ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
of the
YOSEMITE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
XXXXXXKNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, the undersigned,
a majority of whom are citizens and residents of the State of
California, have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a CORPORATION under the laws of the State of California.
AND WE HEREBY CERTIFY,
XXXXXXFirst, That the name of said Corporation shall be the
YOSEMITE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY.
XXXXXXSecond, That the purpose for which it is formed, are;
To purchase, construct, maintain, operate and conduct stage
and transportation lines in the State of California, to be
operated by horse, steam, electricity or any other motive pow
er for the carrying of passengers, mail, freight and express
thereon and thereover for hire, with all the necessary equip
ment for the same; also, to conduct, purchase, own and main
tain public or private telephone lines and to operate the
same and the business thereof; and to lease said telephone lines
to other persons or individuals, or to contract with other per
sons or individuals, for the construction, operation and main
tainance thereof, and to buy, build, maintain, operate, run and con
duct all kinds of conveyances and stock for transportation
of passengers, mail, express and freight, and to carry on a
general express and freight business in connection with the
operation of said stage and transportation lines and have
and exercise such other powers as any stage and transportation
company may be allowed by law to exercise at present or in the
future; with full power to issue its stock in accordance with
its by-laws and the laws of the State of California; and to
borrow money and issue bonds upon its property; and, in con-
nection with said stage and transportation company, to acquire,
own and operate electric plants for the generation of electri
city for power and light or either with full power to use, sell
and distribute the same, and to purchase or build power houses,
buildings, dams, flumes, pipes and wires for said purposes; and
acquire by gift, purchase or appropriation, water and water rights
and to construct or buy dams, canals and reservoirs, and use sell
and distribute water and water rights, and to buy or otherwise
acquire all real estate necessary and proper for the exercise
of the powers of said corporation; ad, to purchase, construct,
own or lease and operate warehouses, sawmills, hotels, stores,
eating houses, station buildings, engine houses, machine and
engine shops as may be deemed necessary for the carrying on of
the business of said company and the business of a common car
rier; and to obtain and receive gifts of real and personal
property, subscriptions towards the equipment of its bus
iness and to purchase, construct, own, maintain and operate,
in conjunction with said stage and transportation lines such
branch and side lines between said main lines and such points
as the Board of Directors of said company may from time to
time determine to be necessary for the business of said stage
and transportation company.
XXXXXXThird. That the place where principal business of
said Corporation is to be transacted is, City of Merced, Merced
County, State of California.
XXXXXXFourth. That the term for which said Corporation is to
exist is fifty years, from and after the date of its Incorpor
ation.
XXXXXXFifth. That the number of Directors or Trustees of said
Corporation shall be five and that the names and residences of
Directors or Trustees, who are appointed for the first year,
and to serve until the election and qualification of such officers,
are as follow, to wit:
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| D. K. Stoddard | Merced, | Merced County, California. |
| E. M. Stoddard | Merced, | Merced County, California. |
| John H. Simonson | Merced, | Merced County, California. |
| E. J. McKain | Merced, | Merced County, California. |
| W. H. Turner | Merced, | Merced County, California. |
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XXXXXXSixth. That the amount of the Capital Stock of said Cor
poration is Twenty five thousand Dollars, and the number of shares
into which it is divided is Twenty five hundred of par value
of Ten Dollars, each.
XXXXXXSeventh. That the amount of said Capital Stock which has
been actually subscribed is Four Thousand Three Hundred Dollars,
and the following are the names of the persons by whom the same
has been subscribed, to wit:
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D. K. Stoddard | 150 shares | $ | 1500.00 |
| E. M. Stoddard | 150 shares | $ | 1500.00 |
| John H. Simonson | 75 shares | $ | 750.00 |
| E. J. McKain | 50 shares | $ | 500.00 |
| W. H. Turner | 5 shares | $ | 50.00 |
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XXXXXXIN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 22nd day of November A. D. 1901
XXXXXXSIGNED AND SEALED IN THE PRESENCE
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D. K. Stoddard
E. M. Stoddard
Jno. H. Simonson
E. J. McKain
W. H. Turner
State of California
County of Merced
XXXXXX On this 22 day of Novemebr in the year A. D., Nineteen
hundred and one, before me, J. W. Knox, a Notary Public in
and for the County of Merced, State of California, duly com-
missioned and sworn, personally appeared D. K. Stoddard,
E. M. Stoddard, John H. Simonson, E. J. McKain, and W. H. Turner
known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to and
who executed the same.
XXXXXXIN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my Official Seal, the day and year last above
written.
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J. W. Knox
Notary Public in and for the County of Merced,
State of California.
State of California
County of Merced
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XXXXXXI, W. B. Croop County Clerk of the County
of Merced, State of California, do hereby certify the within
to be a full, true and correct copy of the Articles of Incorporation of the YOSEMITE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY as remains on
file in this office,
XXXXXXIN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my Official Seal, this 27th day of November, A. D. 1901.
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W. B. Croop
Clerk.
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