Mohave County miner., 1911-08-12
Certificate of Incorporation
 -OF- Stockton Hill Recreation As sociation.
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
 COUNTY OF MOHAyE. 3D.

TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, lee
 COUNTY OF MoHAvE. i
 This is to certify that we. the undersigned. have associated ourselves together for the purpose oi forming an association where pecuniary profit is not our object and desiring to form a body cor porate under Chapter VIlI Title l3, Revised Stat utes of Arizona, l90l and the several acts amend atory thereof and supplemental thereto, do hereby associate ourselves together as a body corporate, and hereby adopt the following Certificate of In- corporation.
 1 The name of this Association shall be THE l STOCKTON HILL RECREATION ASSOCIATION" and its principal site for the home of said Association and where it's business and other matters relating to its purposes of organization shall be at Stock ton Hill, Wallapai Mining District, Mohave County, Territory of Arizona.
 The general nature of the business proposed to | be transacted by said association is as follows: Pleasure, social recreation and the promotion of outdoor sports; and to that end the said Associa- | tion may own and maintain clubhouse and such | grounds may be necessary and lawful for which said association is formed: also library, reading room, billiard and pool rooms. dining room, res taurant and other facilities for the of it's mem bers; to hold receptions, public private lectures musical and literary entertainments and to do any and all things which may be lawfully done for the comfort and we-being of its members. III.
 This Association shall have no capital stock. l "
 The time of the formation of this Association shall be the date of filing this Certificate of As sociation with the Recorder of Mohave County, Arizona Territory, in which it's principal place of business is situated, and the filing of like Certf- cate with the Territorial Auditor of said Arizona Territory, and shall continue for the period of twenty-five (25) years from he date of said form ation, with privilege of renewal as by law pro- vided
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 The management and control or the business and affairs of this association shall be vested in Board of Directors of not less than three (3) and which number of Directors may be increased at any annual meeting of the members thereof, or at any special meeting called for that purpose to any number not exceeding twenty-five (25) Di- rectors. All Directors so elected shall hold office for the period of year until their successors are elected and qualified,
 The annual n eatng of the members of said As sOciatiOn shall be held on the third Saturday of October of each year, commencing with Saturday, October Fist, 1911.
 That there was a meeting of all the incorporat- of this association held at the town of King man, Mohave County. Territory of Arizona, on the 18th day of July, 1911, at the hour of two @ o'clock of said day for the election of Direct O of said association, to hold office and manage the affairs of said association until the first annual meeting of the members of said association to be he'd on the 2lst day of October 1911, all of said incorporators being present and voting with the result that THOMAS BURKE, DA EEL HAN LAY and LEON M. HARRIS, were duly declared e'ected directors 10 manage the business and affairs of said association until the first annual meeting of the members thereof provided in this certificate of incorporation.
 
 den |, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. The office of Secretary and Treasurer may be vest ed in the same person, unless otherwise provid d by the bylaws to be adopted by this Association The officers shall be elected by the Directors from their number at the first annual meeting of the Board of Directors following the annual meet ing of the members, and which meeting of Direct ors shall be held as soon as convenient after the adjournment of said annual meeting of the mem bers. This Association shall have and possess all the powers vested by Chapter VIII, Title l3 Re of atons organized for purposes other than for profit and may in its bylaws provide for:
 l. The qualification of its members, mode of election and terms of admission to membership. 2. The fees of admission and dues to be paid to it's treasury by members.
 8. The expulsion and suspension of members for misconduct or non-payment of dues; also for restoration to membership.
 4. Contracting, securing, paying and limiting the amount of it's indebtedness.
 5. Other rec ulations, not repugnant to the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and consonant with the objects of the corpo- ation. The officers for the first three months shall be. Thomas Burke, President; Daniel Hanlay, Vice-President; and Leon M. Harris, Secretary and Treasurer.
 The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to adopt such rules and regulations and, in the absence of the adoption of any bylaws by the members hereof. to adopt bylaws, for their own government and the government of the affairs of the association, as they may deem proper and necessary, not inconsistent with law. They shall have full power and authority to re- celNe applcatlOnS TOT mernDerSnlp m the manner which they may prescribe, and shall issue to all members, if requested, a certificate of member ship.
 VII The Board of Directors nor any officer agent of this association by their authority shall con- tract any indebtedness which shall at any time exceed one thousand (Sl .OOO.OO dollars.
 VIII.
 The private property of the members of this association shall be and hereby is made forever exempt for the associations debts of any kind or character whatsoever.
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 This Certificate of Association may be amended at any time by a majority vote of the members hereof, or by two-thirds vote of the Directors of this Association at any regular meeting of said Board, any special meeting of said Board called for that purpose.
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 Ten CO) per centum of all members in good standing shall constitute a quorum for the trans action of business at any annual or special meet ing of the members of this association. In Witness Whereof. we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 20th day of July, 1911.
 THos. BURKE, (SeaD
 DANIEL HANLY. (SeaD
 LEON NJ. HARRIS, (SeaD Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 2Oth day of July, 1911.
 JOHN W. LANE,
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