The Arizona sentinel., 1895-12-14
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE France American Mining and Miiling
 Company.

" NOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS -EA- That we the undersigned have associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming 9 corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona.
 And wet ..ereby certify as follows: FIRST, 1.-The names Of the incorporato.s are: X. c. Adams, II. Harrison, J. L. Curtis and E. Nj. Browdcr. And the name of the corporation is and shall be Franco-Americaa Mining and Milling Company and its principal place of transa ting 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.
 SECoNp.--The general nature of business pro- 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 Statt or Territory of the United States of North America
 developing working, holding or selling same ant
 acquiri1 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 sanfe said Board of Directors sec fit anG crder.
 TalRD.-The amount of capital stock authorized by this corporation is ten million (9l0,O00, GOO.
 dollars, diTidsd into one million shares of the pal
 value of ten (slG) dollars per share, and is to b, issued and paid up IS called for from time to tim
 by the Board of Directors of this corporation OF b,
 being issued and delivered from time to time by th
 said Board of Directors in payment of propertl purchased by this corporation, CT f-r debts con
 tracted by this corporation.
 l FoURTH.--Thc time of the commencement of thi corporation shell be the date of the day of thu
 filing of these articles of Incorporation in the ofict | Cf the County Recorder Ct said Yuma County
 Territory of Arizona, and it's corporate existence ! shall continue for the term Of twenty years iron
 and after said date unless sooner dissolved by 1 two-thirds majority vote of the stockholders. ! FitTH.--The affairs of this corporation arc to bt l conducted by Board Of Directors 10 be elected
 annually upon the first Tuesday in January Of eaci and cry and the election of said Director, ! shall be in GccO dance with the bylaws of saiC 1 corporation. All officers and directors of safe l corporation shall be stockholders of said corpor ation.
 | SIxTu.-The highest amount Of indebtedness ol liability to hi-a this corporation may at any time | he subject shall he ten thousand dollars. | SEyENiH.--Ihe private property of the stock
 holders and directors Of this corporation zhau be 1 exempt from corporate debts.
 EIGHTu.-i Ac officers g- this corporation shall be ! 8 President, FicePresident, Secretary, and | Treasurer and such other officers as the Board o i Directors may see proper to name and elect by 1 rls0lutioD, and may be necessary and essential ! in conducting the affairs of this corporation. ! EINTH.-'fhe Directors elected for the first year ! and until the first annual meeting of the stock holders the First Tuesday n JanU Gry, 1895 are 1 H. Harrison, J L. Curtis, E. NJ. Browder, Murat ! Nasterscn, and Thomas J. Hurley. Who shall act
 aS such until their successors are duly elected at
 said hrst annual meeting of the stockholders 1 TENTu.-That majority of the Directors shal
 constitute a quorum and that quorum sha have power Co adopt bylaws and transact al othc 1 corporate business.
 1 ELEVENTH These articles of incorporation may be amended by maiCrity vote of the Board o | Directors when authorized by vote or wrivten
 assent of the stockholders representing two third | of the capital stock of this corporation. | In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed
 our names and affixed our seals, this July 18th l 1895.