The Arizona sentinel., 1895-11-30
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 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 a Arizona. And We do hereby certify as follows:
 FIRsT,-The names of the incorporators are: '. c. Adams, H. Harrison, J. L. Curtis and E. M. Browder. And the name of the corporation is and shall be Franco-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 dgree 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 ally other manner acquiring title to mines and mineral lands in said Territory of Arizona and in any State Territory of the United States of North America, developing, working holding selling same and acquiriIg title to any other real personal prop ertY by purchase, 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.
 THIRD.-The amoint 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 corporation or by being issued and delivered from time to time by the said Board of Directors in pa7tnent of property T1ifra ocad bNyf tracted by this corporation.
 FoURTH.--The time of the commencement of this corporation shrll 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-thrds majority vote of the stockholders.
 FTTH.-The affairs of this corporation are to be conducted by Board of Directors to be elected annually upon the first Tuesday in January of each and every ear and the election of said Directors shall be in acco dance with the bylaws of said corporation: All officers and directors of said corporation shall be stockholders of said corpor atiOn.
 SIxTH.-The highest amount of indebtedness or 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 FreSluenI, flce-FreS1dent, Secretary, and Treasurer and such other officers as the Board of Directors may see proper to name and elect by resolution, ahd as may be necessary and essential in conducting the affairs of this corporation NINTH.-The Directors elected for the first year and uEtil the first annual meeting of the stock holders on the First Tuesday in January, 1898 are H. Hsrrison J L. Curtis, E. M. Browder Nurat MastersOn, and Thomas J. Hurley. Who shall act as such until their successors are duly elected at said first annual meeting of the stockholders. TENTH.-That a majority of the Directors shall constitute quorum and that 6 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 vote written assent of the stockholders representing two-thirds of the capital stock of this corporation. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed 1895.
 A. G. ADAMS, Cseal)
 II. HARRISON, (Seal) \
 J. L. CURTIS, (Seal)
 E.. NJ. BROwOER, (Seal.) TERRITORY OF ARIZONA County of Yuma. Before me- Notary Public in and for said .ounty and Territory this day personally an- reared A. G. Adams, Harrison, J. L. Curtis anc | .i Btcwder, kn n 70 me to be the person | .:rs.. L.-oi .le subscribed to the foregoing in u.'.. 's- -..4 rfs puf."-- ahG consideratio n Ic- -,. Z .sA.-. .NUE!. FURRY.
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