Arizona republican., 1902-06-05


 Secretary of the Territory of Arizona this Sl day of May, A. D. 1902. at , ?. m.
 ISAAC T. STODDARD.
 Secretary of Arizona. First publication June ,.
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE
 CALAVERAS COOPERATIVE GOLD
 MINING COMPANY.
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed. do hereby associ ate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end make the following state ment:
 First: The names of the corporators are: John R. Cross, H. NJ. Peer. Claude B. Ricketts, and the name of the corporation shall be THE GALA VERAS COOPERATIVE GOLH MIN ING COMPANY. The principal place in which the business of said corpora ton within the Territory of Arizona is to be transacted is Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. and the principal place of business of said corporation outside the Territory of Arizona. shall be the City of St. Louis. Mo-. and An geles Camp, in the State of California, at which meetings of the Board of Di- rectors may be held. and the corpora ton may have such branch of fees either within or without the Ter ritory of Arizona as may be estab lished by the Board of Directors.
 Second: The general nature of the blISinaSC nrODOSR6 tO ba transacted bV this corporation is as follows, to-wit: To purchase. lease, bond. locate or oth- erWiSe acquire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of. pledge, mortgage. hypothecate and deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal prop erty, mines, mining claims. oil lands, mineral lands. oil gas. asphaltunl, pc troleum, water and water rights and ! machinery and to work, mine. explore. operate and develop the same; to do general real estate, manufacturing g and mercantile business; to own. handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares of capital stock of other corporations; to borrow money and execute notes. bonds, mort gages or deeds of trust to secure the same. and to exercise in respect of all such bonds, mortgages, notes, shares of capital stock and other securities and obligations any and all rights. powers and privileges of individual | owners thereof, including the right to vote upon any shares of stock held by it to the same extent that a natural 1 person might or could do: and in gen. eral to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this 1 corporation in the Territory and else where, not inconsistent with the laws i of the United States and the Territory | of Arizona.
 | Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be One Million Five Hundred Thou sand dollars (s1,500.00O) divided into l 150.000 shares of the par value of Ten dollars (Sl00O each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by reso- luton direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation either in l cash or by the sale and transfer to ii | of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said corporation in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said corpora tion may be issued, and the capital stock so is- sued shall thereupon and thereby be- come and be fully paid up and ron- assessable. and in the absence of ac- tual fraud in the transaction the iudg- nicnt of the Directors as to the value of the property purchased shall be con- elusive
 Fourth: The time of the commence nent Of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles o1 Incorporation in the office of the Sec retary of Arizona, and the termination 1 hal | thereafter.
 Fifth The affairs of this corpora ton shall he conducted by Board O. l Five Directors and the following named shall constitute the Board O. Directors until their successors ars elected: John R. Cross, H. M. Beer Burt Cole, F. H. Cole, D. Jannepoule.
 Thereafter the Board of Director: shall be elected from among the stock holders as the bylaws of the corpora ton may provide.
 Sixth: The highest amount of in de5tedness or liability, direct or con tngent, to which this corporation is a any time subject shall be Five Hun dred Thousand dollars (s50O, ,OOO).
 Seventh: The private property 0 the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debt of any kind whatsoever.
 In witness whereof we have hereunt, set our hands and seals this twenty first day of May. 1902.
 J. R. CROSS. (Seal
 H. NJ. BEER. (Seal
 CLAUDE B. RICKETTS,. (Seal State of Missouri,
 County of St. Louis, ss.
 On this 21st day of May, in the yea 1902. before me, John w. Paddock. Notary Public in and for the State an ) County aforesaid, residing therein duly commissioned and sworn, person ally appeared John R. Cross, II. NJ Beer. and Claude B. Ricketts, know to me to be the persons described ii whose names are subscribed to an who executed the annexed instrumen and they acknowledged to me tha they executed the same for the pun ) poses and considerations therein eS <. pressed.
 :! In witness whereof l have hereunt :, set my hand and affixed my officis ' seal at my office in the said State an l County the day and year last abov