The Arizona sentinel., 1895-05-18
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
 of the NATIONAL MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CON PANY.

That the names of the incorporatOrs are: Charley J. Barclay, Telfar Creighton, Charles J. Ball, Will liam A. Barker, J. NJ. 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 tornia
 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, ditehes, canals, roads, tram~ays, mills and smelters; to do 8 gen. eral merchandising business, and to do any other act or thing incidental to carrying on 8 genera, mining business.
 That the amount of the capital stock authorized Is five hundred thousand s5oO OOo 0O dollars; to be divided into five hundred thousand (5OO, ,OOO) shares of par value of one (sl.OO) each; and to be paid up 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. V
 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
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 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 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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 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. M. Austin; the Treasurer shall be West Hughes.
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 That the highest amount of indebtedness or liability to wheh the corporation is at any time to subject itself is two hundred and fifty thousand (s25o eO0. .OO) 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 nor. .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 ninety-fve.
 CHARLES J. BARCLAY. (Se l.)
 TELFAIR CREIGHTON. (Seal.)
 CHAs. J. BALL. (Seal)
 WILLIAM A. BARKER. (Seal)
 J. Nj. AUSTEN (Seal.)
 WEST HUGHES. (Seal)
 J. Ross CLAIR. CSeaI.J 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 five, before me, F. E Davis, Notary Public in and for said County of Los Angeles, State of California residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Charles J. Barclay, Telfair Creighton, Charles J. Ball, William Barker, M. Austin. West Hughes and J. Ross Clark, personally known to to be the persons de- scribed in and whose names are subscribed to the foregoing articles of inoorpora-i tion, and they each acknowledged to me that they severally executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein expressed. In witness whereOfI have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written
 F, E. DAVIS. lsEAIl Notary Public in and for the County of Los Angeles, State of California. State of California
 County Of Los Angeles o'
 I, T. E. Newlin, County Clerk and ex-oficio Clerk of the Superior Court in and for said County, (the same being Court of Record, having clerk and sealJ 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 in ard for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized to take such acknow- ledgement; that am acquainted with his signature and believe that the signature of s4i Notary Public 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 g day of April, 1895.
 E. E.. NEwLIS, tsEAL.l County Clerk and ex-ofReio Clerk of the Superior Court.
 The above articles of incorporation of the National Mining and Development Company, received for Record April l2tk, 1895 at 10 o'clock a. m. at request of T. Creighton. Recorded in Book No. l of Bonds and Agreements, page 3SS, Records of Yuma County, Arizsna Territory.
 M. l.. PoOL Recorder,