Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
A ARTICLES AND CERTEFCATE OF INCORPORATION.
 OF THE LEILA MINING COMPANY.

We the undersigned: Lamon v. darkness, Elmer A. Howard, Thomas H. Hams, Will liam H Whiteside, Frank Jarvis and Lamon D. H. Russell associsting ourselves together to form corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and especially in con- forInity with Chapter two Title Twelve of the Revised Statutes of said Territory, do make, subscribe and acknowledge in duplicate these articles of incorporation
 First-The name of this corporation, is hereby declared to be the Lela Mining Com pany, and the principal place for the tran saction fits business shall be in Casa Grande County of Pinal, Territory of Arizona.
 Second-The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by it is: to carry on the business of mining ill Arizona Ter ritory; the location, pre- emption, purchase, acquisition and sale of mines, mill sites, wa ter rights, aud mining rights, and the develop ment and working thereof; the purchase and sale or other acquisition or disposition of ores; the erection, purchase, operating, and sale of mills, furnaces, and other appliances of of and for the working and reduction sf ores; the construction ownership, use, and sale of ditch es, fumes, reservoirs, railways, roads, and tramways, convenient and necessary therefor; the procuring of title to timber lands millsites, water hts, town sites and other property or rights, which the Company may think con duciSe to any of it's objects, also to carry on any other business which may seem to the Oomp2ny cap%D4e or cOnFenlenblY car ried on inkconnection with any one of these ob- jects, or otherwise calculated to render any of the Company's property or rights, for the time being profitable.
 Third The amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be Five Millions of dollars, divided into Two Hundred Thou sand shares, of the par value of twenty-five dollars each, and the same shall be full paid, and non -assessable. The full amount of said capital stock shall be paid immediately upon making subscription therefor, either in money property or services, under the conditions and terms ordered or approved by the Board of Directors of the Company. | Fourth-The time of the commencement of | of this corporation shall be the day of the filing ofthese articles in the office of the Re- corder of Pinal county, Territory of Arizona, and shall terminate twenty-five years there | after.
 Fifth--The highest amount of indebtedness 1 or liability, direct contingent to which | this corporation Is at any time to subject it. self is the sum of Twenty Five Thousand Dol lars,
 Sixth-The private property of the stock holders shall be exempt from the debts Of the | corporation.
 Seventh-The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by ! board of directors, to be composed of not more than five persons who shall be elected annually by the stock
 
 and until their successors are elected, and l have qualified. The time and manner of said election and the qualifications of directors 5 hall be prescribed in and provided for by the bylaws of this corporation.
 Eighth-The officers of the board of direct ors shall be President, First and Second l Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and General Manager and such other officers g: said board shall order and appoint.
 Ninth The board of directors shall have power to establish bylaws and make all rules and regulations necessary for the manage ment of the affairs of the corporation and it officers.
 Tenth-Meetings of the board of director, 2lay be called and held in such manner, and a such place or places as the bylaws shall pro vide, and the bylaws may provide for he hold ing of meetings of stockholders and of lh Board of Directors outside of the Territory 0 Arizona.
 Eleventh-The following named persons : who are subscribers to the capital stock o } this corporation, shall constitute its board 0 directors, until January lst 1889, and unti their successors are duly elected and have qual fled viz: Lamon V. Hardness, Elmer A. How ard, Thomas H. Hams, William H. Whitesid and Frank Jarvis.
 In witness whereof, we have hereunto set ou hands this 11th day of September, 1888.
 Executed in triplicate.
 , L. V. FAIRNESS. , ELMER A HOWARD THOMAS H. HAMS.
 WILLIAM H. WHITESIDE. } FRANK JARVIS n LAMON D. H. RUSSELL.
 State of Missouri, County of Jackson. ss Before me, Jno Sullivan a notary publ ) in and fol said county on this day personall n appeared LamOn V. Hardness. Elmer Howard, Thomas H. 1jams, William t Whiteside, Frank Jarvis a Lamon D. | U Russell known to to be the persoI whose names are subscribed to the foregoin s instrument, and severally acknowledged to II that they executed the same for the purpo' and consideration therein expressed. 5 Given under my hand and seal of oft this 1lth day of September, A. D. 18S8 o [Seall JNO. SULLIVAN, U Notary Public
 Filed and recorded st request of L. l 5 Laughlin on the 17th day of Sept, A. l 1888, at 10 minutes past nine o'clock a. m., Book No. l. Articles of Interpretation pa, 2 =, Records of Pinal County, Arizona
 30. J. WHITESIDE Recorder Territ tory of Arizona, County of Pinal ss.
 I, Bo. J. Whiteside, Recorder in and f
 the County and Territory aforesaid, do her B by certify that the above and foregoing is T full, true and correct copy of the Articles T. Incorporation of the Lela Mining Compan
 as the same appears on record ill my off )o in Book l, of Articles of Incorporation, M Page -, Records of Pinal County, Arizon '0 and as the same has been examined and col
 pared by me.
 )0 Witness my hand and official seal this 1 .d day of December, A. D. 1888. ~ 80. J. WHITESIDE. IS GSeall Record of 100000 lh. Contract to Let.