The Arizona sentinel., 1898-12-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
OF THE 0phir Gold Mines Company.

nave lIllS QaY aSSoCated ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory ofArizoua, and do adopt the following articles of in corporation, tO-wit:
 First. That the naares of the corpor- atiors are J. l.. Rad1ndo an c. V. Meeden; that the name of the incorf or ation is the Ophir Gold Mines Company 1; that the principal place of transacting the business of said corporation is and shall be Yuma, Yuma county, Arizona, with branch offices at such other places us the board of directors may from time to time d ,signate.
 Second. That the genera! nature of the butiness proposed to be transacted by said cor 3oraion is mining gold and silver m etals, and in the furtherance of that purpose, to buy, sell, lease, bond, develop and operate mines; to buy, sel; lease, boi.d d construct maintain ant operate canal :, ditches fumes, well reservoirs, pipe lines and other equipments necessary or incl dental to the development of Water for mining, milling and other purposes; to 1 building sites; to erect thereon all neceS . sary buildings, shafts, mills, SmelterS, con ! centratOrs, crIShers and every and all and every apparatus or cOntrtvanca used in tine reduction of gold and other metals: to buy, ! sell. lease, bond, construct, maintain and operate railroads, wagon roads, tramways 1 or other agencies suitable for the trans portatiOn of ores or other materials to and ! from the mines; to own, handle and con 1 trol letters patent and inventions relating to aud incident to the mining. milling, smeiting and reduction of ore; to carry on and maintain general mercantile busi- ness; to borrow money, issue bonds and to mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dispose of any and all of it's property; to acquire both i real and personal property which may be incidental or necessary to the carrying into Ofect the objects and purposes for which said corporation is created and to do and perform any and all and every the acts and things necessary to or iN any manner incidental to the carrying out of all of the l purposes hereinbetOre specified.
 Third. That the amount of the capital stock of said corporation shall be one mil i lion dollars divided into one million shares at the par value of one dollar per share. Said capital stock may be issued by the ! board of directors for property conveyed or assigled to said corporation, for services 1 rendered, or upon subscription for cash conditional however, that no part or DOT l ton of said capital stOak shall be issued by the board of directors except the same be fully paid up, and when so issued said stock shall be non-assessable.
 l Fourth. That the corporate existence of said corporation shall commence on the day and date of the filing of these articles of incorporation in the office of the county recorder of Yuma county, Arizona territory and shall terminate twenty-five years thereafter.
 Fifth. That the affairs of said co?por- atiOn shall be conducted and managed by a board of seven directors. The first board Ot directors shall consist of stephen W Dorsey, Wm. II Reyondis, James Sim mons, Wayne Griswold, Philip K. Reyn- olds, II. A. Kirkham and J . H. Carpenter, who shall hold their office for period of one year from the date of fihAg these articles in the office of the county recorder as aforesaid, or until their successors are elected and qualified. At the expiration of the year first above specified, board of directors shall be elected by the stock holders of said corporation at its regular annual meeting; said annual meeting to be held on the second Monday i'll October in each year. The officers of said corporation shall consist of a president secretary and treasurer, and such other subordinate . officer as the board of directors may from time to time see fit to appoint. The P resi- i dent shall be a member of the board of directors and elected by said board at thelr first regular meeting held alter the annual stockholders meeting. No person shall be eligible to the office of director unless he be bona fide stockholder in said Copor. ation. In the event of the death or resig- nation ofany director the remaining mem bers of the board of directors of said cor | pOratiOn shall have the power to fill Suc! vacancy for the unexpired tern thereof.
 Sixth. That the highest amount of in debtedness which said corporation ny any time subject itself r. shall not excee.l the sum of five hundred thousand dOlorS
 Seventh. That all the private propert of the stockholders ofsaid corporation sinai be sexempt from liability for corporate debts.
 In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this eighth day of October 1898.
 CsEAD J. l.. REDONDO.
 CsEAL) C. V. MEEDEN TERRITORY OF ARIZONA.l COUNTY OF YUMA, '''
 Before me, 0. f. Townsend, a notary i public in and for the county of Yuma Territory of Arizona, personally appeared J.. L. Redondo and C. Y. Meeden, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed .to the foregoing Instrument and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purpose and consideration therein expressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of office this Sth day of October, A. D. 1898.
 tsEAL} 0. F. TowNsEND; Notary Public. | My commission expires April 7, 1899.
 Recorded at the request of fJ. L. Re dondo, October 8. 1898, at o'clock pm.
 C. P. GROWN, County Recorder. By R. w. BYLER, Deputy. i First publication December 8, 1898.