The Arizona sentinel., 1895-05-11
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
 of the NATIONAL MINJNG AND DEVELOPMENT COM PANY.

PANY.
 Know all men by these presents: That we, the undersigned, have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of form ing corporation under the laws of the Terri tory of Arizona And we hereby certify: That the name of the said corporati on shall be "National Mining and Development Company That the names of the incorporators are: Charley J. Barclay, Telfair Creighton, Charles J. Ball, Will liam A. Barker, J. M. Austin. West Hughes and J Ross Clark,
 That the principal place for transactiDg business of said corporation shall be at Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, with branch office at Los Angeles Cali fornia.
 That the purposes for which it is formed are to buy, sell, lease aud own lands and stock; to own locate, purchase, sell, develop, lease and operate mines and mining properties; to buy sell. lease and own water and water rights and to develope water; to buy, sell. own, lease and construct fumes, ditches canals roads, tramways mills and smelters; to do zen. eral merchandising business, and to do any other act or thing incidental to carrying on a genera, mining business.
 That the amount of the capital stock authorized is five hundred thousand (S5O0 900 Oe1 dollars to be divided ntofve hundred thousand (5OO, ,OOO) shares of par value of one (si.OO) each and to be paid up as called for from time to time by the directors of the corporation by being issued and delivered from time to time by the directors in payment of mining property purchased by this corporation. That the time of commencement of this cerpora- tion shall be forthwith, and it's corporate existence to continue for the term of twenty-five (25) years from and after the date of this incorporation. That the affairs of the corporation are to be con. dueted by seven @ directors to be elected annually upon the first Tuesday in March of each year,
 VI.
 That the officers of said corporation shall be President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer and the directors elected for the first year are the incorporators herein above named who shall act as such until their successors are regularly chosen by meeting held for that purpose upon the first Tues day in March of each year.
 VII. That the president of the said corporation. until after the election of the Board of Directors, upon the first Tuesday in March, 1898, shall be Charles J. Barclay; the Vice President shall be Telfair Creighton; the Secretary shall be J. M Austin; the Treasurer shall be West Hughes.
 YIIL That the highest amount of indebtedness CT liability to whish the corporation is at any time to subject itself is two hundred and fifty thousand l (S25O, ,OOO. .0O) dollars. That the private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate | debtS The corporate stock shall be non-assessable after the same has been fully paid up
 K That majority of the directors shall constitute quorum; and that the quorum shall have the power to adopt bylaws and transact all other business the same as full Board of Directors
 In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this nineteenth day of March, in | the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred | and ninety five
 sCBARLEsJ. BARCLAY. (Se L)
 TELFAIR CREIGHTON. (Seal.) |
 CHAs. J. BALL. (Seal)
 WILLIAM A BARKER (SeaI)
 J. M. AUSTIN. (SealO
 WEST HUGHES (SeL)
 J. Ross CLARK. (seal) State of California
 County of Los Angeles 's' On this nineteenth day of March, in the year of | our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety ive before me, F. E. Davis, Notary Public in and or said County of Los Angeles, State of California; residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn. personally appeared Charles J. Barclay, Telfair Creighton, Charles J. Ball, William Barker, JIM. Austin. West Hughes and J. Ross Clark, personally known to to be the persons de scribed in and whose names are to the foregoing articles of ineorpora- tion, and they each acknowledged to me that they 'everally executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein expressed
 In witness whereof have hereunto set my bandi md affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
 F, DAVIS. [sEAL.l Notary Public in and for the County 't Los Angeles, State of California. State of California;
 County of Los Angeles sS'
 l, T. E. Newlin, County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk 'f the Superior Court in and for said County (the anne being Court of Record, having clerk and
 
 he annexed certificate of acknowledgement was lgned, was, at the time of signing the same to- Vit, on the 18th day of March a. D. 1895, a Notary 'ublic in ard for said County, duly commissioned nd sworn, and authorized to take such acknow: | edgement; that am acquainted with his signature, nd believe that the signature of Said Notary Public o said original certificate of acknowledgement is enuine; and that the annexed instrument is made xecqted, acknowledged and certified in accordance 1lth the laws of the State of California la witness whereof, have hereunto signed my ame and affixed the seal of said Court at my office his 9 day of April, 1895.
 E. E. NEwLrN, [sEAL.l County Clerk and ex-oficio Clark of he Superior Court
 The above articles of incorporation of he National Mining and Development 'ompany, received for Record April l2tE, S95 at 10 o'clock a m. at request of T. Creighton Recorded in Book No. l of