiedged to me that they exc cuted ihe same for the purposes and considera- tions therein expressed. GIVEN under my hand and seal of office this