The Parker post., 1914-05-16
FRANK DESOUZA,
Secretary.


That we, the undersigned, have this
day associated ourselves together for
the purpose of forming a corporation
under and pursuant to the laws of the
State of Arizona, and for that pur-
pose do hereby adopt Articles of In
corporation as follows:
ARTICLE |.
The name of the corporation shall
be the Parker and Colorado River
Electric Railway Company
ARTICLE II.
The principal place of business of
the corporation within the State OF
Arizona, shall be at Parker, Arizona
and at such other places as thc
Board OF Directors may determine
where meetings of Directors may be
held and all business transacted.
ARTICLE III.
The general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted is to do a
general electric railway, telephone
and telegraph business in all branch
es thereof; to acquire by purchase
or otherwise, franchises, rights-of-way
and terminals; to survey, build, erect,
construct, operate and maintain cleo
trio railway, telephone and telegraph
lines, place poles and conduits and
wires for the same; to acquire, con-
struct, maintain, operate and dispose
of plants for the generation of cleo
tricity; to manufacture, buy, own,sell
or otherwise deal in electric railway
cars, motors, all electric applianc-
es. contrivances, divices, goods, wares
and merchandise and all objects; to
operate electric railway to carry pas
sengers and freight, and telephone
and telegraph systems for toll; to
own, handle and control letters pat
en- and inventions and shares Of its
own capital stock and that of other
corporations, and to vote any stock
owned by it the same as a natural
person might do; to issue bonds, not
es and debentures and other evidence
of Indebtedness, and secure the pay
ment of same by mortgage, deed of
trust, or otherwise; to act as agent,
trustee, broker or in any other fiduci-
ary capacity, and to borrow and loan
money; and in general to do and
perform such acts and things and
transact such business, not incon-
sistent with law, in any part of the
world, ,as the Board of Directors may
deem to the advantage of the corpori .
ton.
ARTICLE ".
The place of construction, building
and maintaining of said Electric Rail
way, telephone, telegraph business in
all OF their branches shall be in,
through and around Parker, in and
through the Colorado River Indian re-
servatiOn and along the Colorado riy-
er in the County of Yuma in the
State OF Arizona, distance of ap-
proximately thirty-five miles.
ARTICLE V.
The authorized amount of capital
stock of this corporation shall be two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
divided into two thousand five hun
dred shares of the par value of one
hundred dollars each And such time
as the Board of Directors may by re-
solution direct. said capital stock
shall be paid into the corporation,
either in cash or by sale and trans
fer to il OF real or personal property,
contracts, services, or any other val
liable right or thing for the use and
purposes of said corporation, in pay
ment of which, shares OF the capi-
tai stock OF said corporation may be
issued, and capital stock so issued
shall thereupOn and thereby become
and be fully paid up and non-assess-
able forever.
ARTICLE VI
The time of commencement OF this
corporation shall be the date of the
issuance to it of certificate of in
corporation by the Arizona Corpora
tiOn Commission, and the termina
iton thereof shall be fifty years (5O)
thereafter, with the privilege of renevs
al as provided by law.
ARTICLE VII.
The affairs of the corporation shall
be conducted by a Board of Direct