The Arizona sentinel., 1899-08-26
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
 OF THE American By Gold Mining Company.


 we, the undersigned, H. II. Markham Frank S. Daggett, 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 Arzona 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 hereinafter constituted, meeting in the latter place, and the corporation shall have power establish branch offices for the transaction of business at other places to be de- signated by the Bylaws.
 Article 2--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- paratus for the location, owning and operating of mines, mills, smelters, and kindred property. Al so to manage, operate, control, hypothecate, sell, lease or otherwise enjoy the same.
 Second-To acquire by purchase, location or otherwise water and water rights, and to own, de yelop, operate, construct control and enjoy such water, water rights, water systems, dams, con duits and other necessary adiuncts to any such system for the sale rental or ill development, operation, control and enjoyment of mines and other lawful purposes.
 Third-To carry on general mercantile business such as is proper and usual for the purpose of Fur chasing and selling goods articles or merchandise to it's employees or others desiring the in the locality of it's general business
 Fourth-To transact any manner of lawful bus- ness that may be necessary, useful or convenient for the purpose of carrying out the general purpose of the Corporation
 Article 3--The amount of the Capital Stock au- 1 thorized by the Corporation shall be the sum of s3OO,OO0, 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 foIlows towit: The entire amount thereof has been subscribed and will be paid in full upon the filing of these articles with the County Recorder of the said County of Yuma, by the sub- scribers deedng to the Corporation certain mines, mining locations, and other property now owned
 
 Article 1.-The time of the commencement of this Corporation shall be when these articles of incor- poration are filed in the County Recorders office of the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, and the termination of the corporation shall be twenty five years thereafter.
 Article 5--The corporate powers of the Corpora tion shall be vested in a Board of five directors who shall be chosen annually by tn stockholders in meeting assembled for that purpose in the City of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, on the 8th day of July of each and every year. The said Board of Directors shall choose a President Vice President, l Secretary and Treasurer, whose term of office and duties shall be specified by the Bylaws. 1he said Board of Directors shall be chosen by the stock hol lers by cumulative votIng each stOckholder be- ing permitted to cast many votes he holds shares of stock, multiplied by the number of Di- rectors be elected, and shall be permitted to cast all of said votes for any one person, or to distribute said votes as he may desire.
 Article 6-The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which the Corporation is to at any time subject itself the sum of Twenty-Five thouS , Article 7--Prvate property shall be exempt from corporate debts.
 l Article S-Ihese articles of incorporation may be amended at any annual meeting of the stockhold- CTS or at any special meeting thereof called that purpose, by c majority vote of the stock of the corporatioI and by filing certificate of said amend ment duly certified by the proper officers of the CorporatiOn, in the same manner provided by law for filing original articles
 
 hands and seals this 2OJh day of June IS90
 II. Il MARKHAM, (sEAL)
 FRANK S DAGGETT, (sEAI)
 GEORGE D. PATTON, (sEAD
 D. w. FIELD, (sEAL) TIIOS. JOHNSON, (sEAL)
 STATE OF AIIFoRNIA, County of Los Angeles Lss On this 29th day of June, 1899, before me, No. tarv Public in and for the County of Los Angeles State of California, personally appeared Fl H. ! Markham, Frank 5. Daggett George D. Patten and D. " Field all of whom are known to me to be the 1 Dersons whose names subscribed to the fore l roiur instrument, and ackneW ledged to me that 1 they executed the same of their free will and deed
 Witness my hand and Notary seal the 29th day of June, 1899. J. F. CHURCH, Notary Public in and for the County of Los An
 geles, State of California.
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA County of Yuma &ss, On this 7th day of July, in the year one thousand 1 eight hundred and ninety-Hine, before me- F. L. EW- ing a Notary Public in and for the said County of Yuma residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Thomas Johnson, whose name subscribed to the annexed instrument par ty thereto personally known to to be the person described in and who executed the said annexed in stTmcnt as party thereto who duly acknowledged to me that he executed the same freely and volun- tariiy, and for the uses and purposes therein men toned.
 In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, at my office in the County of Yuma, the day and year in this Certificate first above written. r. L. EWING, Notary Public. Commission expires Sept. 2G, lS99
 Received for record July 8th, 1899 at o'clock a. m at request of Thos Johnson. Recorded in book No ? of Bonds and Agreements, page Z59 ct sea-, records of Yuma county, Arizona Territory.
 ". |. MARVIN Recorder. By FRANK AviLA,
 Deputy Recorder. (olAb.