The Arizona sentinel., 1895-11-02
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Franco American Mining and Milling
 Company.

| EI NOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
 IA That we the undersigned have associated
 ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona.
 And we do hereby certify as follows: | FIRsT.-The names of the incorporators are: A
 G. Adams, H. Harrison, J. L. Curtis and E. NJ . l Browder. And the name of the corporation is and shall be Franco-American Mining and Milling Company and it's principal place of transacting busiress shall be at it office In the village of Yuma -- sle ounty of una and Territory of Arizona
 i,h branch odleas 5 such other places IS the Board of Directors shall from time to time agree upon.
 5ssoSD.-Ihe general nature of business pro- posed to be transacted by this corporation is min
 ing. milling, smelling and reducing ores bearing yoId, sIlyer, 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 Territory of the United States Of North America developing. working, holding or selling same and acquiring title to any other real or personal prop erty by purchase, lease bond or otherwise as the Board of Directors may elect and holding or dis posing of same as said Board of Directors sec fit and order,
 THIRD.--The amount of capital stock authorized by this corporation is ten million (SIO OOO, ,OOO) dollars, divided into 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 payment of property purchased by this corporation, or for debts con traoted by this corporation
 FoURTI.-The time of She commencement Q. tais corporation shall be the dase 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 its corporate existence shall continue for the term of twenty years from and after said date unless sooner dissolved by twO-thirds majority vote of the stockholders
 FIFTH.-Ihe 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 Tn acco dance with the bylaws of said corporation All officers and directors of said corporation shall be stockholders of said corpor- atiOn.
 S1xTH.-The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which this corporation may at any time be subject shall be ten thousand dollars
 SHVENTH.-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, @ Vice President, Secretary, and | Treasurer and such other officers as the Board of l Directors may see proper to name and elect by | resolution, and as may be necessary and essential i in conducting the affairs of this corporation.
 NINTH.-The Directors elected for the first year | and until the first annual meeting of the stock holders on the First Tuesday in JanU ary 1896 are H. Harrison, J L. Curtis, E. M Browder, Murat Masterson, and Thomas J Hurley. Who shall act | as such until their successors duly elected at said first annual meeting of the stockholders
 TENTH.-That majority of the Directors shall | constitute a quorum and that a quorum shall V 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 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.