The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-14
ARTICLES OF IKCORPUnAIIvN
The M0jaVe Gold Mining and
 hHillinq 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; and we hereby certify.
 First: That the name of said corpora ton shall be TIE MoJAvE GoLD MINING kNp MILLING COMPANY, and the place where the prnclpaI business of said corporation is to be transacted shall be in the City Of Yuma, County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona.
 Second: That the purpose for which the Corporation Is Orcauized and the general r0uune 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 or metal
 and nlner2l-bearlng ore oi every nature
 and description, and compounds and min
 ing locations and properties Oi every kind
 and description, and to conduct and carry
 on general mining business. To locate, claim, operate, acquire, dispose of and otherwise Geal in water and water rights 1 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 ail purposes. To purchase, erect, carry on aDddispOse Of mills, manu- featuring and reducing plants, pumping | stations, store and warehouses, and to ac- quire by right of eminent domain or other 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 tD do oil I ,o+ ,oh ha veniept necessary or incident to the tran
 sactIon 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 sll 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 Ten Thousand Dollars ($l0, 100000 and
 the number of shares into which 1t IS divided is one million q 0G000l shsres of
 the par value Of one cent {1c) each; and
 that such capital stock so authorized shall
 be paid up in full upon the issuance thereof and when so issued shall be non -asseSSabe
 Fourth: That the time of the commence
 ing of the said Corporation shall be on the
 5th day of August 1897, and that the ter
 imitation of the said Corporation shall be on the 5th day of August, 1922
 Fifth: That the officers or persons by
 whom the affairs of this Corporation shall be conducted shall be three (3) 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: J. H. Trout, G. Nj. Giffen and E. 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 of August of each year. That the officers of the Corporation | shall be a President, Vice-President, Secre- tary and Treasurer, who shall be elected by the Board of Directors at their first meet ] ing held subsequent to their election as
 such Directors,
 1 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 (S10, ,G00.00). ! Seventh: That the private property Ot each and every stoCkholder of this COrpOr- i atiOn shall be exempt fOm all corporate | debts and liabilities, Uf whatsoever nature, ! of the said corporation.
 | IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereuntC set our hands and seals, the 5th day oi l August, 1887.