Graham guardian., 1916-11-10
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
MT. GRAHAM LAND AND
CATTLE co.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
That we, the undersigned, have this
day associated ourselves together for
the purpose of forming and organizing
q corporation under the laws of the
State of Arizona, and for that purpose
hereby adopt the following Articles of
Incorporation:
Article |
The names, residences and postoffice
addresses of the incorporators of this
corporation are as follows: B. F..
Baker, whose postoffice address is Globe,
Arizona, and H. S. Clyne, whose post
Office address is Globe, Arizona.
The name Of this corpol alton is the
Mt. Graham Land and Cattle Co., and
its principal place of transacting busi-
ness in Arizona is at the City of Pima,
Graham County, Arizona. Offices may
be established, business transacted and
meetings of stockholders and directors
held at such places in or outside of Ari-
zona as the bylaws of the company
may provide
Article II
The general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted by the cor
poration is as follows: to purchase,
raise, breed and otherwise acquire and
to deal in all kinds of live stock; to
conduct general live stock and cattle
business and general wholesale and
retail butcher business; to purchase
and otherwise acquire, to rent, lease,
own, hold, control and improve, and to
sell, mortgage and otherwise dispose of
property of every kind, either real or
personal. and wheresoever situated; to
receive, hold, sell, transfer franchises,
easements, and incorporeal heredita-
ments; to acquire, hold, sell, transfer,
pledge and otherwise dispose of shares
of stock and evidences of indebtedness
issued or created by this or any other
corporation, and while such holder ex-
ercise all the right of ownership there
of, including the right to vote stock of
any other corporation; to do any and
everything necessary, suitable, proper
or expedient for the accomplishment of
all or any Of the purposes and objects
hereinbefore enumerated.
Article iii
The amount of authorized capital
stock of the corporation is One Hundred
Thousand ($l00. 900. .0O Dollars, divided
into One Hundred Thousand (l0O, ,OOO
shares, of the par value of One ($l.OO)
Dollar each, which shall be paid at
such times as the Board of Directors
may designate, in cash, real or personal
property, services, leases, options to
purchase or any other valuable right
or thing for the uses and purposes
of the corporation, and all shares of
capital stock, when issued in exchange
therefor shall thereupon and thereby
become and be fully paid the same as
though paid for in cash at par and shall
be worcestershire 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 time of the commencement of
the corporation shall be the day these
Articles of Incorporation are filed in
accordance with the law, and the ter
mination thereof shall be Twenty-Five
1857 years thereafter with the privilege
of renewal and the right of perpetual
succession now provided by law.
Article V
The affairs of the corporation shall
be conducted by a board of not less
than Three nor more than Five direc-
tors by whom President and Vice
President shall be elected and Secre-
tary and Treasurer appointed. The
directors shall be elected by and from
among the stockholders at the annual
meeting thereof on the Second Monday
in February of each year. Until their
are elected and qualified the
following named persons shall be the
B. F. Baker, H. S. Clyne
and Frederic A. Shaffer.
Article vi
The directors shall adopt bylaws for
the government of the corporation and
may amend the same. They shall have
power to fill vacancies appearing in
the board from any cause and to ap-
point from among their number an ex-
ecutive committee, which, to the extent
provided by resolution or by the said
bylaws, shall have and exercise the
power granted the directors by these
Articles.
Article VII
The highest amount of indebtedness
or liability, direct or contingent to
which the corporation is at any time to