Mohave County miner., 1911-03-25
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Needles Mercantile Company.
VI AIJ. NrN Rv THrsE PRFsFNTs:

That we, the undersigned. U. E. NelSOQs 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 ton 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;
 The name of the corporation shall be the NEEDLES MERCANTILE COMPANY, and its principal oflce and place of business shall be the town of Kingman, County of Mohave, Territory of Arizona, with branch ofice and place of business in the town Of Needles, County Of San Bernardino. State Of California, and such other branch ofices. either within or without the Territory of Arlzona, 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 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 and merchandise; the purchasing or otherwise acquiring any and all kinds of real estate, mines, mining claims. choses in action and personal property. and the owning, holding selling or otherwise dtsposing 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 dtSpostng of, any and all kinds Of hotels, restaurants and boar ding houses; to pur- chase or otherwise acquire shares of the capi- tai stock of this or other corporations; and to 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 which may be necessary, eXpedient. or 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 QO0,00O.OOs), divided into One Hundred Dollars (1OO.OOs) each, aud 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 manuer 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 Arti- 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)nor more than five (0 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 Ofnce 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 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 men tiOned, as 1t may deem advisable; to i'll any vacancies that may occur on the Board of Directors, or that may occur among the hereinafter named Ofhcers of this corporation; to adopt such By Laws and rules for the government of the corporation as it 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 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 a President, Vice-President, Secretary and "reaSurer, and last two named of said offices may be held by the same person. Such OtncerS elected shall hold ofice for one year or until their success sors are elected and qualified and their quail hcations shall be fixed by the Board of Di- rectors Until their successors are elected and quali- | hed 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.
 ARIICLE 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 C25,OO0.00S)
 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 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, | A D. 1911.
 DE. NELSON
 CARROLL W. DAVIS.
 RAYMOND H. CARR. rc6anf9ef c6antT of GS MohsEe 5sJ1oN NA' tss. 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 nowiedged to me that they exc | cuted the same for the purposes and considera-