The Arizona copper camp., 1915-10-22
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION


Know All Men by These Presents,
That we, the undersigned, having
associated ourselves for the purpose
OF forming a corporation under the
laws of the State Of Arizona. do
hereby adopt the following Articles
of Incorporation:
Article |.
The incorporators are l.. p. Jones
and Cora Jones. each of Ray, Arizona,
and the name of the corporation shall
be RAY MOTOR COMPANY. It's
principal place of business within
Arizona shall be Ray. Arizona. but
other offices may be established and
maintained within or outside of Ari-
zona, at such places as the Board of
Directors may designate, where meet
ings of the stockholders and directors
may be held and any and all corpor>
ate business transacted.
Article ii.
The general nature of the business
TO pc transacted is, to-day Own,
operate and conduct general line of
automobiles, for hire and for carving
passengers for pay, to buy, rent and
sell, as well as to repair automobiles
and to maintain a general garage.
and repair shop or shops and to own,
handle and control letters patent and
inventions and shares of it's own cap
ital stock and that of other corpora
tions owned by it, the same as a nat
ural person might do; to borrow
money and to issue bonds. notes. de-
bentures and other evidences of in
debtedness and secure the payment
OF the same by mortgage, deed of
trust or otherwise; to act as agent.
trustee, broker, or in any other fidu-
ciary capacity; and in general to do
and perform such acts and things and
transact such business in connection
with the foregoing objects, not incon-
sistent with the law, in any part of
the world, as the Board of Directors
may deem to the advantage of the
corporation.
Article IlI.
The capital stock of the corpora
ton shall be Ten Thousand
($10.000.0O) Dollars, divided into One
Thousand U,000) shares of the par
value Of Ten $4,000 Dollars each,
which shall be paid in, at such times
as the Board of Directors may desig-
nate, in cash, real or personal prop
erty, services, lease, option to .pur-
chase, or any other valuable right or
thing, for the use or purpose Of the
corporation, and all shares Of capital
stock, when issuedNin exchange there
for, shall, thereupon, become and be
fully paid, the same as though paid
in cash at par and shall be non
assessable forever, and the judgment
Of the Directors as to the value of
any property, right or thing acquired
In exchange for capital stock shall be
conclusive
Article. w.
The commencement of the corpora
ton shall be the date Of the issuance
TO 1t OF certificate of incorpora-
ton by the Arizona Corporation
Commission, and it shall endure for
the full term Of twenty five (25)
years thereafter, with privilege OF
perpetual succession as provided by
statute.
Article v.
The affairs ofthe corporation shall
be conducted by Board of Directors
and such officers as the Board of
Directors may elect or appoint. The
number of Directors shall be desig-
mated by the Bylaws and shall be
elected from among the stockholders
at their annual meeting to be held on
the third Monday in September of
each year Until the first annual
meeting OF the stockholders and un-
til their successors have been elected
and qualified, the following named
persons shall be officers and direct
ors:
L. P. Jones, President and Director;
Cora Jones, Secretary, Treasurer and
Director: and
Director.
Article vi.
The Directors shall have power to
adopt, amend and rescind bylaws, to
fill vacancies occurring in the board
from any cause, and to appoint from
their own number an Executive Com
mittee and vest said committee with
all the powers granted the directors
by these Articles.
Article VII.
The highest amount of indebtedness
or liability to which the corporation
may at any one time subject itself is
Six Thousand ($6.0OO0O) Dollars.
Article Viii.
The private property of the Stock
holders of the Corporation shall be
forever exempt from it's debts or OBJ
legations.
Article TX.
This Corporation does hereby ap-
point L. P. Jones Of Ray, Arizona,
who has been a bona fide resident of
Arizona, for, at least three years, it's
lawful agent, in and for the State of
Arizona, for and in behalf Of said
Company; to accept and acknowledge
service of, and upon whom may be
served, all necessary process or pro-
cesses in any action, suit or proceed
ing that may be had cor brought
against the said Company in any of
the Courts in the said State of Ari-
zona, such service of process or no.
tice, or the acceptance thereof by said
agent endorsed thereon, to have the
same force and effect as if served