The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-14
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Rand Mountain Mining Company

kno" aI men oy these presents that we, the undersigned, c. T. Pepper, F A. Salisbury, F. T. Earl, E. L. Allen and S. H. Ellis, have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose ei forming corporation under the laws of the Terri tory of Arizona, and we hereby certify,
 First: That the name of the corporation shaH be the RAND MouNrXN MINING COMPANY, and the place where the principal business of the said cor poraton is to be transacted shall be in the City of Yuma, County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona
 Second: That the purposes for which the eor- poration is organized, and the general routine Of the business proposed to be transacted, is to ac- quire, buy. sell. lease, locate, own, control and operate quarries, mines, mining claims, veins, lodes, and deposits of metal and nineral-bearing ore of every nature and description, and other compounds. and mining locations aad properties of every kind and description, and to conduct and carry on a general mining business; to raAaufac- ture mining implements, tools, and machinery of every kind and description; to purchase, control, operate sell, and otherwise dispose of, and to op- crate under patents, patent rights, privileges and franchises of every kind and descrption to locate claim, operate and otherwise acquire and dispose of water and water rights for domestic irrigation lighting and power purposes; ts purchase, con- struct, lease and dispose of tunnels dams reserV- ors, ditches, canals and viaducts for the develop ment storage and transportation of water for all purposes; to buy and sell merchandise of all kinds and to conduct and carry on general store, mes- camille and shipping business; to purchase, erect and dispose of mills, nsnufac turing and reducing plants, pumping stations. stores and warehouses, and to acquire by right of eminent domain, or otherwise, lands, rights of way and franchises fer ! the carrying out of the purposes of the eorpors- tion; to acquire, hold, lease, sell, and otherwise deal iR lands leasehold estates and personal proe- erty of every kind and description, and to do all and every act which may be convenient, necsssaxY or incident the transaction of the business os the corporation within the limits of the Territory oG Arizona, in any othsr Territory or state of the United States or elsewhere, and At suah place CT places ss the Board of Directors may from time designate; and to do and perform any asd all acts within the scope and purposes of this corporation connected with or relating thereto, which may he necessary or proper for the purposes of carrying out all or any of the objects herein specified Third: That the amount of the capital stock sf the corporation herein authorized Is One MIlisn Dollars (s1. 900 ooo.OO) and the number of shares into which 1t Is divided Is One Million Shares, of the par value of One Dollar (sl.OO) each; and that SCOCA SO AutuOElkSt1 SuAAl D8 pab0 MR in full upon the issuance thereof, and when 70 1 issued shall be non-assessable. | Fourth: That the time of the commencement ol the said corporation shall be on the Arst day Of June, 1897, and that the termination of the said corporation shall be the first day sf June, ls72.
 Fifth: That the officers persons by whom the affairs of this corporation shall be conducted BhAA be five t5) in number, who shall be known as Directors" and who shall together constitute Board of Directors in which said Board ot Directors as such shall be vested the corporate powers ot the corporation, and the names of the persons who arc appointed to serve such Directors until their successors arc duly elected and qualified, arc e follows: c. T. Pepper, F. A. Salisbury, E. T. Eaxl, E. L. Allen and 8. H. Ellis. That Directors of the corporation shall hereafter be elected by the stock holders st the annual meeting of the stockholders, which shall be held at the ocs of the corporation in the City of Yuma, County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, on the first Tuesday of each year. Thas officers of the corporation other than the Directors shall be . President, Vice-Presidsnt, Secretary, Treasurer, and General Manager, who shAsi hs elected by the Board of Directors at their Arst ee | ing held subsequent to their election a saeA Directors.
 Sixth: That tho highest amount of indshtsdnsss or liability to which the corporation is st any tine | to subject itself Is the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars Calso, ,ooo.oo.)
 l Seventh: That the private property of esch sn4 every stockholder of this corporation shall bs sz- empt from all corporate debts asd liabilities, o( whatsoever nature, of the said corporation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have hereunto, ie quintupls set hands and seals this 2eth Gay sf May A D. 1897.