The Arizona sentinel., 1899-08-12
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
 OF THE American Boy Gold Mining. Company.

Know all by these presents tha we, the undersigned, H. H. Markham Frank S. Daggett, George D. Patten, D. W Field and Thomas Johnson, desiring to be come incorporated under the provisions of Title 12 of the Revised Statutes of the Territory of Arizona as approved March sth 1897, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of incorporat- ing under the said ststute 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 bt the American Boy Gold Mining Company" ant the principal place of business shall be in the City of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, and in the City o 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 to establish branch offices for the transaction of business at other places to be de signated by the Bylaws.
 Article 1.-The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by the Corporation is:
 First-Tc 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- velop, operate, construct control and enjoy such water, water rights, water systems, dams, con- duits and other necessary adjuncts to any such system for the sale, rental use in 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 pur chasing and selling goods, articles or merchandise to its employees or others desiring the same in the locality of it's general business
 Fourth-To transact any manner of lawful busi- 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- thorized by the Corporation shall be the sum of S3O0GOo, divided into Six thousand shares of the par value of Fifty (50) dollars each, and the time when and the conditions upon which it is to be paid in are as follows, 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- scrbers deeding to the Corporation certain mines, mining locations, and other property now owned by the subscribers in the State of California.
 Article 4-The time of the commencement of this Corporation shall be when theso 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 1.-The corporate powers of the Corpora 4. d. I.. g., D.. --e shall be chosen annually by the stockholders in meeting assembled for that purpose in the City of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, on the Sth day of July of each and every year. The said Board of Directors shall choose President, Vice President Secretary and Treasurer, whose term of office and duties shall be specified by the Bylaws. The said Board of Directors shall be so chosen by the stock holders by cumulative voting each stockholder be- ing permitted to cast as many votes as he holds shares of stock, multiplied by the number of Di- rectors to be elected and shall be permitted to cast all of said votes for any one person, to distribute said votes as he may desire.
 Article 6-The highest amount of indebtedness CT liability to which the Corporation is to at anv time subject itself is the sum of Twenty-Five thous and dollars.
 Article 7--Private property shall be exempt from debts.
 Article S--These articles of incorporation may he amended at any annual meeting of the stockh0Id ers any special meeting thereof called for that purpose, by a majority vote of the stock of the corporation and by filing certificate of said amend ment, duly certified by the proper officers of the Corporation, in the same manner as provided bv aw for filing original articles. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our lands and seals this 2Oth day of June, IS99
 H. H. MARKHAM, (sEAIl
 FRANK S. DAGGETT, (sEAL0
 GEORGE D. PATTON, (sEAL1
 D. w. FIELD, (sEAL)
 THOS. JOHNSON, (sEAL)
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Los Angeles Lss On this 18th day of June, lS99 before me. a No. ary Public in and for the County of Los AnoaIos | tate of California, personally appeared H. IF 1 Iarkham, Frank s. Daggett. George D. Patten and l . w. Field, all of whom known to me to be tbe ersons whose names are subscribed to the fore oing instrument, and acknowledged to me that ley executed the same of their own free will and eed
 Witness my hand and Notary seal the 29th day of me, 1899: F. CHURCH, otary Public in and for the County of Los An.
 geles, State of California.
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, County of Yuma lss- On this Ith day of July, in the year one thousand Sht hundred and ninety nine, before me. F. L. Ey / g, Notary Public in and for the said County of lma, residing therein, duly commissioned and orn, personally appeared Thomas Johnson, whose me is subscribed to the annexed instrument as mar thereto, personally known to me to be the person | scribed in and who executed the said annexed in ument as party thereto, who duly acknowledged me that he executed the same freely and youn- ned. -'O-- n witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand alxed my official seal, at my office in the County una, the day and year in this Certificate first oVe written. F. L. EWING, Notary Public. commission expires Sept. 26 1889 deceived for record July Sth 1899 at 9 o'clock 9. at ~ request or Thos Johnson Recorded in book or7S ol oE 69has and Agreements page 239 ct sea-, FRANK Av1LA, -'' . Deputy Recorder. (sEALl