The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-16
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
 OF THE American Boy Gold Mining Company.

Knew all men by these presents that we, the undersigned H. H. Markham, Frank S. Dlggett, George D. Patten, D. W. Field and Thomas Johnson, desiring to be- come incorporated under the provisions of Title F, of the Revised Statutes of the Territory of Arizona as approved March Sth, 1897, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of ncorporat- ing under the said statute, and in pursuance there of do hereby make, declare and adopt the follow ing as our articles of incorporation:
 Article 1--The name of this corporation shall be the "American Boy Gold Mining Company" and the principal place of business shall be in the City of Yuma, Territory of Arizona and in the City of Pasadena, State of California. The stockholders of the corporation meeting at the former place, and the board of directors hereinafter constituted, meeting in the latter place, and the corporation shall have power to establish branch offices for the transaction of business at other places to be de- signated by the Bylaws.
 Article 2-The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by the Corporation is:
 First-To acquire by purchase, location or other- wise mines, mining locations, mills, smelters and all other necessary machinery, property and ap- paratus for the location, owning and operating of mnes mills, smeters, and kindred property. Al so to manage, operate, control hypothecate. sell, lease or otherwise enjoy the same.
 Second-TO acquire by purchase, location or otherwise water and water rights, and to own, de- velop, operate, construct, control and enjoy such water, water rights, water systems, dams, con duits and other necessary adjuncts to any such system for the sale, rental in development, operation, control and enjoyment of mines and other laA full purposes.
 Third-TO carry on a general mercantile business such as is proper and usual for the purpose of rur chasing and selling goods, articles merchandise to its employees or others desiring the same in the locality of it's general business.
 Fourth-To transact any manner of lawful busi- ness that may be necessary, useful or convenient for the purpose of carrying out the general purpose of the Corporation.
 i Article 3--The amount of the Capital Stock au- i thorized by the Corporation shall be the sum of ! S3OOOO divided into Six thousand shares of the par value of Fifty (5O) dollars each and the time when and the conditions upon which it is to be paid in are as follows, towit: The entire amount thereof has been 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 sub scribers deeding to the Corporation certain mines mining locations, and other property now owned by the subscribers in the State of California
 Article 1.-The time of the commencement of this Corporation shall be when these articles of incor- poraton are filed in the County Recorders office of the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, and the termination of the corporation shall be twenty five years thereafter.
 Article 1.-The corporate powers of the Corpora tion shall be vested i'll Board of five directors who shall be chosen annually by tn: stockholders in meeting assembled for that purpose in the City of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, the Sth day of July of each and every year. The said Board of Directors shall choose President, Vice President Secretary and Treasurer, whose term of office and duties shall be specified by the Bylaws. he said Board of Directors shall be chosen by the stock hol iers by cumulative voting, each stockhoder be- | ing permitted to cast many votes as he holds shares of stock, multiplied hy the number of Di- rectors to be elected and shall be permitted to all of said votes for any one person. to distribute said votes as he may desire
 | Article 6--The highest amount of indebtedness CT liability to which the Corporation is to at any time subject itself is the sum of Twenty-Five thous- and dollars.
 | Article 7--Private property shall be exempt from corporate iebts.
 Article S--These articles of incorporation may he | amended at any annual meeting of the stOckhold- CTS or at any special meeting thereof called for that : purpose by majority vote of the stock of the corporation and by filing certificate of said amend | | Corporation, in the same manner provided by ! law for filing original articles.
 In witness whereof have hereunto set our hands and seals this 20th day of June IS99 H. H MARKHAM, (sRAL) FRANK $. DAGGETT, (sEAL) GEORGE D. PATTON, (sEAL) b. W. FIELD, (sEAD THOS JOHNSON, (sEAD STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Los Angeles kss On this 29tb day of June, 1899, before me- & No tary Public in and for the County of Los Angeles State of California, personally appeared H. H. MarkhaIn Frank $. Daggett. George b. P ttten and D. w Field, all of whom known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the fore. going instrument, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same of their own free wlll and deed.
 Witness my hand and Notary seal the 29th day of June, 1899. J. CHURCH, Notary Public in and for the County of Los An geles, State of California.
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, County of Yuma lss.
 On this 7th day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine, before me, F. L. Ev- ing, Notary Public, in and for the said County of Yuma, residing therein, duly commissioned and swOrn personally appeared Thomas Johnson, whose name is subscribed to the annexed instrument as par y thereto, personally known to to be the person described in and who executed the said annexed in- strument party thereto, who duly ackn 0wledged to me that he executed t-e same freely and volun- tarily. and for the uses and purposes therein men toned
 In witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand and atXedlny official seal, at my office in the County of Yuma, the day and year in this Certificate first above written. F. L. EWING, Notary Public.
 Commission expires Sept. 26, 1899
 Received for record July Sth, 1899 at o'clock a. m. at request of Thos. Johnson. Recorded in book No of Bonds and Agreements, page 239 ct sea-, records of Yuma county Arizona Territory.
 W. E. MARVIN, Recorder. By FRANK AyiIA,
 Deputy Recorder. (SEALl |
 First publication July 9, le99. ]