Mohave County miner., 1915-03-27

ploration, denouncement, or otherwise any and all kinds of mining claims, mines, mill sites and timber claims; to erect construct, lease, and op- crate buildings. structures, machinery, factories apparatus and devices of all kinds, together with dredging, milling concentrating, reducing, smelt- ing and refining plants works for mining, mill ing, reducing smelting and refining ores or bull lion of any kind nature and all kinds of oils and petroleums; in all legitimate ways to contract for and deal in all kinds of minerals, petroeums, oils bullion ores. rock, patents and patent rights models invention, and in all kinds of personal property tangible and intangible, present and ex- pectant, including electricity and electric power and appliances, water, water rights, water power, trade marks, copyrights franchises choses in action, shares in syndcates, companies and cor porations the capital stock and obligations of companies and corporations foreign and domestic the capital stock of this corporation, ships. ves- sells, docks, wharyes, rights of way easements machinery and rolling stock; to construct. own and operate railroads turnpikes tramways, high ways and canals leading from its principal works or places of business to navigable streams or existing railroads, turnpikes, or public highways, for the purpose of carrying its business; to conduct general merchantile business in all its various branches; to conduct a general butcher business, a general blacksmith and wheelwright business. general hotel and restaurant business, a general wholesale and retail liquor business, a general corral and livery business;
 (d) To consolidate with any other corporation or corporations and to associate and enter into partnership with any individual partnership, sym dicate association, or other corporations;
 (e) To lend and borrow money; to pledge the capital stock of this corporation security to is- sue bonds to sell the treasury stock of this cor poration at any time and at any rate which to the board of directors shall seem best for the corpora ton;
 () To purchase buy, sell, hold, hypothecate contract for and in all other deal in all kinds Of public and private stock bonds, securities, and the capital stock of other corporations and to vote such stock in the manner provided by the by- laws of this corporation. by its board of drec- tors, either in person or by proxy to act agent and trustee;
 (g) To do any and all things necessary to the prosecution of the business and the performance of any and all the foregoing purposes and any thing which the board of directors may from time to time deem to be conducive or expedient for the protection or benefit of the corporation; and to use exercise and enjoy all the rights, privileges and powers herein provided for and to do a gen. eral import and export business according to them in all the States, territories, districts. colonies, lands and waters in and belonging to and under the jurisdiction of the United States of America, and all other parts of the world:
 THIRD
 The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be One Million Dollars ($l, ,OO0- 00O.00 divided into One Million shares of the par value of One Dollar each; and said capital stock shall be paid up at the date of it's issuance or at such time the Board of Directors may by resol- ution designate, in money; property labor or any other valuable right thing. the judgment of the Board of Directors as to the value of the property purchased, transferred. exchanged or services rendered shall be conclusive;
 FOURTH
 The time of the commencement of this corpora ton shall be the date of filing of a certified copy of these articles of incorporation according law, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter, with privilege of renewal per- petually or otherwise as provided by law;
 FIFTH.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be conduct ed by Board of Directors provided by the by- laws who shall be elected annually by the stock holders on the first Monday in March. each year, or at such other time and in such manner as the bylaws may provide; the following shall consti- ute the Board of Direc until the first meeting of the stockholders and until the election and qualification of their successors
 J. M. NORTON,
 R. FRANK MUPHY
 OTTO GUTSMITHL,
 LAURA NORTON and
 HARRY Y. STRETCH
 SIXTH.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct contingent, to which this corporation is at any time subject shall be $666, ,66666
 SEVENTH
 corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever and the capital stock of this corporation when issued and fully paid for shall be forever non-assessable.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto set our hands and seals this lst day of March, 1915.
 J. M NORTON (SeaD
 LAURA M. NORTON (SeaD
 B. FRANK MURPHY (SeaD Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of WALTER A. HAM.