The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-23
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
The Double Standard MininQ
 Company.

Know all men by these presents that we the undersigned, have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the pur pose of forming a corporation under the laws Of the Territory of Arizona; snd " 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 shall 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 mineral 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 on general mining business. To locate, claim, operate, acquire, dispose of and otherwise deal in water and water rights for domestic, irrigation lighting, milling and power purposes. To purchase, con- struct, lease and dispose of tunnels, dams. reservoirs, ditches, canals and viaducts for the development, storage and transporta- ton of water for all purposes. To purchase, erect, carry on and dispose of mills, manu- featuring and reducing plants, pumping stations, store and warehouses, and to ac- quire by right of eminent domain or ether wise, lands, rights, rights of way and fran chises for the carrying out of the purposes of the Corporation. To acquire, hold, lease. purchase, own, sell and generally deal in franchises, easements and real and per sonal property of every kind and nature, including stock ofOther corporations. And to do all and every act which may be con venient, necessary or incident to the tran sactlon of the business of the Corporation within the limits of the Territory of Ari- zOna, or in 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 time 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- 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, 900, ,000.O0) and | the number of shares into which 1t IS divided is one million q .0O0, ,0O0) shares of
 the par value of one dollar ($1) each; snd | that such capital stock so authorized shall
 be paid up in full upon the issuance thereof and when so issued shall be enon-assessable. | Fourth: That the time of the commenc- | ing of the said Corporation shall be on the i 2Sth day of September, 1897, and that the
 termination of the said Corporation shall | be on the 18th day of September, 1922 | Fifth: That the officers or persons by
 whom the affairs of this Corporation shall
 be conducted shall be five (5) in number,
 who shall be known as Directors" and who shall together constitute a Board of | Directors, in which Board of Directors, as
 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
 their successors are duly elected and quail | fled, are as follows: F. l.. Dodge, W.
 E. Thompson, R. $. Dyas, Thomas Illus
 sey and R. H. Chandler. That the Di-
 rectOrS of the Corporation shall hereafter be elected by the stockholders at the annual
 meeting of the stockholders, which shall be
 held on the first Monday in Sept. of each year. That the officers of the Corporation shall be President, Vice-President, Secre- | tary and Treasurer, who shall be elected by | the Board of Directors at their first meet 1 ing held subsequent to their election as such Directors.
 Sixth: That the highest amount of in-
 debtedness or liability 10 which the corpor- ation is at any time to subject itself is the
 sum of ten thousand dollars ($10, ,0OO.OO). Seventh: That the private property each and every stOckholder of this COrpol
 ation shall be exempt fOm all corporate debts and liabilities, of whatsoever nature,
 of the said corporation.
 | IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereuntO set our hands and seals this, the 18th day
 of September, 1897
 WE. THOMPSON, IsEAL1 F. s DYAS, SEAL R. H. CHANDLER. [sEALl