The Arizona sentinel., 1895-10-12
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION n
 HF THE -T Franco American Mining and Milling
 Company.

I0 NOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
 AA That we the undersigned have associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory o Arizona.
 And we do hereby certify as follows
 FRsT,-The names of the incorporators are: A G. Adams, H. Harrison, J. L. Curtis and E. NJ. Browder. And the name of the corporation is and shall be Franco-American Mining and Milling ICompany 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 agree upon.
 SEc0ND.-The general nature of business pro- posed to be transacted by this corporation is min ing, milling, snelting 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 Territory of the United States of North America. developing, working, holding or selling same and acquriI 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 said Board of Directors see fit and order.
 THIRD.-The amount 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 payment of property purchased by this corporation, or for debts con. tracted by this corporation. FoURTH.-The time of the commencement of this corporation shall 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 l two-thirds majority vote of the stockholders. FIFTH.-The affairs of this corporation arc to be conducted by Board of Directors 10 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
 SEvENTH.-The private property of the stock holders and directors of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts.
 EIGHIH-lne OhlcerS or t1lS corporation shall be President, Flce-President, Secretary and Treasurer and such other officers as the Board of l Directors may see proper to name and elect bvl resolution, and as may be necessary and essential 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 Janr ary 1898 are Ii. Harrison, J. l.. Curtis, E. NJ. Browder Murat MastersOn, and Thomas J Hurley. Who shall act as such until their successors are duly elected at said first annual meeting of the stockholders TT---ll a mi InrIfv .Nf n. constitute quorum and that a quorum shall l. have power to adopt bylaws and transact all other ELEVENTH. These articles of incorporation may be amended by majority vote of the Board of Directors when authorized by vote or written I assent Of the stockholders representing twotbirds of the capital stock of this corporation
 In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed 1895. ''-' i0'n' I
 A. G. ADAMS, (Seal) ' H. HARRISON, (Sealj
 J. L. CURTIS (Seal5 (
 E. NJ. BROWDER, (Seal) r. TERRITORY OF ARIZONA ( County of Yuma. SS' Before me, Notary Public in and for said }ounty and Territory this day personally an )eared A. G. Adams, H Harrison, J. L. Curtis and i 1 M BroWder, known to me to be the persons I Ihose names are subscribed to the foregoing in- trument and acknowledged to me that they exc ! uted the same for the purposes and consideratons herein expressed. ' [sEAL.l SAMUEL, PJTRDY '
 Notary Public. 1, minutes past o'clock a. m. at the reonest of NJ lasterson, Recorded in Book No l. of Bonds and ' greements, page 404 ct sea- Records of Yuma ] ounty, Arizona Territory