The Arizona sentinel., 1898-12-24
ARTICLES OF OTIXCORPORATION-
or THE
Ophir Gold Mines Company.


 under the laws of the Territory ofArizona, and do adopt the following articles of in- corporation, to-wit:
 First. That the names of the corpor- atiors are J. l.. Relondo and C. Y. Meeden; that the name of the incorpor- ation is the Ophir Gold Mines Company; that the principal place of transactinS the business of said corporation is and shall be Yuma, Yuma county, Arizona, with branch offices at such other places as the board of director may from time to time designate.
 Second That the general nature of the butiness proposed to be transacted by said corporation is mining gold anal silver metals, and in the turtherance of that purpose, to buy, sell, lease, bond, develop and operate mines; to buy, sell lease, bond construct. maintain and operate canals, ditches, tumes, well reservoirs, pipe lines and other equipments necessary or incl dental to the development of water for mining, milling and other purposes; to obtain by ypurchase or otherwise mill and building sites; to erect thereon ail neceS- sary buildings, shafts, mills, smelterS, con centratorS, crIshers and every and all and every apparatus or contrtvanre used III the reduction of gold and other metals; to buy, sell. lease, bond, construct, maintain and operate railroads, wagon roads, tramWayS or other agencies suitable for the trans Dortation of ores or other materials to ana from the mines; to own, handle and con trol letters patent and inventions relating to aud incident to the mining, milling, smeIting and reduction of ore; to carry on and maintain a general mercantile buSl- ness: to borrow money, issue bonds and 10 mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dispose ol any and all of its property; to acquire oo'h real and personal property which may Dc ! incidental or necessary to the carrying into effect the objects and purposes for when i 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 0f the purposes hereinbeforc specified.
 Third That the amount of the capital stock of said corporation sbail be one mil 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 ol assigned to said corporation, for services rendered, or upon subscription for cash conditional, however, that no part or DOT ton of said capital stoak shall be issued by the board of directors except the same DC fully paid up, ard when so issued salt stock shail be nOn-assessabie.
 Fourth. That the corporate existence O 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 year' thereafter.
 Fifth. That the affairs of said corpor ation shall be conducted and managed D! q board of seven directors. The first board of directors shall consist of Stephen W Dorsey, Vim IT. Reyondls, James Sim mons. Wayne Griswold, Philip k. Reyn .olds. II. A. Kirkham and J. II. Carpenter who shall hold their office for period one year from the date of fling thes articles in the office of the county recOrde as aforesaid, or until their successors ar elected and qualified. At the expiration of the year first above specified, boar . of directors shall be elected by the stock holders of said corporation at its regula annual meeting; said annual meeting to D held on the second Monday in October | each year. The officers of said corporation shall consist of a president, secretary an' treasurer, and such other. subordlnat officer as the board of directors may tror time to time see fit to appoint. The pres dent shall be member of the board directors and elected by said board at thel first regular meeting held after the annuf stockholders meeting. No person sha be eligible to the office of director unless he a bona fde stockh0lder in said copol atiOn. In the event of the death or resig nation ofany director the remaining mem bers of tie beard of directors of said cor poration shall have the p.,wer to fill sue vacancy for the uneXpred term thereof.
 Sixth. That the big rest amD mt of in debtedncss which said corporation may i any time subject itself to shall not eXcee the sum of five hundred thousand dollors
 Seventh. That all the private rropert of the stockholders ofsaid corporation sha
 be Eexempt from liability for corporal
 debts.
 In witness whereof, we have hereunt
 set our hands and seals this eighth da
 of October, 1898.
 (sEAD J. l.. REDO NO. "
 (sEALf C. Y MEEDEN
 TERRITORY OF ARlZONA,l ss
 COUNTY OF YUMA,
 Before me- 0. F. Townsend, notar
 public in and for the county of Yum
 Territory of. Arizona, personally appeare IJ. l.. Redondo and C. V. Meeden, know to me to be the persons whose names al subscribed to the foregoing instrumen and acknowledged to me that they execute the same for the purpose aud considerable therein expressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of oti this Sth day of October, A, D. 1898. CsEAI) o. +. TOWNSEND, Notary Public. My commission expires April :, 1899.
 Recorded at the request of J. l., k dondo, October 8, 1898, at o'clock pm. C. P. GROWN, County Recorder. Rv R. ". BYLER, Deputy. First publication December 5, 1888.