The Arizona sentinel., 1895-05-04
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
 of the NATIONAL MINING AND DEVELOPMENT COM. PANY

NAuV" OH HUH Dy lneSe preSenJS. Inat we, tne 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" Thatthe names of the incorporators are: Charley J. Barclay, Telfair Creighton, Charles J. Ball, Will liam A. Barker, J. NJ. Austin, West Hughes and Ross Clark,
 That the principal place for trausacting business of said corporation shall be at Yurla Yuma County Arizona, with branch office at Los Angeles Cali fornia.
 That the purposes for which it Is formed are to buy, sell, lease and 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, tram"ays mills and smelters; to do gen eral merchandising business, and to do any other act or thing incidental to carrying on a genera, mining business.
 Ah@s ehS 0AAcuuJ Oi Cue CaplCal SCOCk auCnOr1ZeO is five hundred thousand (S5OO, 900 OO) dollars to be divided into five hundred thousand (5OO 0OU) shares of par value of one (slOO) 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 oi mining property purchased by this corporation
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 That the time of commencement of this cerpora tion shall be forthwith, and its corporate existence to continue for the term of twenty five (25) years from and after the date of this 1ncorporation That the affairs of the corporation are to be con ducted by seven Odirectors to be elected annually upon the first Tuesday in March of each year,
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 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.
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 Thai the president of the said corporation, until after the election of the Board of Directors upon the first Tuesday in March, 1896, shall be Charles J. Barclay; the Vice President shall be TeIfair Creighton; the Secretary shall be J. M Austin; the Treasurer shall be West Hughes
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 That the hightest amount of indebtedness or liability to which the corporation is at any time to subject itself is two hundred and fifty thousand (s25O, 900. OO) dollars.
 tba TorIy aka this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts. The corporate stock shall be non assessabe after the same has been fully paid up.
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 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 ninetyfve
 CHARLES J. BARCLAY. (Se l.)
 TELFAIR CREIGHTON. (Seal.)
 CHAs J. BALL. (Seal)
 WILLIAM A. BARKER. (SeaL)
 J. NJ. AUSTIN. (Seal.)
 WEST HUGHES. (Seal)
 J. Ross CLARK. (SeaI) State of California, County of Los Angeles. '''
 On this nineteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety fve before me, F. E Davis Notary Public in and for said County of Los Angeles State of California, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, appeared Charles J. Barclay, Telfair Creighton, Charles J. Ball, William A Barker, JIM. WaCf and Dosa IT, known to ne to be the persons de- sCribed in and whose names are subscribed to the foregoing articles of inoorpora- tion, and they each acknowledged to me that they severally executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein expressed.
 In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written,
 FEE. D6vIs IsEAL.l Notary Public in and for the County of Los Angeles, State of California.
 State of California,
 County of Los Angeles DID,
 l, T. E. Newlin, County Clerk and ex-oficio Clerk Of the Superior Court in and for said County, Ghe same being Court of Record, having clerk and sea) do hereby certify that F. E Davis by whom the annexed certificate of acknowledgement was signed, was, at the time of signing the same, to- wit, on the 18th day of March A. D. 1895, a Notary Public inaLd for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized to take such acknow- that am acquainted with his signature. and believe that the signature of said Notary Pubc to said original certificate of acknowledgement is genuine; and that the annexed instrument is made executed, acknowledged and certified in accordance with the laws of the State of California In witness whereof, have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at my office, this day of April 1895.
 E. E. NEwLIN, | tsEAL.l County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of | the Superior Court. The above articles of incorporation of | the National Mining and Development Company, received for Record April l2tE, l 1895 at 10 o'clock m. at request of T. | Creighton. Recorded in Book No. l of l Bonds and Agreements, page 3SS, Records | ot Yuma County, Arizona Territory.
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