The Arizona sentinel., 1895-08-24
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Franco American Mining and Milling
 Company.

Z NOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
 IN That thA ,n,.i"~:e---~l- '.s., e-s0Si~sOd ourselves together for the purpose of forming 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 Browder. And the name of the corporation is and shall be Franco-American Mining and Milling 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 agree upon.
 SECoND.-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 acquirEg title to any other real 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 (SlO, ,OeO Oe0) 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 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.--Thc 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 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.-The 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 in accordance with the bylaws of said corporation All officers and directors of said corporation shall be stockholders of said corpor- ation.
 SIxTH.--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.
 EIGHTH.--The officers of this corporation shall be e President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer and such other officers the Board of Directors may see proper to name and elect by 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 January, 1896 are H. 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. TENTH.--That majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum and that quorum shall 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-thrds of the capital stock of this corporation. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names and affixed seals, this July l3th 1895.