Mohave County miner., 1911-04-15
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Needles Mercantile Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: | that We. the undersigned. D. E Nelson, Car Ion W. Davis aud kay mUnd Ii. Carr. all resi- dents of the County or MUhave, Territory Of ] Arizona. have this day associated ourselves to- getner Tor the purpose of organizing corpora ton under the laws of the Territory or Arizona, and for that purpose and to that end, we cO hereby make and adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:
 The name of the corporation shall be the NEEDLES MERCANTILE COMPANY, and it's principal office and piace of business shal be the town of hlngman' County or MohaVe, Territory of Arizona, with branch office add place of business in the town of Needles, County of san 5erdardinO. State of California, and such other branch OnicCs 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 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 ard merchandise; the purch aSlug or otherwise acQui ring any ard all kinds of real estate, mines. mining claims chUses in action and personal property. aud the owning, holding, selling or otherwise dlSposing Of or dealing m the same: the acquiring con Structing owning, operating, selling and deal ing in any and all kiuds oi telephone and tele- graph lines and all things used in connection herewith: the owning, acquiring, operating. main calming or ais piSing of aL and all kinds of freighting, tranSfe aud 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 1i- tai stock or JhIs 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 enJOy; 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
 ARTICLE III. The amount Of capital stock O, this corpora tiOn shall be the sum Of One Hundred Thou l sand Dollars QO0OO0. .uOS9, divided into One l Thousand shares ClOOOl of the par value of One l Hundred Dollars QOOOOSl 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 | cOnditiCn us 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 l 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 Board of Directors shall be final.
 ARTICLE ". The time of the commencement of the cor | poration shall be the date of filing these Artl- | cles in the office of the Auditor of the Territory | of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall |
  ege of renewal. as provided by law
 ARTICLE V. The affairs of this corporation shall be con | ducted by a Board of not less than three C3)uor | 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 or until their successors are elect ed and qualified. Until their successors are | following 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 it. | 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 governm of the corporation 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 m 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, Nice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. and | last two named of said offices may be held by | the same person. Sucn OulcerS so elected snail ] hold office for one year or until their success SOrS are elected and qualified. and their quail 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. F. Nelson; Vice-President. Raymond | H. Carr; Secretary and Treasurer. Carroll W. Davis.
 ARIICLE VII.
 The highest amount of ind, btedneSS to which this corporation Shail at any time subject it. self is the sum of Twenty Five Thousand Dol lars '2'OOO.OS' ARTICLE VIII
 These Articles of Incorporation may be alter ed O- amended by a two thirds vote of the out standing capital stock at any annual Stoc,Ih"ld- CTS meeting or any special stockholders meet ing called for that purpose.
 AK ICLE 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 VII sREOF we have here unto set our hands tn s eleventh day of March. A. D. l9ll
 CARR )LL W DAVIS
 RAYMOND H. CARR. TERRITORY OF ARIZo "A, sS
 County of Mohave.N
 Before me c. w. HerndOn a Notary Public | in and for the County of MOhave, Territory of 1 Arizona. on this day pc SOnallv appeared D. F. 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 acFnowedeed to me that they exc cuted lhe same for the purposes and conSidera- tiOnS therein expressed.
 GIVEN under my hand and seal of oftice this
 (SeaD c. w HERNDON,
 Notary Public
 My commission expires S26-I9I4
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