Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-08-17
LEGAL ADVERTISING
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE
 AMERICAN RAILWAY EXPRESS co.
First: The name of thrs Corporation shall be the AMERICAN RAILWAY EXPRESS COMPANY

First: The name of thrs Corporation shall COMPANY.
 Second: Its principal office or place of business in the State of Delaware shall be located in the city of Dover. County of Kent and it's resident agent shall be the UNITED STATES CORPORATION COMPANY, whose address is 3ll South State Street. in said city Third: The nature of the business and the objects and purposes proposed to be transact ed, promoted and carried on, as follows To engage in and carry in the State of Delaware. and in and between any and all of the States, Territories and possessions of the United States and the District of Columbia, and in adjacent foreign countries, the busi- ness of carrying and transporting and for wardng by railroads, steamboats, ships, canals, stages and other means of transportation, goods wares, merchandise, money, bills, notes, bu!lon packages, parcels and movable valua bles of any description, oven and upon such
 lines and routes as it may from time to time establish, and in and between the points, places or stations at which it may from time to time establish and continue agencies; and the said corporation is hereby invested with the pow CTS necessary and proper for said purpose, as well aa the powers incident and appropriate to express carriers, and especially with full power to give such security in the nature of q general transportation bond may be re- Quired by the laws of the United States and the regulations passed in relation thereto for the transportation and delivery of dutiable merchandise and other property in bond, from port to port in the United States or through the United States.
 To take bonds of indemnity with or with out security from it's agents and employees, to acquire by purchase, devise or otherwise, and to hold real and personal estate Of any value to the amount necessary and proper for the purpose for which it is incorporated, and to sell, mortgage or otherwise dispose of the same.
 To borrow, when necessary for the purpose of its business, money, with or without pledge n IF real or personal, security.
 To take. hold and dispose of any mortgage on real or personal estate; and to issue bonds debentures or obligations of the corporation from time to time for any of the objects or purposes of the corporation.
 To have one or more offices, to carry on any or all of it's operations or business and without restriction or limits as to amount to to mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and description in any of the states, territories, districts, colonies possessions of the United States and in adjacent foreign countries, sub- ject to the laws of such state, district, terri tory, colony, possession or country.
 To enter into. make, perform, and carry out contracts of every kind for any lawful pur- pose without limit as to amount with any per- son, firm, association or corporation; and to act as agent for any person, firm, association or corporation for any lawful purpose; and to do general collection business.
 The foregoing clauses shall be construed both as objects and powers, and it is hereby expressly provided that the foregoing renumer- ation of specific powers shall not be held to limit or restrict in any manner the powers of this corporation.
 In general, to have and to exercise all the powers conferred by the laws of Delaware upon corporations formed under the laws of said state.
 To purchase, hold and reissue any of the shares of it's capital stock.
 Fourth: The total authorized capital stock of this corporation is Forty Million Dollars (s4OCdo. 100000. divided into Four Hundred Thousand (4O0OOO) shares of par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each.
 The amount of capital stock with which thls corporation will commence business is Thirty three Million Dollars ($33,000,OO0). of the subscribers to the capital stock are as follows:
 George .. Taylor, BPS Cliff Ave-. Pelham
 Burns D. Caldwell. sl High Street. Orange,
 The existence of this corporation is to be perretual. ,-,,,.
 The private property of the stockholders shall not be subject to the payment of corpor- ate debts to any extent whatever.
 The Directors shall have power to make and to alter or amend the Bylaws; to TX the amount to be reserved as working capital and to authorize and cause to be executed' mortgages and liens without limit as to amount, upon the property and franchises ot this Corporation. to what extent the accounts and books Of this Corporation (other than the stock ledger), or any of them, shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders: and no stockholder shal have any right of inspecting any account, or book, or document of this Corporation, except as conferred by law or the Bylaws, or by res- olution of the stockholders.
 The stockholders and directors shall have power to hold their meetings and keep the books, documents and papers of the corpora ton outside of the State of Delaware, at such places as may from time to time be designated by the Bylaws or by resolution ot the stock hclders or directors.
 The Directors shall have power, by reso- lution passed by majority vote of the whole Board, under suitable provision ot the By laws, to designate two or more of ther mum ber to constitute an Executive Committee which committee shall, for the time being, as provided in said resolution or in the Bylaws. have and exercise any or all the powers of the Eoard of Directors which may be lawfully delegated in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation and shall have power to authorize the seal of the said Cor poratior to be affixed to all papers which may require it. This Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change, or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, n the manner now or hereafter prescribed by he statutes of the State of Delaware, and all rights conferred on officers, directors, stock holders herein are granted subject to this res ,rvation. We, the undersigned, for the purpose of forming Corporation, under the laws of the State of Delaware, do make, file and record his Certificate, and do certify that the facts herein stated are true; and we have according y hereunto set respective hands and seals | Dated at New York June 20th, 1918.
 WILLIAM M. BARRETT (SeaD |
 GEORGE c. TAYLOR (SeaD |
 BURNS D. CALDWELL (SeaD | n the presence of
 F. P. SMALL,
 T. B. HARRISON.
 State of New York, County of New York, ss | Be it remembered, that on this goth day of June, 1918. A. D., personally appearel before ne, the subscriber, a Notary PublicI for the State of New York, William M. Barrett ! ieorge c. Taylor, and Burns D. Caldwell. parties to the foregoing Certificate of h. known to me personally to be uch and severally acknowledged the said Ger ificate of Incorporation to be their act and Iced, and that the facts therein stated are rulv set forth. Given under my hand and seal of office the lay and year aforesaid.
 ) o 70 c o o o % c. S. CABLE. ) o Notary Public. ) C. $. Gable o c. S. Cable, Notary o Public, New York