Arizona republican., 1902-06-04
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE. CALANERAS COOPERATIVE GOLD MINING COMPANY.

| 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 corpora tors are: John R. Cross, H. M. Peer. | Claude B. Ricketts. and the name of the corporation shall be THE GALA NERAS COOPERATIVE GOLD MIN ING COMPANY. The principal place in which the business of said corpora ! tion 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 1 lished by the Board of Directors.
 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 oth- erWise acquire, own, exchange, sell or | otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage. | hypothecate and deal in real estate l and any and all kinds of personal prop | erty, mines, mining claims, oil lands, mineral lands, oil, gas, asphaltun, pc | troleum, water and water rights and machinery, and to work, mine, explore. operate and develop the same; to do a general real estate. manufa acturing 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 10 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 person might or could do; and in gen. eral to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the Territory and else where, not inconsistent with the laws 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, 300. 0O0) divided into 15o.000 shares of the par value of Ten dollars (Si0.0O each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by reso- lution 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 for the uses and purposes of said corpora ton, in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said corpora ton may be issued. and the capital stock is sued shall thereupon and thereby be- come and be fully paid up and non assessable, and in the absence of ac- tual fraud in the transaction the iudg- ncnt of the Directors as to the value of the property purchased shall be con elusive.
 Fourth: The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the Sec re.ary of Arizona, and the termination
 thereof shall be twenty-five years
 thereafter.
 Fifth: The affairs of this corpora 1
 Five Directors and the following
 named shall constitute the Board oi
 Directors until their successors are elected: John R. Cross. H. M. Beer
 Burt Cole, F. H. Cole, D. Jannepoule. , Thereafter the Board of Directors 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- f tingent, to which this corporation is al , any time subject shall be Five Hun f dred Thousand dollars ($500,00O.
 Seventh: The private property o the stockholders of this corporation , shall be exempt from corporate debt:
 of any kind whatsoever.
 2 | In witness whereof we have hereuntC 5 set our hands and seals this twenty.
 first day of May, 1902.
 l J. R. CROSS. (Seal
 H. NJ. BEER. (Seal
 CLAUDE B. RICKETTS,. (Seal State of Missouri,
 l County of St. Louis, ss.
 On this Fist day of May in the yea 1902. before me, John w. Paddock.
 Notary Public in and for the State anc County aforesaid, residing therein I Uuly COfI1lllSSlOneu ana sworn, person . ally appeared John R. Cross, Fl. M
 Beer, and Claude E. Ricketts, knoWl " to me to be the persons described in Il whose names are subscribed to am 9 who executed the annexed instrument r and they acknowledged to me tha e they executed the same for the puI' - poses and considerations therein ex II pressed.
 In witness whereof l have hereunt 9 set my hand and affixed my officia
 seal at my office in the said State an .- County the day and year last abov ,l written.
 " (SeaL) JOHN w. PADDOCK, h Notary Public Is My commission expires Nov. P. 19O d Territory of Arizona,
 r. County of Marcopa, ss.
 d J, B. F. McFall. County Recorder i
 and for the County and Territor t. aforesaid. hereby certify that [ hay a compared the foregoing copy with tn
 original Articles of Incorporation (