The Arizona sentinel., 1902-08-20
ARTICLES OF INGORPORATIOA

the uluefSlSn0u, ClJlAtIS Ol IIlS OnlJcu States of America, for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, do adopt the following articles of incorporation:
 ARTICLE l.
 The names of the incorporators are as fol- lows: James P. Ward, M. J. McGarry and Samuel B. Elliott.
 ARTICLE II.
 The name of this corporation shall be San Simon Mining Company.
 ARTICLE III.
 The principal place of business of this cor poration shall be at Yuma, in Yuma County. Arizona Territory, with a branch office in Los Angeles City, County of Los Angeles, State of California, at which latter place in the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Ange- les, State of California, the stockholders meetings may be held.
 ARTICLE ".
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted and the purpose for which this corporation is formed are, to carry on the business of mining for gold, lead and other metals, minerals and materials and of milling and reducing ores, and the acquisition by location, purchase or otherwise of mines, mining property, water rights, aqueducts, and the working, use and operation thereof, to erect and operate smelters, mills, refneries and other works for reducing and treating ores and minerals; building roads, tramways railroads and canals from the companys mines and works to some river, railroad or highway and to do all other things needful to conduct a general mining business; also to erect and own buildings, to acquire by pur- chase, location or otherwise all kinds of real estate, including timber lands. coal and oil lands and mining property, to buy and sell all kinds of merchandise, and to own and conduct hotels and restaurants; to buy, hold, improve, sell, mortgage and hypothecate (either, any or all) any and every kind of real personal or mixed property; to take, hold. own, sell, or in any matter dispose of shares of the capital stock of any other corpor- ation: to acquire in any legal manner, dev- elop own, use, sell or furnish to any other person or corporation water. steam or elec- trical power.
 ARTICLE V.
 The capital stock of said company shall be divided into 2,500,000 shares of the par value of one dollar each, said stock upon issuance to be paid in full in cash, or it's equivalent in property conveyed to said corporation, or by services rendered said corporation, and when issued shall be forever non-assessable.
 ARTICLE VI.
 Private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from any and all the debts and liabilities of the corporation, and the stock of said corporation shall be nOn-aSseSSable.
 ARTICLE VII
 The highest amount of indebtedness to which this corporation is to subject itself shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars
 ARTICLE VIII
 Tho limo Of commencement of this cOrnOr- ation shall be on the date when these articles are filed for record with the Recorder of said Yuma County, Arizona Territory, and shall continue for twenty-five (25l years from that date. The affairs of this corporation shall be con- ducted by board of directors consisting of five persons, who must be stockholders, ln- cluding the president and secretary, and at the option of the board of directors, a vice president may be elected, (who must also be a stockholder) and an assistant secretary. who may be, by resolution of the directors, empowered to sign and issue certificates of stock with like power as the secretary. ARTICLE x.
 The board of directors shall consist of James r. Ward; Samuel B. Elliott, M J. Me | Garry, James E. Pells and E. A. ZwanZig, who shall hold office until their successors are elected and have qualified. ARTICLE XI. | Any vacancies that may occur in any of | the OfnceS Of tnlS corporation shall be filled | by the board of directors, by a majority vote | thereof, at any meeting thereof, and in the event of any vacancy occurring in the board of directors, the same shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining directors at any regular meeting thereof, and when so elected, they shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the said corporation. ARTICLE XII
 The board of directors shall at their first meeting have full power to establish and adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations as shall | be deemed eXpedient for the management of the affairs of this corporation, not incOnsist- ent with the constitution and laws of the | United States and the laws of Arizona Ter | ritOry.
 The board of directors shall have power by a majority vote of the directors present at any meeting, to exercise any of the powers enumerated in Section of Chapter II of Title XIII, Revised Statutes of Arizona 1901, passed by the Twenty-firSt LegiSlatiVesKsSe bly of the Territory of Arizona, except as otherwise herein provided. The board of directors may meet, act and | transact any of the business of the corpor- Angeles aforesaid.
 ARTICLE XIII.
 The price for which the capital stock of this corporation may be sold shall be regu- lated by the board of directors at any meet | ing thereof, and from time to time changed.
 In witness whereof, the above named in- corporatOrs have hereunto set their hands | NJ. J. MCGARRY Tseall l | JAMES P WARD seal l | SAMUEL B. ELLIOTT seal | STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Los Angeles. '0'
 Before me, Samuel Prager Notary Public | in and for the County of Los Angeles, State of | California, on this day personally appeared | James F. Ward, M. J. McGarry and Samuel | B. Elliott, known to me to be the persons | whose uameS are subscribed to the foregoing 1 instrument, and acknowledged to me that | they executed the same tor the purpose and consideration therein expressed | Given under my hand and seal of office this ! 23rd day of June, A. D. 1902. l lseall SAMUEL TRACER.
 Notary Public in and for the County of Los | Angeles, State of California. l My commission expires July 10th, 1903.- 1 Recorded at the request of M. J. McGarry at g o'clock a. m., June 2lth, A. D. 1902. l c. P. GROWN, County Recorder. l TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, 1 County of Yuma. o'' IC. P. Cronin. County Recorder in and for | the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona. do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true | full and correct copy of Articles of Incorpor- atiOn of the San simon Mining Company" | as filed for record in my office on the 24th dny of June, A. U. 1902, and as appears of record in Book s" ofBondS and Agreements, page ct sea-, Records of Yuma County, aforesaid.
 | In witness whereof have hereuntO set my | hand and affixed my official seal, this 4th l day of June, A. D. 1902 - | (SEAL) c. P. GROWN, | County Recorder, Yuma County, Arizona | Territory.
 1 First publication June 25 1902.