Graham guardian., 1895-08-23
HRTICLES OF InC0RP0'
RHTI01.
Of the Graham County Min
ing and Smelling Com
pany.

We, II. n. CHLARSoN, w. Z. BROWN, LARS II
CHLARsoN WESLEY W HALTERMAN II. R
CHLARsON, S. NJ. HALTERMAN, and W. C.
HoYT hereby associate ourselves together, or
ganize and form corporation to transact the
business of mining. smelling, selling and other
wise disposing of gold, silver, copper and other
ores and metals, and also to purchase, sell own
and hold all real property and all personal
| property that may be necessary or expedient
in transacting said business.
| The name of said corporation shall be THE
GRAHAM COUNTY MINING AND SMELT-
ING COMPANY, and its principal place of bus
ness shall be at the town of Thatcher, in the
County of Graham and Territory of Arizona.
| The capital stock of said corporation shall be
One Hundred Thousand Dollars, which shall
be divided into Ten Thousand Shares, and
each of said shares shall be of the par value of
ten dollars.
| All stock must be paid for as soon as it is is
sued.
| The working capital OF this corporation shall
be Twenty Thousand Dollars.
The time of the commencement of this cor
poration shall be the day on which these arti
cles of incorporation shall be filed for record in
the office of the county recorder of said Graham
| county, and its time of termination shall be
twenty years after said time of commencement.
The affairs of said corporation shall be con-
| Quoted by the following officers, TO wit: A
| board of directors, each of whom must own
stock ofsaid corporation. One of said directors
shall be president of the corporation, and said
president shall be eX-oficio chairman cf said
board of directors. Another one of said direc-
tors shall be vice-president of the corporation
| The vice-president shall act as president when
ever the president is absent or unable to act.
A secretary and treasurer of said corpora
| ton shall be chosen.
All officers of this corporation shall be elected
by ballot by majority of the stock thereofrep-
resented at each annual meeting of said stock
owners. but in case of an emergency they may
be elected at any regular meeting. Said annual
meeting shall be held at,said principal place of
business on the first Monday in September of
each year.
The highest amount of Indebtedness which
said corporation may contract or have at any
time shall not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars.
The private property of all stock owners in
said corporation shall be exempt from all its
corporate debts and liabilities.
None but owners of its stock shall be eligible
| 10 any OluCe VI uutliHtu W amy blltt III
| said corporation.
| The following officers are chosen by said cor
poratlon and authorized to act from the COM
mencement of the corporation until the first an
nual meeting of said stock owners 10 be held on
the first Monday in September, A. d. 1895, to-wit:
| W. G. HoYT,
| LARS II. CHLARsoN,
| SILEs NJ. HALTERMAN, Directors.
W. +. BRowN,
| H. n. CHLARSoN
II. n. CHLARsoN. President.
W. E. BROWN, Vice-President.
| II. Il. CHLARsoN, Secretary.
| WESLEY W. HALTERMAN. Treasurer.
These articles of incorporation may be amend
ed at any annual or regular meeting of said
stock owners by majority of the stock there
represented
| II n. CHLARSoN,
| W. c. HoYT,
| II. r. CHLARsoN.
w. L. BROWN,
| l.. II. CHLARsON,
WESLEY HALTERMAN.
S. NJ. HALTERMAS.
TERRITORY OF ARIzoNAl
COUNTY OF GRAHAM, %
Before me this day appeared II. N. Chlarson
| w. f. Brown, Lars II. Chlarson Wesley W.
Halternan, H. X. oniarsoh, :. NJ Waterman
and W. e. Hoyt, with all of whom am, and for
a long time have been, personally and well
acquainted, and each of them acknowledged to
me that he is one of the corporators whose
names are subscribed to the foregoing articles
of incorporation. and each for himself further
acknowledged 10 me that he executed said ar
ticles freely voluntarily and for the purpose
and uses therein stated.
In witness whereo / have hereunto set my
hand and gffixed my official seal this 29thday
ofJune, s. ID. 1895.
Tmns L MIIIIAMs. Notary Puhlic