The Arizona sentinel., 1898-02-19
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Of the American Girl Geld Mining Co.

Of the American Girl Gold Mining Ce
 Know all men by these presents, that we, u undersigned II. H Markham, Z. l.. Lowmal Thomas Johnson, G. H. Coffin and Frank Daggett, desiring to become incort oTated nndt the provisions of Title F of the Revised Statutes the Territory of Arizona, as approved March 8tf 1897, do hereby associate ourselves together for tn purpose of incorporating under the said statute and in purchase thereof do hereby make, declar and adopt the following articles of incorpor ation:
 Article l. The name of this corporation shall b the American Girl Gold Mining Company, and tho principal place of business shall be iii the city o Yuma, Territory of Arizona, and in the city O Pasadena, State of California. Tie stockholders O the corporation meeting at the former place, ant tae board of directors, as bsrUiua.eeE eOn5tituted meeting in lie latter place, and tbs corporation shall have power to establish branch 'fices tor the transaction of business at other p!sf % 0e 5e5ig- mated by the bv-laws.
 l Article o. The general nature oi ,ee business proposed to be transacted by the c72 DOT. tion is;
 First Toacquire by pur hase, '-cat . or other wise mines mining locations, 'niit., neiteTs and all ether necessary machinery, property and appa- ratus for the location owning au operating of mines. mills. s1aelter- and kindred o-e-'y Also to manage, operate, control hypoJhc or otherwise enjoy the sane.
 Second To acquire iy purchass location or otaerw ise water and water wriChts lr9 b own, de- veope, op crate, construct control and enjoy such water, water right water systems, Cams, conduits and other necessary adjuncts to any such system for the sale, rental use in deve epment, oper- ation. control and enjoyment of mines and other lawful purposes.
 Third. To carry on a general mercantile busi- ness such as is proper and usual for the purpose of purchasing and selling goods, articles or merchan- disc to it's employees o others desiring the in the locality of it's general business
 Fourth. To transact any manner of lawful busi ness that may be necessary, useful convenient for the purpose of carrying out the general purpose of the corp pration.
 Articles. The amount of capital stock authorized by the corporation shall be the of S30O00o OO, divided into 5000 shares of the par value of fifty (50) dollars each and the times when and the conditions upo1 which it is to be paid in follows tOwit: The entire amount thereof has beer subscribed and will be paid in full upon the filing of these articles with the County Recorder of the said county of Yuma, by the subscribers deedin. to the corpora tion certain mines, mining locations and other property now owned by the subscI bers in the State of California. Article 4. The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be when these articles of in corporation are filed in the County Recorders office of the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, of 4I,a ol he years thereafter.
 Article 5. The oorYorate mowers Of the corpora ton shall be vested il board of five directors who shall he chosen annually by the stockholders n meeting assembled for that purpose n the city of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, on the lst day Of F, b FuarJ of each and every year. T.e said board of directors shall choose presideu vics-rresideEt secretary and trs azurer, wLose---7> office ard si,..;1z -1,s.. e s,lsr'Iis o5 ne by is'
 ----- ,riTeo5ogs shall De so chosen by the stock holders by cumulative voting, each stockholder being permitted to cast as many votes as he holds shares of stock, multiplied by the number of di- rccturs to be elec,ed ari shall be permitted to cast all aid yolss for any one person, to distribute sad Jotas as he lray de.ire.
 Article 6. The highest amour. of indebtedness liability to which the corporation is to at any tune subject itsslf is the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars.
 Article T. Private property shall be exempt from debts. Article s, These articles of incorporation may be amended at any annual meeting of the stockholders or at any special meeting thereof called for that purpose by majority vote of the stock of the cor poration and by filing certificate of said amend dulv ifiad byf 4l,o in the same manner as provided by law for fling the orognal articles. In witness whereof we have hereUnto set our hands ane seals this 27th day of January, 1898,
 II. H. MARKHAM, IsEALI |
 THOMAS JOHNSON, [sEALl
 z. H. LOWMAN, [sEALl
 c. II. COFFIN, IsEALl
 FRANK s. DAGGETT, [sEALI STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
 COUNTY OF Los ANGELES, O.
 On the 27th day of January, befor me Notary Public in and for the County of Los Angeles. State of California. personally appeared H. H. Markham, z H. Lowman Frank $. Daggett and G. r Coffin ] all of whom known to me to be the per ons whoss names are subscribed to the foregoing Instrument , and acknowledged to me that they ex,sutcd the same of their own free will and deol
 Witness my hand and -i,57.7y s al the 2ysh day of January, 1898. .sEALl J. P. CI ICH Notary public in and for the Cou1Jy of Los Angeles, stste of California
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
 County oi San Diego.
 On ,ls 51st day Of January. before me- justice # the ..care iu and for Yuma indlsI r-..4l-rir, personally appeared Thomas Johnson, known to me o be the person whose name is subscribed to the oregoiug instrument and acknowledged to me hat he executed the same of his own free will and Iced. Witness my hand this slst day of January. sa- D. WREN. Justice Of the Peace ID and for County of San Diego and Yuma udicial Township.
 Eecorded at the request of G.H.Co&a, at 9 a. sl rebyl 1898
 C.r GROWN. County Recorder.
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