Mohave County miner., 1911-03-18
OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Needles Mercantile Company.
THESE PRESENTS:

ln&L we. the uQuGrSlRucQ. O- L. NtlSOus OdT- 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 tiOn under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, 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 its principal office and place of business shall be the town of kingman, County of Mohave, Territory of Arizona, with branch office and place of business in the town of Needles, County of San Bernardino, State Of California, and such other branch offices 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 II.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation Is as fol- lows:
 The carrying on of general banking busi- ness in all its branches
 The carrying on of a 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 otherwise acquiring any and all kinds of real estate, mines, mining claims chOSeS in acton and personal property. and the owning holding, selling or otherwise dispoSing 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 diSposing 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 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 the carrying on Of the purposes business or to 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,OOOOO0, divided into One Thousand shares (lOO0l of the par value of One Hundred Dollars QO0.OOS) each. aud the same when issued shall be fully paid and forever non assessable. Said stock shall be issued at such time 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 manner or form whatsoever. 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- 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 (0nor more than five (5) 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 office 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 furtherancs 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 ntiOnec, 1t may deem advisable; to fill any vacanclt S that may occur on the Board of Directors, or that may occur among the hereinafter named OhcerS 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
 
 last two named of said offices may be held by the same person. Such officers so elected shall hold of1ce for one year or until their success sOrs are elected and qualified. and their quail fcations 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: Presi- dent, D. E. Nelson; Vice-President. Raymond H. Carr; Secretary and Treasurer, Carroll w. Davis.
 ARLICLE 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
 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.
 D. E. NELSON
 CARR OLL W. DAVIS
 RAYMOND H. CARR. TERRITORY OF ARIZo, A, SC
 County of Mohave. i'0
 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 acino wiedRed to me that they exc cuted ihe same for the purposes and conSidera- tions therein expressed.
 GIVEN under my hand and seal of offce this (SeaD c. W. HERNDON,
 Notary Public.