The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-30
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
YUMA COLORADO RIVER GOLD
 DREDGING COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES ENTS: That we, the undersigned, T. W. Brooks, w. E, Marvin, o. H. Willis, Don | aid Mcintyre, Samuel de Corse, James P. Buck, L. G. Stanchfield, Frank AviIa, ot | Yuma, Yuma County, Territory of Ari- | zona, have associated ourselves together | for the purpose of forming corporation | under and by virtue of the laws of the ter | ritory of Arizona and of the United States | of America, and do hereby adopt the fol | lowing articles of incorporation, namely:
 1.-The names of the corporators are T. | w. Brooks, W. E. Marvin, o. H. Willis. 1 Donald Mcintyre, Samuel de Corse. James P. Buck, L. G. Stanchfield, and Frank Avila.
 1.-The name of the corporation shall be the "1uma Colorado River Gold Dredging Company"
 3-Ihe principal place for the transac- ton of the business of the corporation is and shall be Yuma, Yuma County. Terri tory of Arizona.
 4-The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted is the carrying on Of placer mining operations on the banks, bars and bed of the Colorado river. by dredging or other process, and in the furtherance or development of such opera tons the requirement by purchase, lease, location or otherwise, of placer mining or other grounds suitable for the purposes of this company; the purchase, manufacture and erection of such machinery or inn | provements as may be deemed necessary lh the carrying on of the business propos-
 ed; the inauguration and maintenance of desired transportation facilities. and inc
 doing of any and all other things necessary
 or incidental to the carrying out of the pur- poses hereinbefore specifed to buy, sell,
 lease, and deal in all kinds of property.
 real, personal and mixed, mines, ores.
 electricity, water and water rights, fran
 chlses, goods, wares, merchandise and
 materials, and all the productions of this
 company; to locate, claim, divert and oth-
 erWlse acquire and improve mineral lands.
 water and water rights, refining works and
 mills; to locate, construct, acquire and
 malntaln dams, tunnels, pipes, fumes,
 levees, viaducts, recievers, aquaducts.
 canals, bridges, embankments, and excava-
 tons across, under, and over any water
 course, lake, river, or stream, waterway,
 Or pubic highway, and to sell, lease, grant
 and dispose of mines, electricity, water and
 water rights thus secured, controlled. ol appropriated.
 , 5-The capital stock of said corporation shall be five hundred thousand dollar: ($5OO, O,OOO.0O) divided into five thousand (5,OOO) shares of the par value of one hun
 dred dollars C$1OO,O0) each. The stock, ol
 any portion of 1t, may be issued at any
 tune, by the board of directors, in consider 9 atlon of property purchased by, for ser vices rendered to, or as security for money:
 borrowed by this corporation, or when sub g scribed and paid for in cash. In all in stances the stock, when issued shall b, fully paid up and non- -assessable.
 1.-The corporate existence of said cor
 poratlon shall commence upon the date O the filing of these articles of incorporatior in the office of the county recorder O s Yuma County, Territory of AIizona, anC shall terminate twenty-five years there
 after
 1.-The affairs of said corporation shal d be managed by a board of five directors - who shall be stockholders in the corpora
 t1on; provided that in the event, at any
 tune, of there not being as many as fiv, n stockhoIders, any other number not les e than three may constitute board of di
 rectors and transact the affairs of the cor e poration. These directors shall be elected t annually by the stockholders of the cor poratlon at the regular stockholders meet ing, which shall be held on the first Mon day ot August, of each year, in the office O
 the company, in Yuma, and shall perform
 the functions of their oftce until their suc cessors shall have been duly elected ant | qualified, In the event, at any time. ofth, t death, resignation or disability of any di e rector the remaining members of the board ,, may ill the vacancy by the election O !. some stockholder. The first board of di rectors shall consist of T. w. Brooks. w E. Marvin, O. H. Willis, Donald McIntvrt and James r. Buck, who shall hold thei offices from the date of the filing of thes, articles in the office of the county recordel
 until the regular election and qualification
 as above provided for, or of their success
 ors.
 8-The officers of said corporation shal
 be president, vice president, secretary
 and treasurer, and such other officers a. the board of directors may from time tC tune determine. They shall be elected annually, by the board of directors, at tht first meeting after the election of such d1 l rectors. The president and ce-presiden | shall be members of the board of directors ' 1The highest amount of indebtedness: said corporation shall at any time create , shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars rS1OO Onn nnn