The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-16
ARTICLES or INCORPORATION
 OF THE CASTLE DOME MINING AND MILLING COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS Tha{ we, " D. Luce. E. D. Luce and R F. D. Luce, eiti- of the United States of America, have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under and by virtue of the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and we do hereby adopt the following articles of Incorporation:
 l. . The names of the corporatorS srsW. D. Luce, D. Luce and R. F D. Luce; the name of the corpor atOn shall be the CASTLE DOME MINING AND MILLING COMPANY; the principal place for the transaction of business of the company shall be ths village of Yuma, in the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, with branch offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to tims designate.
 The general nature Oi the business proposed to be transacted by said corporation is mining lead gold silver, copper and other metals, and in further ance of that purpose to buy, sell, lease, bond de- Velop and operate mines; to buy, sell lease bond. construct, maintain and operate canals, fumes. wells, reservoirs, pipe lines, pumping stations, and other equipment necessary or incidental to the de- VeloPment of water for mining milling and other purposes; azd whenever deemed expedient and for the best interests of the corporation to obtain by purchase or otherwise mill and building sites and to erect thereon all necessary buildings for shats mills, concentrators, crushers, and any and all ap- paratus used in mining and milling of gold silver copper, lead and other metals; to buy. sell lease bond, construct, maintain and operate wagon roads tramways, railroads and other agencies for the transportation of ores and other materials to and rom the mines; to own and control letters patent and inventions relating to and incident to the transporting milling, mining, smelting and reduc- tion of ores to carry on if advisable general ner- chandising business; to borrow money issue bonds and to mortgage, pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or any property of whatever nature belonging ts said corporation; to acquire both real and per sona, and all property which may be necessary for or incidental to carry into effect the object and pur- poses for which said corporation s created, and do and perform all and every act necessary and incidental to the acts hereinbefore specified The amount of the capital stock of said corpora tion shall be forty thousand [s4O OOOJ dollars, di vided into forty thousand shares of the par value | of one dollar each. Of which whole number of shares there shall be twenty thousand OOOl shares of accumulated first preferred stock which shall re- ceive dividend of five [5I per cent per annum be- | fore any dividend Is paid upon any other stock All or any portion of said stock may be issued at any time by the board of directors in payment for property conveyed assigned to said corporation or for services rendered, or upon subscription at par for cash, provided, however, that no part or portion of said stock shall be issued except the same be fully paid up. All stock shall be non assessable.
 The corporate existence of said corporation shall ! commence upon the day and date of the filing of these articles of incorporation in the office of the l County Recorder of Yuma County, Territory of Arizona, and shall terminate twenty-five years | thereafter.
 The affairs of said corporation shall be managed | py board of directors. The first board shall con sist of three directors and said directorg shall be ". D. Luce, E. D. Luce and R. 2 D. Luce, who shall hold their offices for period of one year from the date of the filing of these articles with the ! County Recorder of Yuma County, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Regular ! annual meetings of the stockholders shall be held on the first Monday in June of each year for the election of board of directors and the transactioR of such other business as may come before such meeting.
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 The officers of said corporation shall consist of President, Vice e-Presidens, Treasurer, Secretary and such other officers as the board of directors may from time to time determine. The directors shall elect their officers and said officers shall hold office for the term of one year, unless sooner re- moved by said board of directors All officers shall hold office until their successors are elected and duly qualified, pnd no director shall hold oice who Is not bona-hde stockholder of record In sai6 corporation In She event of the death, resignation or inability of any director the remaining members of the board of directors may i'll the vacancy by th election of some stockholder.
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 | The highest amount of indebtedness said corpor- ation shall at any time create shall not exceed shs sum of twenty thousand dollars. ! VIII
 The private property of stockholders shall be ex. empt from any and all liabilities for corporate debts and liabilities.
 In witness whereof we hereunto set our hands 1 aud seals this 25th day of May, A. D. 1899. w.D. LUCE. tsEAL) ELIZA D. LUCE, (sEAL) ROBERT F. D. LUCE (sRAL) TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, County of Yuma Sss Before me, Geo. 4. Duke, notary public in and for the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, per- sonAlly appeared ". D. Luce, E. D. Luce and R. F. D. Luce, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and they each duly acknowledged to me that they signed the same for the purpose therein expressed
 Witness my hand and seal this S1 day of May, lS0o (sEAL) GEO. A. DUKE,
 Notary Public, Yuma Co, Arizona Territery.
 My commission will expire Nov. g, 1901.
 Recorded 6; request of ". D. Luce, Nay 31st, 1899, at 30 min. past o'clock p.
 ". E. MARVIN, County Recorder.
 ByF. AvILA, Deputy County Recorder. First pub. Aug. 2o, 1899.