Mohave County miner., 1902-03-29
Articles of incorporation
OF THE
Cedar Valley Mining Company

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That
we whose hands are hereunto aGixed, do here
by associate ourselves together for the purpose
Of forming corporation under the laws Of the
Territory OF Arizona and to that end make the
following statement:
FRsT The name Of the corporators are;
J. Thompson Baker, Charles Keighley, Philip
P, Baker, Robert P. Wilson, D. Harry Chandler,
Benz r. Ladd, Jno. G.. Jennings, ana the name
OF the Corporation shall be Cedar Valley Min
ing Company. The principal place in which the
business Of said Corporation within the Terri
| tory OF Arizona is TO be transacted is Mohaye
County, Arizona and the principal place Of
business Of said Corporation outside the Ter
rtory OF Arizona shall be the city OF Phila-
delphia in the state OF Pennsylvania at which
meetings OF the Board of Directors may be
held, and the Corporation may have such
branch ofices either within or without the
Territory Of Arizona as may be established 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 otherwise
acquire, own. exchange, sell or otherwise dis
pose OF. pledge. mortgage, hypothecatc and deal
in real estate ana any and an kinds OF personal
property, mines, mining claims, oil lands min
eral lands oil gas asphaltum, petroleum, wa
ter and water rights and machinery, and 10
work, mine, explore, operate and develop the
same; to do a general real estate, mauufactur-
ing and mercantile business; TO own, handle
and control letters patent and inventions and
shares OF capital stock Of other corporations
TO borrow money aud execute notes, bonds
mortgages, or deeds OF trust 20 secure the
same, and 10 exercise in respect OF all such
bonds, mortgages, notes. shares OF capital stock
and other secureties and obligations any and
all rights, powers and privileges OF individual
owners thereof including the right 10 vote
upon any shares OF stock held by il 70 the same
extent that a natural person might or could do
and in general 20 do all things necessary TO the
proper conduct Of the business OF this Corpora
tion in the Territory and elsewhere not incon
sistent with the laws OF the United States and
the Territory Of Arizona.
THIRD: The authorized amount Of capital
stock OF this Corporation shall be Five Million
dollars (S5OJ00J0) divided into I'VE million
shares OF the par value Of one dollar OSD 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 il Of real or personal
property for the uses and purposes OF said Cor.
poration, in payment for which shares Of the
capital stock 81 said Corporation may be issued
and the capital stock SO issued shall thereupon
and thereby become and be fully paid up and
worcestershire, and in the absence Of actual
fraud in the transaction the Judgment OF the
Directors as % the value Of the property pur.
chased shah be conclusive.
FoURTH The time OF the commencement OF
this Corporation shall be the date OF the filing
OF these Articles OF Incorporation in the Office
Of the Secretary OF Arizona, and the termina.
tion thereof shall be twenty-five years there
after.
FIFTH: The affairs of this Corporation shall
be conducted by Board Of seven Directors and
the following named shall constitute the Board
OF Directors until their successors are elected: |
J. Thompson Baker Charles Keighlcy Philip /
p, Baker, Robert p Wilson d. Harry Chan.
dler, Benz T.. Ladd Jno. @. Jennings There.
after the Board OF Directors shall be elected
from among the stockholders as the Bylaws /
OF the Corporation may provide.
SIXTH The highest amount OF indebted 4
ness or liability. direct or contingent to which 1
this Corporation is at any time subject shall be |
one Hundred Thousand dollars (sl0OO1O.
SEVENTH: The private property OF the 1
stockholders OF this Corporation shall be ex
empt from corporate debt. Of any kind what |
soever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. we have hereunto set
our hands and seals this first day Of March 1902 |