The Arizona sentinel., 1895-06-15
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
 of the NATIONAL MINING AND DEVELOPMENT COM PANY.


 NATIONAL MINING AND DEVELOPMENT COM.
 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: Charles J. Barclay, Telfair Creighton, Charles J. Ball, Will. liam A. Barker, J. M. Austin. West Hughes and {: 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 wfiich 1t is formed are to buy, sell, lease end 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"sys, mills and smelters; to do a gen. eral merchandising business, and to do any other act or thing incidental to carrying on a genera, niining business
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 That the amouht of the capital stock authorized is five hundred thousand (s5OO OOo Oo) dollars to be divided into five hundred thousand 5OO Oou 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 frop mining property purchased by this corporation.
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 That the time of commencement of this cerpors- on shall be forthwith and it's corporate existence to continue for the term of twenty-five (29 years from and after the date of this incorporation. That the affairs of the corporation are to be con- ducted by seven CD directors; to be elected annually upon the first Tuesday in March of each yeat,
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 That the officers of said cofporation 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. NJ. Austin; the Treasurer shall be West Hughes.
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 That the highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which the Corporation is at any time to subject itself is two hundred and fifty thousand ($25O, 900. .OO) dollars.
 That the private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts The corporate stock shall be -assessabe after the same has been fully paid up. 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 l hands and seals this nineteenth day of March. in l the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred | and ninety-fv
 CHARLES J. BARCLAY. (Se D
 TEtFAiR CREiGHToN. (Seal3 |
 CHAs J. BALL. (Seal) l
 WILLIAM A. BARKER. (SeaI) |
 J. II. AUSTIN. (Sesl.) |
 WEST HUGHES fSealA l
 J. Ross CLARK. (Seal.) | State of California, County of Los Angeles. So' On this nineteenth day of March, in the year of l our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety l i've, before me, F. E. Davis Notafy Public in and Tor 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 J. M Austin. West Hughes and J. Ross Clark, personally known to De to be the persons de- | 'cribed in and whose names are | subscribed to the foregoing articles of inoorpora- tion and they each acknowledged to me that they | 'everally executed the same for the purposes and herein expressed
 In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand md affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written
 F, E. DAVIS. [sEAb.l Notary Public in and for the County of Los Angeles, State of California. State of California,
 County of Los Angeles 0''
 I, T. E. Newlin, County Clerk and ex-oficio Clerk 'f the Superior Court in and for said County (the
  anne being Court of Record, having a clerk and eal) do hereby certify that F. E. Davis by whom he annexed certificate of acknowledgement was igned, was, at the time of signing the same, to- Vit, on the 18th day of March A. D. ls95, Notary 'ublic in aI for said County, duly commissioned nd sworn, and authorized to take such acknow I that am acquainted with his signature, nd believe that the signatuIe of id Notary Public said original certificate of acknowledgements is enuine; and that the annexed instrument is made xeeuted, acknowledged and certified in accordance 7ith the laws of the State of California. In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my ame and affixed tFe SC Il of said Court at my office his day of April, 1895.
 E.. E. NEwLIN, IsEAL.l County Clerk and ex-oficio Clerk of he Superior Court
 The above articles of incorporation of he National Mining and Development Company, received for Record April l2th, o95 at 10 o'clock a m. at request of T. ;reighton. Recorded in Book No. of Bonds Snd AQreements OaOe S2S Records |