The Arizona sentinel., 1899-08-26
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
CASTLE DOME MlNlNG AND
 KILLING COMPANY.
OF THE

IsliLLaNU CUlNF RN I. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That | we, W D. Luce, E. D. Luce and R F. D. Lnce citi- l 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 interpretations
 The names of the corporatOrs are W. D. Luce, E. D. Luce and R. F. D. Luce; the name of the corpor- ation shall be the CASTLE DOME MINING AND MILLING COMPANY; the principal place for the transaction of business of the company shall be the 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 time designate.
 The general nature of 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, sel lease, bond, de- velop and operate mines; to buy, sell, lease, bond | construct, maintain and operate canals, fumes, wells, reservoirs, pipe lnes pumping stations, and other equipment necessary incidental to the de- velopment of water for mining, milling and other purposes; and whenever deemed expedient and for the best interests of the corporation to obtan by purchase otherwise mill and building sites, and to erect thereon all necessary buildings, for shafts, mills concentrators, crusherS and any and all ap- paratus used in mining and milling of god 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 from the mines; to own and control letters patent and inventions relating to and incident to the transporting, milling, mining smelting and redue- ton of ores; to carry if advisable general mer- chandisng business to borrow money, issue bonds and to mortgage, pledge, sell otherwise dispose of all any property of whatever nature belonging to said corporation; to acquire both real and per sonal and all property which may be necessary for incidental to carry into effect the object and pur poses for which said corporation is created and to 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 OOO 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 2O OOo shares of accumulated first preferred stock which shall 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 or assigned to said corporation or for services re ldered, 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 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 sst of three directors and said directors shall be w. D. Luce, E. D. Luce and R. F. D. Luce, who shall hold their offices for period of year from | the date Of the filing of these articles with the County Recorder of Yuma County, 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 transaction of such other business as may come before such meeting.
 | VI.
 The officers of said corporation shall consist of | President Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and such other officers 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 year, unless sooner re- moved by said board of directors All officers shall hold office until their successors are elected and duly qualified and no director shall hold office who is not bona-fde stockholder of record in said corporation In the event of the death, resignation or inability of any director the remaining members of the board of directors may fill the vacancy by the election of some stockholder.
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 The highest amount of indebtedness said corpor- atiou shall at any time create shall not exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars.
 VIII
 The private property of stockholders shall be ex- enpt from any and all liabilities for corporate debts and liabilities.
 In witness whereof we hereunto set our hands and seals this 18th day of May A. D. 1899. W.D. LUCE, tsEALJ ELIZA D. LUCE, CsEAL) ROBERT F. D. LUCE. (SEAL)
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA County of Yuma fss
 Before me, Geo. A. 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 fer the purpose therein expressed
 Witness my hand and seal this 9l day of May, 1S99
 CsEAL) GEO. A. DUKE,
 Notary Public, Yuma Co.,, Arizona Territory, ,
 My commission will expire Nov. 9, 1901.
 Recorded a. request of W. D. Luce, May 31st, 1899, at 30 min. past 2 o'clock p. m
 W. E. MARVIN, County Recorder.
 By r. AVILA, Deputy County Recorder. First pub. Aug. 26, 1899.