The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-16
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OFTHE YUMA COLORADO RIVER GOLD
 DREDGING COMPANY.

1UNA COlUkADU K1fEK GOLD
 DREDGING COMPANY.
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES ENTS: That We, the undersigned, T. W. Brooks. " F. Marvin, Q. H. Willis, Don aid Mcintyre, Samuel de COrse, James P. Buck, |. c. Stanchfeld, Frank Avila, ot Yuma, Yuma County, Territory of Ari. zona, have associated ourselves together Tor the purpose Of forming corporation l under and by virtue Of the laws of the ter r2tory 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. Donald Mcintyre, Samuel de Corse, James F. Buck, |. c. Stanchfeld, and Frank Ayila.
 z-The name Of the corporation shall be the Yuma Colorado River Gold Dredging Company.
 3-The principal place for the transac- tlon oi 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 carving 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. nons the requirement by purchase, lease, iocatlon or otherwise, of placer mining o1 other grounds suitable for the purposes ot thls company; the purchase, manufacture and erection of such machinery or i'm. proVements as may be deemed necessary lu the carrying on of the business propos ed; the inauguration and maintenance o desired transportation facilities, and tht doing of any and all other things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the pur poses hereinbefore specified; to buy, sell tease, and deal ill all kinds of property real, personal and mixed, mines, ores electricity, water and water rights, fran chlses, goods, wares, merchandise anC materials, and all the productions of thi. company; to locate, claim, divert, and oth erwlse acquire and improve mineral lands water and water rights, refining works anC mills; to locate, construct, acquire anC maintain dams, tunnels, pipes, fumes leYees, viaducts, recievers, aquaducts canals, bridges, embankments, and excava tions across, under, and over any wate course, lake, river, or stream, waterway or pubic highway, and to sell, lease, gran and dispose of mines, electricity, water ant water rights thus secured, controlled, O appropriated
 ) 5-The capital stock ot said corporation shall be five hundred thousand dollar , (SoOO,OOO.CO), divided into five thousand (o,OOO) shares of the par value of one hun dred dollars C$100.OO) each. The stock, O any portion of it, may be issued at an, time, by the board of directors, in consider , atlon ot property purchased by, for ser vices rendered to, or as security for meney borrowed by this corporation, or when sub , scribed and paid for in cash. In all in stances the stock, when issued shall b. fully paid up and non-assessable.
 T 7-The corporate existence of said COT poration shal! commence upon the date O the filing of these articles of incorporation in the office of the county recorder o Yuma County, Territory of Arizona, an, shall terminate twenty-five years there
 after.
 1.-The affairs of said corporation shal be managed by board of five directors
 who shall be stockholders ill the corpora :, tion; provided that in the event, at an, time, of there not being as many as fiv stockholders, any other number not les than three may constitute a board of di rectors and transact the affairs of the cor } poration. These directors shall be electe, annually by the stockholders of the COT poration at the regular stockholders meet ing, which shall be held on the first Mon day of August, of each year, in the office O
 the company, Tn Yuma, and shall perform the functions of their Ofhce until their sue cessors shaii have been duly elected ant qualified, In the event, at any time, ofth, death, resignation or disability of any di rector the remaining members of the board may fill the vacancy by the election O some stockhOlder. The first board of di 1 iCOtOIo oAAelli COlSISG OI J. ". brOOkS, " E. Marvin, o. H. Willis, Donald Mcintyre and James P. Buck, who shall hold theil offices from the date of the filing of these articles in the office of the county recorder until the regular election and qualification as above provided for, or of their success. Ors.
 8-The officers of said corporation shall be president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, and such other officers as the board of directors may from time to time determine. They shall be elected annually, by the board of directors, at the first meeting after the election of such al. rectors. The president and yice-president shall be members of the board of directors
 9-The highest amount of indebtedness said corporation shall at any time create shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars CS10O, ,OOO.OO).