The Arizona sentinel., 1895-10-19
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION r. .s
 OF THE Franco American Mining and Milling
 Company.

K NOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
 IN That we the undersigned have associated
 ourselves together for the purpose of forming
 corporation under the laws of the Territory o
 Arizona.
 And we do hereby certify as follows:
 FIRsT,-The names of the incofporators are: A G. Adams, H. Harrison, J. L. Curtis and E. M Browder. And the name of the corporation is and
 shall be Franeo-American Mining and Milling
 Company and it's principal place of transacting
 business shall be at it's office in the village of Yuma in the County of Yuma and Territory of Arizona with branch offices at such other places as the Board of Directors shall from time to time agree upon.
 | SEcoND.-The general nature of business pro- posed to be transacted by this corporation is min ing, milling, smelting and reducing ores bearing gold silver, copper, lead and other metals and | minerals, buying, bonding, leasing and in any other manner acquiring title to mines and mineral lands in said Territory of Arizona and in any State or Territory of the United States of North America developing, working, holding or selling same and acquri1 title to any other real or personal prop erty by purchas- lease bond or otherwise as the Board of Directors may elect and holding or dis posing of said Board of Directors see fit and order.
 THRD.-The amount of capital stock authorized by this corporation is ten million (sIO OOO OOO dollars, divided into one million shares of the par value of ten (S1O dollars per share, and is to be issued and paid up called for from time to time by the Board of Directors of this exploration or by being issued and delivered from time to time by the said Board of Directors in payment of property purchased by this corporation, or for debts con tracted by this corporation.
 FoURTH.-The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the day of the
 filing of these articles of Incorporation in the office of the County Recorder of said Yuma County, Territory of Arizona, and it's corporate existence shall continue for the term of twenty years from and after said date unless sooner dissolved by a twO-thirds majority vote of the stockholders.
 FFTH.-The affairs of this corporation ara to be conducted by Board of Directors to be elected annually upon the first Tuesday in January of each and every and the election of said Directors shall be in acco dance with the bylaws of said l corporation. All officers and directors of said | corporation shall be stockholders of said corpor- ation.
 SIxTH.--The highest amount of indebtedness or l liability to which this corporation may at any time be subject shall be ten thousand dollars.
 SEvENTH.-The private property of the stock | holders and directors of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts.
 EIGHTH. The officers of this corporation shall be President, Q Vice President Secretary and Il Treasurer and such other officers as the Board of Directors may see proper to name and elect by | resolution, and as may be necessary and essential in conducting the affairs of this corporation.
 NINTH.-The Directors elected for the first year an d until the first annual meeting of the stock holders on the First Tuesday in JanU ary 1898 are H. Harrison, J. L. Curtis, E. NJ. Browder Murat MastersOn, and Thomas J. Hurley. Who shall act such until their successors are duly elected at said first annual meeting of the stockholders.
 TENTH.That majority of the Directors shall constitute quorum and that quorum shall have power to adopt bylaws and transact all other corporate business.
 ELEVENTH. These articles of incorporation may be amended by majority vote of the Board of Directors when authorized by a vote or written assent of the stockholders representing two-thirds of the capital stock of this corporation.
 In witness whereof we have hereuntO subscribed | our names and affixed our seals, this July 18th. 1895