The Arizona sentinel., 1895-04-27
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
 of the NATIONAL MINING AND DEVELOPMENT COM PANY

Know all men by these presents: That we, the undersigned, have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of form ing corporation under the laws of the Terri tory of Arizona. And we hereby certify:
 That the name of the said corporation shall be ''National Mining and Development Company That the names of the incorporators are: Charley J. Barclay Telfair Creighton, Charles J. Ball, vii liam A. Barker, J. M. Austin, West Hughes and J Ross Clark,
 That the principal place for transacting business of said corporation shall be at Yuma Yuma County, Arizona, with branch ofice at Los Angeles Cali fornia
 That the purposes for which it is formed are to buy, sell, lease and own lands and stock; to own ocate purchase, sell, develop, lease and operate mines and mining properties; to buy, sell lease and own water and water rights and to deYelOpe water; to buy, sell, own, lease and construct fumes, ditches, canals, roads, tramways, mills and smelters; to do gen eral merchandising business, and to do any other act or thing incidental to carrying on a genera mining business.
 That the amount of the capital stock authorized is five hundred thousand (s5OOOOO OO dollars to be divided into five hundred thousand 600 0OO) shares of par value of one ($1.OO) each and to be paid up called for from time to time by the directors of the corporation by being issued and delivered from time to time by the directors in payment of mining property purchased by this corporation. ".
 Tho OF ton shall be forthwith, and its corporate existence to continue for the term of twenty-five (25) years from and after the date of this incorporation.
 That the affairs of the corporation are to be con ducted by @ directors to be elected annually upon the first Tuesday in March of each year, VI.
 That the officers of said corporation shall be President Vice President Secretary and Treasurer and the directors elected for the first year are the incorporators herein above named, who shall act as such until their successors are regularly chosen by meeting held for that purpose upon the first Tues day in March of each year. VII
 Thatthe president of the said corporation, until after the election of the Board of Directors upon the first Tuesday in March, 1S96, shall be Charles J. Barclay; the Vice President shall be Telfafr Creghton; the Secretary shall be J. M Austin; the Treasurer shall be West Hughes
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 That the highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which the corporation is any time to subject itself is two hundred and fifty thousand l ($25O, OO0. .CO) dollars.
 That the private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts. The corporate stock shall be nonassessable after the same has been fully paid up.
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 That majority of the directors shall constitute quorum; and that the quorum shall have the power to adopt bylaws and transact all other business the same full Board of Directors
 In witness whereof we have hercunto set our hands and seals this nineteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-iye
 CHARLES J. BARCLAY. (Se l)