The Arizona sentinel., 1899-07-29
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
 OF THE American Boy Gold Mining Company.

Knew all men by these presents that ,Ce, the undersigned, II. H. Markham, Frank s. D1ggett, 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 8th, 1897, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of incorpOrat- 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 as 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- sgnated by the Bylaws.
 Article 1.-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- parat for the location, owning and operating Of mines, mills, smeters, and kindred property. Al l lease or otherwise enjoy the same.
 second-To acquire by purchase, location or otherwise water and water rights, and to own, de- veIop, operate, construct, control and enjsy such water, water rights, water systems, dams, con duits and other necessary adjuncts to any such system for the sale, rental ill development, operation, control and enjoyment of mines and other lawful purposes.
 .L.I.. such as is proper and usual for the purpose of rur chasing and selling goods, articles or merchandise to its employees or others desiring the ill the locality of its general business.
 J 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.
 n Article 3--The amount of the Capital Stock au- thorized by the Corporation shall be the sum of $500, ,O00 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 theleof has been subscribed and will be paid il 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 o mining locations, and other property owned by the SubScrlDefS III the SUaUe Oi CalIiOfllld
 Article 1.-The time of the commencement of th Corporation shall be when these articles of incor poration are filed in the County Recorders office o the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, and thu termination of the corporation shall be twenty five years thereafter.
 Article 5--The corporate powers of the Corpora ton shall be vested in Board of five directors Wh shall be chosen annually by tn stockholders il meeting assembled for that purpose in the City o ", fVaT ritgry- pf 1 rig pD he day n July of each and every year. The said Board o Directors shall choose a President, Vice President o Secretary and Treasurer, whose term Of office an DU duties shall be specified by the Bylaws. The sa Board of Directors shall be chosen by the stock bo iers by cumulative voting, each stOckhOlder be inc permitted to cast many votes he hold shares of stock, multiplied by the number of Di rectors to be elected, and shall be permitted to all of said votes for any one person, or to uistribut sail votes as he may desire
 Article 6-Ihe highest amount of indebtedness cr liability to which the Corporation is to at an )U time subject itself is the sum Of Twenty-Five thous
 Article Private property shall be exempt iron
 krficIe 8--These articles of incorporation may b o,nouded at any annual meeting of the stOckhod jO CTS or at any special meeting thereof called for thg nurpose by a majority vote of the stock of tn cor6oratioL and by filing a certificate Of said amend mont Iuv certified by the proper officers of til Corporati6n in the same manner as provided b ,O law for filing original articles.
 JO -' If witness whereof we have hereunto set ou
 
 Ii. Il. MARKHAM, (sEAL)
 FRANK $. DAGGETT, tsEAIO
 GEORGED PATTON, (sEAD ,o D. W. FIELD, (sEAL) JU THOS. JOHNSON, (SEAL
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Los Angeles Lss oO O,, this 29th day of JuHe 1899, before me- a NJ JO tary Public in and for the County of Los Angele S+afe of california, personally appeared H. oo Markham Frank $. Daggett> George D. Patten a1 JO n W Field all of whom are known to me to be tl ,,rsous whose names subscribed to the for iyCino, instrument, and acknowledged to me th GO 9bev executed the sam9 Of their free will aI
 deed.
 ,s Tune IS99 JF. CHURCH, S' Notary Public in and for the County of Los Al . geles State of California.
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, County of Yuma lss. l On this 7th day of July, in the year one tn )usat eight hundred and ninety ty-nlne, before me, F. l.. EN m i1T a Notary Public, ill and for the said County i'd Y1ua residing therein, duly commissioned al Ilu sworn nersonally appeared Thomas Johnson, who eS nane subscribed the annexed instrument pa ~ tv thereto peTsonaly known to me to be the persC O1 described in and who executed the said annexed i ne strument as party thereto who duly acknowledge mt to me that he executed the same freely and Volu
 tlrilv, and for the uses and purposes therein mel o- toned.
 ce In witness whereof, have hereuntO set my hal and affixed my official seal, at my office m the Count Ot of Yuul, the day and year in this Certificate fir es above written. F. L. EWING, Notary Pubic Commission expires Sept ZG loJJ Received .,r record July 5th 1899 at o'clock lIs m at rcques of Ihos. Johnson hecorGea l!i Do' to No 2 of BouUs and Agreements, page 25V ct sec
 records oi Yuma county. Arizona Territory s- y. l.. MARVIN, Recorder. .n} By FRANK Av,LA ., Dcputy Recorder. (s.Al lo' First publication July -3. lc55