The Arizona sentinel., 1895-11-16
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Franco American Mining and Milling
 Company.

t-Ez BY THESE pRESENTe.-
 -AA- That we the undersig d have associated
 ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory oi
 Arizona.
 And we do hereby certify as follows:
 FIRsT'-The names of the incorporators are: .
 I. Adams, H. Harrison, J. L. Curtis and E. NJ
 Browder. And the name of the corporation is and
 shall be Franco-American Mining and MiIIinc
 Company and it's principal place of transacting
 business shall be at its 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 aoree upon.
 SEcoND.-The general nature of business nro 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 acquiring title to any other real or personal rroD erty by purchase, lease bond or otherwise, as the Board Of Directors may elect and holding or dis posing of same said Board of Directors see fit and order.
 THIRD-The amount of capital stock authorized by this corporation is ten million C81o GOO ooo ! dollars divided into one million shares of tho par value of ten (s1O) dollars per share. and is to he issued and paid up called for from time to time by the Board of Directors of this corporation r b, being issued and delivered from-tfne to t.ue bv tJ sad Board Of Directors in psvnelt oi proper-r ! purchased 5y tlis c r. liai n, OF 1T .el,.s c. ! trActed ov .t.is -orp yr.,.ion.
 FoURTH.-The time Of the commencement of tbis corporation shell be the date of the day of the filing of these articles of Incorporation in the oa7 of the County Recorder of said Yuma CountTl l territory Of Arizona, and it's corporate existence ] snail continue for the term of twenty years from ana ana aIcer al sald date unless sooner dissolved by 5WO-thlrds majority vote of the stockholders
 FItTH-The affairs of this corporation are to he 'onuuGteu Dy a Board of Directors to be elected annually upon the first Tuesday in January of each md every ear and the election of said Director- mall De Tn acco dance with the bylaws of said | corporation. All officers and directors of said 1 orporatlon shall be stockholders of said corpor- q SIXTH-The highest amount of indebtedness or V liability to which this corporation may at any time e subject shall al, be ten thousand dollars. SEVENIH.-The private property of the stock olders and directors of this corporation shall bc Xempt from corporate debts t. EIGHIH.-The officers of this corporation shall he
 PreSldcnt, Fice-President, Secretary and reasurer and such other officers as the Roard of 'rectors may see proper to name and elect bv sSoIutlon and as may be necessary and essential conducting the affairs of this corporation h NINTH:-Ihe Directors elected for the first year nd until the first annual meeting of the stock al elders on the First Tuesday in Janu arv, 1s96 are u - Harrison, J l.. Curtis, E. M Browder Nurat d' asteIson, and Thomas J. Hurley Who shall act | of such until their successors are duly elected at | Id hrst annual meeting of the stockholders IENTH.--Ihat majority of the Directors shall +r institute quorum and that a quorum shall | we power to adopt bylaws and transact all other Is 'rporate business.
 ELEVENTH. These articles of incorporation may : lt altenueG Dy majority vote of the Board of rectors when authorized by vote or v-ritten sent ol the stockholders representing two-tbirrIs the capital stock of this corporation an III Ill witness %hereof We have hereunto subscribed , IT names and affixed our seals this JnIv 1g+b tn 95. '--' 'ui5 1oVn' -
 A. c. ADAMS, (Seal)