Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-02-21
ARTICLES OF RECOMMENDATION ......--oF THE. Dividend Gold Mining
 Company.

That We, Nj c Pal lmiey, M u Jordan, u E Bassett, H W Hines and J A Ross, all of Pasadena, Los Angeles county, State of California, whose names are hereuntO sub scIibed for the purpose of forming cor poratiOn. and being incorporated under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and par ticularly the Act of the Legislative Assem- bly thereof entitled "An Act Concerning Corporations approved Marcho, 1887, and all acts amendatory thereof, have adopted, signed, eA ecuted and acknowledged these Articles of Incorporation.
 ARTICLE I.
 The names of the corporators of this corporation are NJ c Parmley, NJ H Jordan. H E Bassett, H w Hines and A Ross, and the name of this corporation and by which # shall be known and designated Is, The Dividend Gold Mining Co.,, and the princi- pal operations Of said COWpany, and its principal office and place of transacting business, shall be at Chaparral, YavapaI O., Territory of Arizona, but branch offices may be established for the Board of Direc- tors in the City of Pasadena, County of Los Angeles, State of California, and at such other place or places as its Board of Directors may from time to time hereafter designate.
 ARTICLE II.
 The general nature of the business pro- posed to be transactt by this corporation Is that of buying, selling, leasing, contract ing for, managing and operating mines and mining property wherever the same may be situated; also erecting mills, samplers. smelters, concentrators, or other works, for the purpose of treating and handling ores: and also for acquiring by purchase, bond, lease or any lawful means, handling, oper- atng, bargaining, letting and disposlng of any and all kinds of property, real, per sOnal or mixed, and of whatever kind, quality and description that may be deemed requisite, necessary. or 10 be used in carry ing on, or that are incidental to or connect ed with the general mining, milling, sam bling and smelting business; Rlsofor carry ing on the general business of merchandise ing; and to make such contracts, acquire and transfer such property, possessing all of the powers in relation thereto as prs vate individual may under the law enjoy.
 ARTICLE III.
 The authorized capital stock of this cor poration shall be, and Is, Three Hundred Thousand (S500,OO0) Dollars divided into three hundred thousand 300, ,0O0) shares of the par value of One (SlOO) Dollar per share, and the time when, and the COndi- tion upon which, 1t is to be paid ln are as follows: The eutire capital stock of this company shall be issued to NJ. C. Parmley, trustee for the Dividend Gold Mining Co.,, n full payment for the mines, mill and all other property owned by said Company. valued at three hundred thousand lS3OO, O,OOOl dollars. This stock is fully paid and shal be non assessable.
 ARTICLE ". The time of the ecommenCemento of the life of this corporation shall be when its Arti- cles of Incorporation are filed with the Re- coTder of the proper county, and shall con tinue in existence for twenty live years thereafter, b; ginning February ,, 1900.
 ARTICLE V. The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of Directors consist ing Of five (5) persons, any three (3) of | whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, who shall each be l a stOckhOlder in said corporation, as shown by the books thereof; that said Board of | Directors shall elect from among their nun | Der president, a Vice-presldent, secre- ! tary and treasurer, and shall have power . to appoint such other officers and agents us said board oI directors sball deem proper; provided, that one and the same person . may hold the offices of president and gen eral manager. when co deslgnai ed by the | board of directors; also that one and the same person may hold the offices of secre- !. tary and treasurer; also that the persons 1 named for directors and to serve as such l until the annual meeting of the stock holders on the first Monday in February, III the year 1901, or until their successors are elected. are M. IaTUll6Ns 0A H. JOA- dan, II. E. Bsssett, II. W. Hines and, J. A. Ross.
 ARTICLE VI. The first annual meeting of the stock holders of this corporation shall be held at the office of the company at Chaparral, ! county of Yavapai, territory of Arizona, on the first Monday in February, 1901, at 10 o'clock a. m.
 ARTICLE VII The highest amount of indebtedness CT liability to which this Incorporation may at any time subject itself, is the sum of twenty thousand (S20.OO0l dollars.
 ARTICLE VIII. The private property of the indlylnuPl stock holders of this corporation shall be, and is. exempt from the corporate debts of the corporation.
 ARTICLE TX. These articles of incorporation may be amended at any annual meeting of the stockholders or at a special meeting of the ockholders called for that purpose, by majority vote of all the stock then issued, ana all amendments so made shall be signed and acknowl, dSed by the secretary and president and when recorded and pub lished the same as the original articles are required to be recorded and published, shall have the same force and effect as the original articles of incorporation.
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