The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-02
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
The Double Standard Mining
 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 jaws of the Territory of Arizona; and we hereby certify,
 First: That the name Of said corpora ton shall be THE DOUBLE STANDARD MINING COMPANY, and the place of business of said corporation IS to be trans acted shall be in the City of Yuma, County of Yuma. Territory ot Arlzona.
 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-bearlng 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 or ana 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 vladucts for the development, storage and transporta- ton of water for all purposes Iopurchase, erect, carry on and dispose ot mills, manu- IdcUuTlIS ana PIdiltoJ pun pm s 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 of other 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 ol the United States, or elsewhere, and al 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, 000,000.00) and the number of shares into which it is divided is one million q 900, ,000) shares oI the par value of one dollar ($1) each; and that such capital stock so authorized shall be paid up in full upon the issuance thereo1 and when so issued shall be nOn- n-assessable
 Fourth: That the time of the cOmmenc
 
 18th day of Septemb 1897, and that the termination of the said Corporation shal be on the 18th day of September, 1922. Fifth: That the officers or persons by whom the affairs of this Corporation shal be conducted shall be five (5) in number who shall be known as Directors" anC who shall together constitute Board O. Directors, in which Board of Directors, a' such, shall be vested the corporate powers of the corporation, and the names of tht persons who are appointed to serve as suci Directors for the first fiscal year and untl their successors are duly elected and quail fed are as follows: F. L. Dodge, w E. Thompson, R. $. Dyas, Thomas Illus sev and R. H. Chandler. That the Di rectors of the Corporation shall hereafter b.
 elected by the stockholders at the annua meeting of the stockholders, winch shall b
 held on the first Monday in Sept. of eacl year. That the officers of the Corporation shall be a President, Vice-President, Score , tary and Treasurer, who shall be elected b. the Board of Directors at their first meet ing held subsequent to their election a g such Directors,
 3 Sixth: That the highest amount of in r debtedness or liability 10 which the corpor
 atiOn is at any time to subject itself is thu sum of ten thousand dollars ($10, ,000.00). : Seventh: That the private property o
 each and every stockhOlder of this COrpOr
 ation shall be exempt f.om all corpOrat
 debts and liabilities, of whatsoever nature
 of the said corporation.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunt
 set our hands and seals this, the 28th da
 of September, 1897.
 WE. THOMPSON, [sEAIl