Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-06-02
RIVER rERRY COMPANY

F. K. J. J.'McBRIDE. : Secretary.
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 COLORADO n1vSn Fl RnnRx COMPANY Know All Men By These Presents.
 That we. the undersigned. have this the purpose of forming a corpora ton un- der the laws of the State of Arizona, and hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation: --.-...., -..,.-.-, 2
 ARTICLE I. The name of this cor e%1.asapo eeTae1Hn seail R1%ER S1 FERRY COMPANY
 ARTICLE II.r~The names, residences and post office addresses of the incor- porators ale H. L. McCarn. Robert w. Davidson and E. Everett all of Chloride, Mohave County, Arizona.
 ARTICLE HI. The principal place oi business of this corporation within the State of Arizona and where its office is situated is Chloride, Mohave County, Arizona; but other offices may be estab- Iished and maintained within or without the Board of Directors may designate. the State of Arizona at such places as where any and all corporate business may be transacted. g.
 ARTICLE ". The general nature of the business to be transacted by this company is to provide means of trans portation and communication between the Sattes of Arizona, Nevada and Cal ifornia, by the establishment of ferry across the Colorado River, at a point where the Chlotide-Searchlight highway crosses said river.
 To establish other ferries along said Colorado River whenever need arises for the same.
 To buy and sell. build and operate boats of any description;
 To contract fer, lease, buy and sell any land adjacent to the river which II Is necessary or expedient to own for the proper conduct of its ferry busi- ness or any other business which is al lowed by it's articles of incorporation
 To contracts for, lease. buy and sell and operate stage and transfer lines or companies. automobiles, auto trucks or wagons and supplies and parts for the same: ~2
 To erect. contract for lease. buy and sell buildings, buy sell and operate hotels and comnlissaries; To purchase or acquire in any lawful manner, and to own, mortgage, pledge, transfer or sell or in any manner dis chandise and to acquire the good will, rights and property and to undertake the whole or any part of the assets of liabilities of any person, firm associa- in cash or the stock of this company, or otherwise, to hold or dispose. in a-,y manner, of the whole or any part of any business so acquired or to conduct the same, exercising all the necessary or convenient powers in the management of such business:
 To enter into, make and perform con- tracts of any kind with aany person, firm, association. corporation. nlunici- pality. body polite, state government or any dependency thereof; = ! To borrow and loan money and to do all other things necessary or convenient to carry out the purpose of the above business in the United States or any part of the world, to own shares of its own capital stock and that of other cor porathns, and to vote any stock owned by 1t tf e same as a natural person might or could. to issue bonds, notes, deben- lures and other evidences of indebted ness and secure the payment of the same by mortgage, deed of trust or
 ARTICLE V. The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be ten thousand dollars ($1Q,000.00) di- vided into two thousand (2,000) shares of the par value of five dollars ($5.00) each. -.,
 of this amount five hundred (500) shares shall be issued and paid for in cash, in services, labor and supplies fur nished and no stock shall be issued ex. cept stock that is paid in full.
 The remaining 1500 shares shall be d at full paid value of $500 per share to pay for extensions or betterment of the company's enterprises on specific auth. orization by the Board of Directors ot this company.
 ARTICLE VI. The>time of the com n1encnment of this corporation shall be the day upon which a certificate of in. corporation is issued by the Arizona Corporation Commission and the termin. ation thereof shall be twenty-five years ,,,it fha rixriIn0 nf nyIya1 as provided by law. ....
 ARTICLEE VII. The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by a Board of Directors, consisting of seven CD members, each of whom shall be a stockholder of record who shall serve for one year from the date of their first annual election, or until their successors are elected and qualified. The directors shall be elected on the, second Monday of January of each calendar year.
 The first Board of Directors shall be elected by the incorporators at the or. ganization meeting which shall be held as soon as possible after the issuance of the certificate of incorporation, and shall hold office until the annual meet. ing of the stockholders, or until theiI Successors are elected and qualified. .
 The officers of this corporation shall be President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. - The Secretary and Treasurer may be oht person, or the Treasurer need not be stockholder.
 ARTICLE VIII The Directors may adopt Bylaws for the government o1 this corporation, with full power te amend the same. They are vested with power to fill vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors from any cause, and may appoint from their own number ar executive committee. ' ARTICLE TX. The corporation m debtedness shall at no tim9 exceed one half of its capital stock issued and out standing.
 ARTICLE x. The private property o1