The Arizona sentinel., 1897-05-15
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

1 ESASA AOu1IC UT ''The Barnhart MetaIlurgieal Com, pany.
 We, ". 4. Brown, A. c. Merryman and P. D. Barnhart, hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming cor, poration to be known as "The Barnhart Metallurgical Company" under and by virtue of, and in accordance with, the laws of the Territory of Arizona. ARTICLE I.
 The name of this corporation shall be ''The Barnhart Metallurgical Company"
 ARTICLE II.
 The objects and purposes of this corpora tion shall be to locate, bond, lease, buy, own, sell and work mining property and mineral lands, mill-sites and water rights; to erect, own, sell and operate reduc- tiOn and refining works; to manufacture mining machinery; to buy, own and sell patents; and to do any and all things essen- tial to the carrying on of general mining business and metallurgical work.
 ARTICLE III.
 The principal office of the said corpora, tion shall be in Yuma, Yuma county, Terri tory of Arizona, with the general office at Marinette. Marinette county, Wisconsin.
 ARTICLE ". The, capital stock of this corporation shall be one million dollars (SI, ,O1O, poo. O.OO), to be divided into one million shares of one dollar (Sl .0O) each, fully paid and non-assessable.
 ARTICLE V.
 This corporation shall exist for period of twenty-five years from the date of it's organization.
 ARTICLE VI. The management of this corporation shall be vested in Board of seven directors with the following officers: President, First and Second .Vice-Presidents, Secretary and Treasurer. The following named persons shall constitute the Board of Directors and Officers for the first year, or until their successors are duly elected in accordance with the Bylaws to be adopted by the Board of Directors: P. D. Barnhart, Presi- dent; A. c. Merryman, First Vice-Presi- dent; c. s. Brown, Second Vice. President; w. A. Brown, Secretary; Wm. Ellis, Jr., Treasurer; Carney, Jr., and R. O. Hunt.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The greatest amount of indebtedness or liability to which this corporation shall at any time subject itself shall be one hundred thousand dollars t$lOO, )OO.Ool.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from any and all debts ef the corporation.
 In testimony whersOf, witness our hands and seals on this lst day of March, A. D., 1897.
 W. A. BROWN, [sEALl
 A. c. MERRYMAN, IsEALl
 B. D. BARNHART, SEAL STATE OF WISCONSIN,, SC
 County of Marinette.
 Before me, Chas. J. Ellis, Notary Pub- lie, in and for said County of Marinette, on this day, personally appeared w. A. Brown, A, c. Merryman and P. D. Barnhart, known to me to be the persons whose names are to the foregoing instrument, and to me that they executed the same for the purpose and consideration therein expressed. Given under my hand and seal of office, th;s, first day of March, A, D. 1897,
 CHARLES J. ELLIS, SEAL. Notary Public,
 Marinette County, Wis. STATE OF WIscoNsIN,
 County of Marinette.
 I, Robert O. Hunt, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Marinette. in the State of Wisconsin,, the said Court being a Court of Record and having a seal, do hereby certify that Chas. J. Ellis, Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the jurat of the annexed affidavit, or acknowledgment, was, at the time of taking said affidavit or acknow- Notary Public in and for said county and then was duly authorized by the laYs of said State t0, tAke-the same and to administer oaths within said State: and I further certify that am well ac- quainted with the hand writing of said Chas. J. Ellis and that Isverily believe his signature subscribed to said jurat is gen. uine.
 In testimony whereof, I have bereuute subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Aaripette this first day of March, A. B. 1897.
 ROBERT O. HUNT, Clerk. sEALl Circuit Court, County of Marinette. Received for Record, March Sth. 1897, g o'clock a. m., at request of w. A. Brown, Recorded in Book No. of Bonds and Mg. Page 5lO Seq. Records of Yuma County, Arizona Terri ritOry.
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