Arizona republican., 1901-10-17
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the THE CONSOLIDATED ESMERALDA A MINES COMPANY.

PRESENTS: That We. whose hands are hereunto affixed do hereby asso- ciate ourselves together for the par- pose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of -ATizona. and to that end make the following 
 First: The names of the Corpora tors are: l.. c. Bell, Iona, Nevada: James A. Yerington of Carson City, Nevada; and J. Nathaniel Gardner. of New York City: J. A. Filcher, San Buffalo. N. Y: and the name of the Corporation shall be The Consolida ted Esmeralda Mines Company. The prin- cipal place in which the business of said Corporation within the Territory of Arizona is to be transacted is Phoenix, Maricopa County. Arizona, and the prpincipal place of business of said Corporation outside the Territory of Arizona shall be the City of New York. in the State of New York, or such other place as the Board of Di- rectors may by resolution direct.
 Second: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this Corporation is as follows. to-wit:
 To purchase. lease. bond. locate or otherwise acquire, own. exchange. sell
 
 gage, hypothecate, and deal in mines. mining claims, oil lands, mineral lands, oil, gas. asphaltum, petroleum. water and water rights. and to work. mine. explore and develop the saiae: to do d general real estate and me:- cantiIe business: to own. handle and control letters patent and inventions: to borrow money and execute mort gcges or deeds of trust to secure the same and in general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the fer ritory and elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 Third: The authorized amount oi capital stock of this Corporation shall be One Million Dollars S1, ,OO0. .0OO) di- vided into one hundred thousand shares of the par value of Ten Dollars Csl0.0o) each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this Corporation either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it of real or personal property fer the uses and purposes of said Corporation. in pay ment for which shares of the capital stock of said Corporation may be is- sued. and the capital stock so issae ed shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and non-assess- able.
 Fourth: The time of the commence ment of this Corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles q. Incorporation in the office of the Sec retary of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty five years thereafter.
 a nf thfc Cnrnnr1- tion shall be conducted by Board oi Five Directors, who shall be elected an nually by the stockholders of the Cor poration.
 Sixth: The highest amount of in debtedness or liability. direct or cor tingent, to which this Corporation is al any time subject shall be Two hundred thousand dollars ts20o.0o0.)
 Seventh: The private property of tht stockholders of this Corporation shal be exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 . In Witness Whereof. we have here unto set our hands and seals this first day of October. 1901.
 J. A. YERINGTON. (SeaD. J. NATHANIEL GARDNER. (Seal) EDWIN s. WEBSTER. (seaD. l.. C. BELL. tSeaD.
 J STATE OF NEW YORK. County O Erie, SS. On this 1st day of Octobe in the year 1901, before me, CHARLES K. ROBINSON. a notary public in an. for the State and County aforesaid. re siding therein, duly commissioned an6 sworn. personally appeared J. A. YER ! INGTON, J. N. GARDNER and ED WIN g. WEBSTER. known to me t. | be the persons described in, who's names are subscribed to. ana who exc cuted the annexed instrument. an. : they acknowledged to me that the. i executed the same for the purpose an' considerations therein expressed. IN WITNESS WHEREOF. hay i hereunto set my hand and affixed m. | Official Seal at my office in the sai' | State and County, the day and yea 1 last above written.
 | CHARLES K. ROBINSON. | (SEAL)
 | Notary Public in and for Erie County. N. Y. My commission expires March g l 1862.
 STATE OF NEW YORK. County O Erie. SS: On this 2d day of Octobe: in the year 1901. before me, s. Adelber
 De Lude. a Notary Public in~and fo the State and County aforesaid. resid ing therein duly commissioned an sworn, personally appeared L.. ( | BELL. lone Nevada. and J. A. Ell cher. San Francisco. Cal; known {
 me to be the same persons describe in. whose names are subscribed to. an
 who executed the annexed instrumen and they acknowledged to me tha
 they executed the same for the pu:
 poses and considerations therein eS
 pressed.
 In witness whereof I have hereunt set my hand and fixed my Official Sea
 at my office in the State and Count.
 the day and year last above writer | (SEAL.) (Written)
 s. ADELBERT DE JUDE,
 Notary Public Niagara CouI
 ty, certificate filed in Erie c
 My commission expires March got
 1902
 (No seal required in State of Ne