The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-02
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
 OF THE American Boy Gold Mining Company.

Know all men by these presents that | we. the undersigned, Il. H. Markham, Frank S. Dacgett, George D. Patten, D. ". | 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 l ourselves together for the purpose of ineorporat- 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 I--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 z-The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by the Corporation is:
 First-To acquire by purchase, location or other wise, m;ues mining locations, mills, smelters and all other necessary machinery, property and ap- paratus for the location, owning and operating of mines, mills, smsIter5, and kindred property. Al so to manage operate, control, bypothecate, sell, lease or otherwise enjoy She same.
 Seooud-To acquire by purchase, location or otherwise wateraud water rights, and to own, de- yeIop, operate, construct, control and enjsy such water water rights, water systems, dams, con- duits and other necessary adjuncts to any such system for the aaia rental in development operation, control and enjoyment of mines and other lawful purposes.
 Third-To carry on @ general mercantile business such as is proper and usual for the purpose of pur- chasing and selling goods articles or merchandise to it's employees others desiring the in the locality of its 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.
 Article 3-The amount Of the Capital Stock au- thori.ed by the Corporation shall be the sum of 70 s3O0C00. 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 5hereof 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 deedng to the Corporation certain mines. mining locations, and other property now owned V
 Article 1.-The time of the commencement of this Corporation shall be when these articles of incor- poration are fled 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 5--The corporate powers of the Corpora tion shall be vested in Board of five directors who shall be chosen annually by thc stockholders in meeting assembled for that purpose in the City ot Yuma, Territory Of Arizona, on the Sth day Of July oi each and every year. me sad Board Oi Directors shall choose President, Vice President Secretary and Treasurer whose term of office and , juties shall be specified by the ByLaWs. The said Board of Directors shall be so chosen by the stock holders by cumulative voting, each st0ckholder be- inc Dcrmitted to cast many votes as he holds shares Of stock, multiplied hy the number of Di rect8rs to be elected, and shall be permitted to cast ao said votes for any one person, or to distribute :, said votes as he may desire
 Article 6-The highest amount of indebtedness u r liability to which the Corporation is to at any time subject itself is the sum of Twenty-iv thous Land dollars.
 Article 8--These articles of incorporation may bt amended at any annual meeting of the stockhOld- CTS or at any spcca! meeting thereoI called for that 114rrgse by iority vote of the stock Of the cor6oratoL and by filing certificate of said amend meI-, duly certified by the proper officers Of tho Corporation in the same manner as provided by To law for filing original articles
 y hands and seals this 2ogh day of June, 1893.
 H. F MARKHAM, (sEA) ! PRANK 5. DAGGETT, (sEAL)
 GEORGE D. PATTON, (sEA) Y D. W. FIELD, (sEAL)
 TEIOS. JOHNSON, (sEAL) STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Los Angeles Ess o On fhis 2gth day of June, 1899, before me, a No
 tary Public in and for the County Of Los Angeles q, stale nf California, personally appeared F. H / Mar,!aEn Frank $. Daggett. George D. Patten and ?. w. Field, all Of whom are known to me Go be the ~ I4er.5us whose names subscribed to the fore i-oiue instrument, and acknowledged to me that fbey executed the same of their own free will ana ,s deed.
 Witness my ha.d and Notary seal the 10th day o e June, 1899. J. II CIi iOI'cI, c geles State of California
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, County of Yuma lss. On this 7th day of July, ill the year one thousand efoht hundred and uiugtYnine, before me, x. l.. EW irg Notary Public, in and for the said County Oi YII.a residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn. personally appeared Ih0nits Johnson, whose name is subscribed to the annexed instrument as par t ber-a 17grsoDGly known to me to be the person described in and who executed the said annexed D- .l,lue,,f es r9rt, thcrctO who duly acknowledged to nae that he executed tue same freely and yOun- Uarily and for the uses and purposes therein men I In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand v and affixed my official seal, my office in the County N of Yuma the day and year ID 6hls CelOu,CAyS Il9' - taboye written, F. L. EWING, Notary Public. 1 Commission expires Sept. 25, ls9J. $ Received for record July Sth, 1899 at o'clock a. # m atreau-st ,f 'Thos Johnson. Recorded il book ' No 7 oi Bonds and Agreements, page zo9 ct sea-, 6 records of Yuma county, Arizona Territory
 W. L. MAEyIE, Recorder ' By FRANK AvLA,
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