The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-30
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
The D0Gb:a Standard hfininq
 Company.

Know all men by these presents that we the undersigned, have this day vOluntaril. associated ourselves together for the pur pose of forming q corporation under tht laws of the Territory of Arizona; end " hereby certify,
 First: That the name of said corpora ton shall be THE DOUBLE STANDARD MINING COMPANY, and the place O. business of said corporation is to be trans acted shal be in the City of Yuma, County of Yuma Territory of Arizona.
 Second: That the purpose for which the Corporation IS organized and the general routine of the business proposed to be transacted Is, to acquire, purchase, sell. lease, locate, own, control, operate and generally deal in quarries, mines, mining claims, veins, lodes and deposits of metal and mlneral-bearing ore of every nature ! and description. and compounds and min | ing locations and properties of every kind | and description, and to conduct and carry 1 on g general mining business. To locate, | clam, operate, acquire, dispose of and 1 otherwise deal III water and water rights 1 for domestic, irrigation, lighting milling
 and power purposes. To purchase, con- | struCt, lease and dispose of tunnels, dams.
 reservoirs GltcheS, canals and yiaducts for
 the development, storage and transporta-
 ton of water for all purposes. To purchase, erect, carry on and dispose of mills, manu- tacturlnG and reducing plants, pumping stations, store and warehouses, and to ac- qUlre by right of eminent domain or ether
 wise, lands, rights rights of way and fran
 ChlseS for the carrying out of the purposes
 Of tine Corporation. To acqure hold lease. purchase, own, sell and generally deal in
 franchises, easements and real and per
 s0nal property of every kind and nature,
 including stock ofOther corporations. Ald 10 do all and every act which may be con velient, necessary or incident to the tran ] SactlOn of the business of the Corporation ttr~Tf fiaTv1 f,n zOna, or Tn any other Territory or State of
 the United States, or elsewhere, and at ' such place or places as the Board of Direct , ors may from tlTe to time designate. And
 to do and perform any and all acts within
 the scope and purposes of this Corporation, . connected with or relating thereto, which . may be necessary or proper for the pur- n poses of carrying out all or any of the ob- jects herein specified.
 Third That the amount of the capital , stock of the corporation herein authorized '- is One Million Dollars ($1, ,O00, ,000.00) and e the number of shares into which 1t Is d divided IS one million q 000,0O0) shares of n the par value Of one dollar ($1) each; and e that such capital stock so authorized shall f be paId up Ill full upon the issuance thereof ', and when so issued shall be enOn-assesSable. ," Fourth: That the time of the commence S Ing or the said Corporation shall be on the S Zolh day ot September, 1857, and that the n termination Of the said Corporation shall $. be on the 18th day of September, 1922 o. Fifth: That the officers or persons by
 whom the affairs of this Corporation shall
 be conducted shall be five (5) in number, id who shall be known as Directors" and Id who shall together constitute @ Board of
 Directors, in which Board of Directors, as rs such, shall be vested the corporate powers
 of the corporation, and the names of the
 persons who are appointed to serve as such
 Directors for the first fiscal year and until IT, their successors are duly elected and quail ld fed, are as follows: F. L. Dodge, W. he +. Thompson. k. 5. Dyas, Thomas Hus- ot spy and l.. II. Chandler. That the Di-
 rectors of the Corporation shall hereafter be ct elected by the stockholders at the annual 1T, meeting Oi the stockholders winch shall be
 held on the first Monday in Sept. of each
 year That the officers of the Corporation
 shall be President Vice-President, Secre-
 taTy and Treasurer, who shall be elected by
 the Board Ci Directors at their first meet
 ing held subsequent to their election ai .. such Directors.
 Lc Sixth: Ti.at the highest amount of in IT ti deb.edaess or liability 10 which the corpOr Io atCn Is at any time to subject itself IS the re sum of ren thousand dollars S10,GOO.OO). nj SeTenth: That the private property ne each and every stockhOIder of this COrpOi x- aiion shal. bc exempt f.om all corporate .,. debts and liabilities, of whatsoever nature 'i of ths said corporation.
 1E WITNESS WHEREOF, we have heTeunt ia set our hands and seals this, the 2Sth da D. of September, 1897.