The Arizona sentinel., 1899-02-04
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
High Peak Mining and Milling Com.

High Peak Mining and Milling Com.
 pany.
 Know all men by these presents, that we, the undersigned, do hereby associate our selves together for the purpose of forming Corporation under the general laws ot the Territory of Arizona, and for that pur- pose do hereby adopt, sign and acknOw- ledge these Articles of Incorporation.
 First. Tine name of this corporation is and shall be
 HIGH PEAK MINING AND MILLING
 COMPANY,
 And the names of the incorporators thereof are: LEWIS N. SMITH, RANDOLPH s, BASSETT, FREDERICK J. SMITH, CHARLES o. GOODWIN, WILLIAM w. BOSWELL, CHARLES B. DAVIS and FRANK F. DAVIS.
 Second The principal place for the transaction of the business of this Corpora ton is and shall be the City of Yuma, in the County of Yuma, in the Territory o1 Arizona; but sad Corporation shall have an office for the transaction of business in the State of California. at the city of Los Angeles, in said state of California; at which latter place meetings of the stockholders, directors and officers may be held.
 Third. The general nature of the busi- ness proposed to be transacted by this Corporation is the location and develop ment of mines and mining claims; the purchase, sale, ownership, leasing, working and operating of gold mines and lodes of mineral bearing ore, and to do and perform all things incidental to the general busi- ness of mining.
 Fourth. The amount of capital stock authorized by this corporation is and shall be one hundred thousand ($10O, ,OO0) dollars, to be divided into one hundred thousand ( 100000 shares of the par value of one dol lar per share; the same shall be non-asses- sable, and shall be paid for at the date of issuance in cash or property.
 Fifth. The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation for record in the office of the County Recorder of Yuma county, in the Territory of Ari- zona; and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five (25) years from and after said date.
 Sixth. The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of seven G) Directors, each ot whom shall be stock holder therein; and said Directors shall be elected annually by the stockholders of said corporation on the first Monday in January of each year. The following per sons have been chosen and shall be the Directors of said corporation for the first year, holding their office until the first Monday in January, 1900, and until their successors are elected and qualified, viz:
 Lewis N. Smith, Randolph s. Bassett, Frederick J Smith, Charles o. Goodwin, William w. Boswell, Charles B. Davis and Frank F. Davis.
 Seventh. The highest amount of in. debtedness or liability to which this cor poration is at any time to subject itself is twenty-five thousand $25 100000 dollars.
 Eighth. The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from any and all corporate debts, and the stockholders thereof shall be per sonally exempt from all liability for any of the debts of this corporation.
 Ninth. The officers of this corporation shall be a president, vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer, who shall be chosen annually by the Board of Directors at meeting to be held immediately after the annual election of such directors, and such officers shall hold office for one year thereafter and until their successors are duly chosen and qualified.
 Tenth. The amount of the capital stock of this corporation which has been actually subscribed is seventy thousand and one ($7O, ,OO1 ,Oo) dollars, and by the following persons and in the number of shares set opDoSite their names: