Mohave County miner., 1911-04-29
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Needles Mercantile Company.


 that We. the undersigned. D. E Nelson, Car roll w. Davis aud Raymond Ii. 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 tion under the laws of the Territory of 4 rizOna and for that purpose and to that end, we do hereby make and adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:
 ARTICLE
 The name of the corporation shall be the NEEDLES MERCANTILE COMPANY, and it's principal office and piace of business shall be the town of hingman, County of MohaVe, Territory of Arizona, with a branch office aud place of business in the town Of Needles, County Of san Berhardino. State of California, and such other branch Of1ecs. either within without the Territory of Arizona, as the Board of Directors hereinafter provided for, may from time to time designate and establish.
 ARTICLE n.
 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 acqu ring any ard all kinds of real estate, mines mining claims chOS Ses in action and personal property. aud the owning, holding selling or otherwise dispOsing Of or dealing ID 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 aL y and all kinds of freighting, transfer and transportation lines; the owning, maintaining, acquiring and opera ting. or dispOsing Of, any and all kinds of hotels, restaurants and boa ding houses; to pur- chase or otherwise acquire shares of the ca pi- tai stock Ot this or other corporations and to make contracts and acquire and transfer prop 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.
 ARTICLE III.
 The amount of capital stock Of this corpora tion shall be the sum of One Hundred Thou sand Dollars QOO,OO0OOS), divided into One Thousand shares QOO0l of the par value of One Hundred Dollars lO0.OOSl each. and 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 mAnuer or form whatsoever, ss the Board of Directors may determine, and in the absence of actual fraud such determlna- 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- cles in the office of the Auditor of the Territory Of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall b. 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 (5) Directors who shall be elect ed annual 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 office for one year 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 Fl. 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 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 as 1t 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 Treasurer and last two named or said OfnceS may De nelQ Dy 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 ications shall be fixed by the Board of Di- rectOrs
 Until their successors are elected and quail lied the following named persons shall con stitute the officers of this corporation: Prest- dent, D. E. Nelson; Vice-President Raymond H. Carr; Secretary and Treasurer, Carroll w. Davis.
 @ btedQeSS which this corporation shall at any time subject it. self is the sum of Twenty Five Thousand Dol lars (25. .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 or this corporation shall be and is hereby made forever exempt from corporate debts or habili- ties of any kind whatsoever.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have here unto set our hands this eleventh day of March. A. D. 1911.
 n. E. NELSON
 CARROLL W. DAVIS.
 RAYMOND Fl. CARR. TERRITORY OF ARIzo NA' ,ss.
 Before me, c. W. Herndon 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 acknowledged to me that they exc cuted the same for the purposes and considera- GIVEN under my hand and seal of ofhce this sixteenth day of March A. ID. 1911. (Sean c. w, HERNDON, Notary Public. My commission expires S-26-lel4
 First insertion Mar. Is-Apr. 22