Arizona republican., 1919-10-17
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
ARIZONA GRANITE AND TUFA
COMpAOV

COMPANY
BE 1T KNOWN, That we, the under
signed, do hereby associate ourselves
together for the purpose of forming
corporation under the laws of the State
of Arizona and in pursuance of that
object we hereby adopt the following
Articles of Incorporation:
ARTICLE l.
The names and postoffice addresses
of the incorporators are as follows:
A. ]. CLIFFORD, Phoenix, Arizona.
A. 7. LINDSAY, Phoenix, Arizona.
II. w. AXTELL, Prescott, Arizona.
ARTICLE II.
The name of the corporation is ARR
IONA GRANITE AND TUFA COM
PANY, and its principal place of trans
acting business in Arizona is Phoenix,
Maricopa County, Arizona. Offices
may be established, business transacted
and meetings of stockholders and direc-
tors held at such places within or out
side of the State of Arizona as the by
laws of the company may provide.
ARTICLE III.
| The general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted is to quarry,
work, finish and manufacture building,
monumental and ornamental stone and
rock of every kind; to do engineering,
architectural and general construction
work, including drafting and the prepa-
ration of plans and specifications; to
purchase, lease, option, locate or other
wise acquire and own, exchange, sell or
otherwise dispose of and deal in mines,
mining claims, mineral lands, coal
lands, oil lands, water and water rights
and other property, both real and per-
sonal, and to work, explore and develop
the same, and to deal in the products
and by-products thereof; to purchase,
lease or otherwise acquire, and erect,
own, operate and sell clay works, power
plants, railroads and tramways to lead
from the company's principal works; to
do general manufacturing and mer-
camille business: to own, buy, sell,
cancel and reissue shares of its own
capital stock, and to own and to vote
the stock of other corporations; to is
sue bonds, notes, and other evidences OF
Indebtedness, and to secure the pay
ment of the same by mortgage, deed OF
trust, or otherwise; to borrow and loar
money, and in general to do and per-
form such business not inconsistent
with law, in any part of the world, as
the Board of Directors may deem to be
advantageous to this corporation.
ARTICLE ".
The amount of authorized capita
stock of the corporation is one hundred
thousand t$100. 000.00) dollars, divided
into one hundred Thousand shares o.
the par value of one (sL00) dollar each
which shall be paid in at such time:
as the Board Of Directors may desig
nate, in cash, real or personal property
services, leases, options to purchase Of
any other valuable right or thing, fol
the uses and purposes of the corpora
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when issued in exchange therefor, shall
thereupon and thereby become and b
fully paid, the same as though paid fol
in cash, and shall be non -assessabl,
forever, and the judgment Of the Di
rectors as to the value of any property
services, right or thing acquired in ex
; change for capital stock shall be con
( elusive.
ARTICLE ".
: The time of the commencement of tn
corporation shall be the day these arti
cles are filed in the office of the Ari
> IONA Corporation Commission, and TIL
/ termination thereof shall be twenty
!, five years thereafter, with privilege o
renewal and right of perpetual success
sion as now provided by law.
ARTICLE vi.
! The affairs of this corporation shal
j
o than three nor more than seven direc
: tors, by and from whom a presiden
X vice. president. secretary and treasure
! shall be elected The board of direc
: tors shall be>eleeted by and from anon
4 the stockholders at regular annus
:. meetings to be held on the third Tues
!, day Of August in each year. Until tn
= first annual meeting, the officers an
u directors shall, unless the Board of d.
rectors shall be enlarged by the Direc
? tors, be as follows:
! A. T. LINDSAY, President and d
= rector.
Q A. j. CLIFFORD, Vice President an
Director.
e H. w. AXTELL, Secretary ar
IS Treasurer and Director.
e ARTICLE VII.
The directors shall adopt bylaws fl
the government of the corporation ar
/ may amend the same. They shall ha'
: power to fill the vacancies occurrir
II in the Board from any cause, and
d appoint from among their number 8
l. Executive Committee, which to the e,
tent provided by resolution or by Il
: said bylaws, shall have and exerci
al the powers granted the directors