The Arizona sentinel., 1899-06-10
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
 OF THE La Grande Copper Com
 pany.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, Frank Redondo and J. L. Redondo, citi- of the United States of America, have this day as ocisted ourselves together for the purpose of for hing Corporation under and by virtue of ths la s of the Territory of Arizona, and hereby adopt tn following Articles of Incorporation, namely: FIRST.
 That the name of tho Corporators Frank Re- dondo and J. L. Redondo; that the name of the Corporation shall be the LA GRANDE COPPER COMPANY; that the principal place for the trans action of the business of said Corporation is and shall be the town of Yuma in Yuma county, Ter rtory of Arizona with branch offices at such othef places as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
 | SECOND.
 | The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by said Csrporati on is mining cop | per- gold, silver and all other metals and in the furtherance of that object to buy sell lease, bond develop and operate mines, smelters, mining i claims, mills cyanide plants, pumps, saw mills, coal mines coke ovens; to buy, sell, lease, bonds construct, maintain and operate canals, ditehes, ] fumes, reservoirs, wells pipe lines and all other equipments necessary or incidental to the develop ment of water and po5fer for mining, milling and domestic purposes to obtain by purchase CT other wise mill, building and townstes; to erect thereon all necessary buildings for its own or ts rent shafts mills smelters concentrators, crushers and all kinds of machinery, apparatus contrvanee necessary or useful in reducing ores and extract ing the values therefrom; to buy, own, lease bond construct, maintain and operate railroads, wagon roads, electric roads, tramways, or any other agency adapted to the conveyance of ores, freight l Iofa ind control, buy and sell patents or other inventions in any way relating to the mining business; to carry on and maintain general merchantile bus- ness or to grant exclusive rights to others to do so on the premises of the Corporation; to borrow money, issue bonds and to mortgage pledge or otherwise dispose of any all of it's property; to acquire both real and personal property of any and every sort to buy and sell the same, to consolidate it's property with other corporations and to do and to perform in any and all acts and things neeess- any to do or in any manner incidental to the car rying out of all the purposes hereinbefore speci- fled.
 THIRD.
 The amount of the capital stock of said Corpora tion shall be million sl ,OOO, ,OOO) dollars dvid- ed into million q ,OOO,OOG shares of the par value of one dollar per share. All or any part of said stock may be issued at any time by the Board of Directors in payment for property conveyed or assigned to said Corporation, for services ren- dered, upon subscription at par for cash, pro- vided, however, that part portion of said stock shall De fully paid up and when so issued by said Board of Directors said stock shall be non assessabe and personal liability shall attach to the holder thereof,
 That the Corporate existence of said Corporation shall commence upon the day and date of the 6I ing of these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the County Recorder of Yuma County, Arizona Territory, and shall terminate twenty-five years thereafter.
 FIFTH.
 That the affairs of said Corporation shall be man. aged by Board of five (5) Directors. The first Board of Directors shall consist of Joseph L. Rs- dOndo, V. Meeden, s. Redondo, B. L. Meeden and James Simons, who shall hold their offices for
 period of one year from the date of these article are recorded until their successors are duIv elected and qualified. AS the expiration of the year above stated or sooner if the stockholders elect new Board of Directors shall be elected by the stockholders of said Corporation at it's regular annual meeting. Said annual meeting to be held on the second Monday in October of each year in the town of Yuma, Territory of Arizona. SIXTH.
 The officers of said Corporation shall consist of President, Vice President Secretary, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer, and such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time de- termine. The President, and Vice President shall be members of the Board of Directors, and no Di- rector shall hold office who is not bona fde stock holder of record in said Corporation In the event Of the death, resignation disability of any Di- rector the remaining members of the Board of Directors may fill the vacancy by the election of some stockholder.
 SEVENTH.
 That the highest amount of indebtedness said Corporation shall at any time create shall not ex eeed the sum of Two hundred thousand (S2OO, ,OO01 dollars. -~- | EIGHTH
 | That all private property of the stockholders in | said Corporation shall be exempt flom any and al liability for corporate debts.
 | In witness whereof we have hersunto set our hands and seals this. the 10th day of January, A. D. 1899 FRANK REDoNDo, [sEALl J. L REDoNDO, [sEALI TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, County of Yuma. Before me, c. H. Brnley, Clerk of the District Court of the Srd Judicial District of the Territory of Arizona, in and for the County of Yuma on this day personally appeared before Frank Redondo and J. l.. RedordO, known to to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing in, strument and they acknowledged to me that they executed tEe same for .he purposes therein sx- pressed.
 Witness my hand a. [ the seal of said District Court this 10th day of January, A. D. 1899. | (sEAL) c, H. BRINLEY, | lst pub. May 6, 1899. Clerk of said Court. ! Recorded in Book 2 of Bonds and Agreements at page l94 records of Yuma county, Arizona terri tory, W. E. MARVIN Recorder.