Arizona republican., 1901-10-21
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION of the -- -.s---- THE CONSOLIDATED ESMERALDA
 MINES COMPANY.


 pose of forming a corporation under
 the laws of the Territory of Arizona
 and to that end make the following | statement:
 First: The names of the Corpora
 tors are: l.. c. Bell. Iona, Nevada
 James A. Ierington of Carson City | Nevada: and J. Nathaniel Gardner. oi
 New York City: J. A. Filchcr, San
 Francisco. Cal: Edwin s. Webster
 Buralo. N. Y.; and the name of the
 Corporation shall be The Consolidated
 Esmeralda Mines Company. The prin-
 cipal place in which the business of said Corporation within the Territory
 of Arizona is to be transaeted is
 Phoenix. Maricopa County. Arizona
 and the prpincipal place of business oi
 said Corporation outside the Territory | or Arizona shall be the City of New fork, 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 tt.,.
 business proposed to be transacted by
 this Corporation is as follows, to-wit To purchase, lease. bond, locate or otherwise acquire, own. exchange, sell | or otherwise dispose of, pledge mort | gage, hypothecate, and deal in mines. 1 mining claims, oil lands. mineral | lands. oil, gas. asphaltum. petroleum. water and water rights, and to work | mine. explore and develop the sulne: to do general real estate and msr- cantile business; to own, handle and 1 control letters patent and inventions: to borrow money and execute mort Gages 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 ter ri fffr~ ale !, 4 with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona Third: The authorized amour. Of capital stock of this Corporation shall be One Million Dollars Sl,00O OO1) di- vided into one hundred thousand shares of the par value of Ten Dollars fSlO.O0) each At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct. said capital stock shall be pald into this Corporation either in cash or by the sale and transfer to 1t of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said Corporation, in pay ment for which shares of the capital stock of said Corporation may be :s- sued. and the capital stock so issued 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 ti;e date of the filing of these Articles os Incorporation in the office of the Sec retary of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 Fifth: The affairs of this Corpora tion shall be conducted by a Board of 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 a | any time subject shall be Two hundred thousand dollars lS2O0.000.)
 Seventh: The private property of tl.e stockholders of this Corporation shall he 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. (Sea).
 EDWIN S. WEBSTER, (SeaD. l.. C. BELL. (SeaD.
 J. A. FLICKER, (SeaD. STATE OF NEW YORK. County of Erie. SS. On this 1st day of October in the year 1901, before me. CHARLES K. ROBINSON. a notary public in and for the State and County aforesaid, re- siding therein. duly commissioned and sworn. personally appeared J. A. YER INGTON. J. N. GARDNER and ED WIN g. WEBSTER, known to me to be the persons described in, whose names are subscribed to, ana who exc cuted the annexed instrument, and they acknowledged to me that they . executed the same for the purpose and considerations therein expressed. IN WITNESS WHER have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal at my office in the said State and County, the day and year last above written.
 CHARLES K. ROBINSON, (SEAL)
 Notary Public in and for Erie County, N. Y.
 My commission expires March 90. 1902.
 STATE OF NEW YORK. County of Erie, SS: On this 2d day of October in the year 1901. before me. S. Adelbert De Lude. a Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid, resid- ing therein duly commissioned and l sworn, personally appeared L. .. BELL. lone. Nevada. and J. A. FIL- cher, San Francisco Cal; known to | me to be the same persons describe' | in. whose names are subscribed to. and who executed the annexed instrument and they acknowledged to me that | they executed the same for the pu-- poses and considerations therein ex- | pressed.
 In witness whereof. I have hereunto | set my hand and fixed my Official Seal. at my office in the State and County, the day and year last above written. (SEAL.) Cwritten) l s. ADELBERT DE LUDE Notary Public Niagara Coun- | ty. certificate filed In Erie co My commission expires March 30th,
 1902
 (No seal required in State of New | York.)
 | TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. County
 of Maricopa, SS. I, B. F. McFALL.
 County Recorder in and for the County