The Arizona sentinel., 1895-05-25
ARTICLES OF; INCORPORATION.
 of the NATIONAL MINING AND DEVELOPMENT COM
 PANY.

Know all 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 Charley J. Barclay Telair Creighton, Charles J. Ball, Will liam A. Barker, J. NJ. Austin, West Hughes and J. (. Ross Clark,
 That the principal place for transacting 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 and own lands and stock; to own locate, purchase, sell develop, lease and operate mines and mining properties to buy, sel lease and own water and water rights and to develope water; to buy, sell, own, lease and construct fumes, ditches, canals roads, tramSays, 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.
 That the amount of the capital stock authorized is five hundred thousand (s5OOOOO OO) dollars; to be divided into five hundred thousand (5OO OOO shares of par value of one (sl.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.
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 That the time of commencement of this corpora 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- ducted by 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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 Thatth president of the said corporation. until after the election of the Board of Directors upon tilS HrSU 1ueSuay III Marcn, lc90, snail De charles J. Barclay; the Vice President shall be Telfair Creighton; the Secretary shall be J. NJ. Austn the Treasurer shall be West Hughes
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 That the hightest amount of indebtedness CT liability to which the corporation is at any time to subject itself is two hundred and fifty thousand (S250, ,OOO. G0) dollars.
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 That the private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts. The corporate stock shall be non assesseble 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 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-ive