Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-04-08
mercantile business:

mercantile DuSlneSS; To own, handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares of its own capital stock and that of other corporations, and to cancel and re-is- sue shares of it's own capital stock;
 To issue bonds, notes, debentures and other evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the same and the pay ment thereof by mortgage, deed of trust or otherwise;
 To act as agent, trustee, broker, or any other fiduciary capacity; To bor- row or loan money; and, in general to do and perform such acts and things and transact such business not incon- sistent with law, in any part of the world as the Board of Directors may deem to the advantage of the Cor poration.
 ARTICLE 3.
 The authorized capital stock of this Corporation shall be One Hundred and Fifty Thousand ($150,900) Dollars, divided into One Million Five Hundred Thousand (1,500,000) shares of the par value of ten cents each, which shall be paid in in such manner and at such times as the Board of Direc- tors may designate, in cash, real or personal property, contracts services, or any other valuable right or thing, for the uses and purposes of the Cor poration, and all shares of capital stock, when issued in exchange there for, shall theIeupon and thereby be and the same shall be deemed fully paid for, the same as though paid for in cash, at par, and shall be forever non-assessable, and the judgment of the Board of Directors, as to the value of any property, right or thing ac- quired in exchange for capital stock shall be conclusive.
 ARTICLE 4.
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles according to Law, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thefeafter with the privilege of perpetual suc- cession as provided by Law.
 ARTICLE 5.
 The affairs of this Corporation shall be conducted by Board of not less than three nor more than seven Di- rectors, and such officers as they may select or appoint.
 Until the first annual meeting of the stockholders of this Corporation, the annual meetings of such stock holders being hereby designated to be held on the first Monday in Febru- ary of each year, the following named shall constitute the Board of Direc- tors until their successors are elected and have qualified:
 James M. Curtin, of Kingman, Ari- zona,
 Wm. P. Mahoney, of Kingman, Ari- zona,
 w. P. Geary of Phoenix, Arizona, Henry Johnson of Kingman, Ari Zona. Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be elected from among the stockholders of the Corporation at the annual meeting on the date hereinbe- fore set forth.
 ARTICLE 6. The Board of Directors shall have power to adopt and amend Bylaws for the government of the Corpora tion, to fill vacancies occurring in the Board from any cause, and to appoint an executive committee with such powers as they may determine.
 ARTICLE '.
 The highest amount of indebtedness direct or contingent to which this Corporation may at any time subject itself shall not exceed tWo-thirds of it's apitalization.
 ARTICLE 8.
 The private property of the stock holders and officers of this Corpora tion shall be exempt from all corpor- ate debts of any kind whatsoever. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 2nd day of April, 1921.
 JAMES M. CURTIN, whose P. o. address and residence
 ic Kinurnan Ariznna