Arizona republican., 1902-01-01
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
OF THE
THE CONTINENTAL MINING
SMELLING AND DEVELOPING
COMPANY"

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 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:
Gust II Hammell. Jr.. Charles II. Will
Jams and Edward Beisbarth and the
name of the Corporation shall be The
Continental Mining. Smelling and De-
veloping Company. The principal
place in which the business of said cor
poration within the Territory of Ari-
iona is to be transacted is Phoenix,
Maricopa County, Arizona. and the
principal placeSof business of said Cor
poration outside the Territory of Ari-
iona shall be the City of St. Louis. in
the State OF Missouri. at which meet
ings of the Board of Directors may be
held, and the Corporation may have
such branch offices either within or
without the Territory of Arizona as
may be established by the Board of
Directors.
The general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted by this Cor
poration 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 real es-
tate and any and all kinds of personal
property, mines. mining claims. oil
lands. mineral lands. oil. gas. asphalt
UNI. petroleum, water and water rights
and machinery, and to work. mine. ex-
plore. operate and develop the same; TO
do a general real estate manufactur-
ing and mercantile business; to own.
handle and control letters patent and
inventions and shares of capital stock
of other corporations: to borrow mon
+ey and execute notes, bonds, mort
cages 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
person might or could do: and in gen
eral to do all things necessary to the
proper conduct of the business of this
tNe leTTltCTy anu 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 snail be One
Million dollars ($1, ZOO, 000) divided into
one million shares of the par value of
one dollar ($1) each. AT such time as
the Board of Directors may by resolu-
ton 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 Corporation.
in payment for which shares of the
capital stock of said Corporation may
be issued. and the capital stock SO is
sued shall thereupon and thereby be-
come and be fully paid up and nom
assessable, and in the absence of ac-
tual fraud in the transaction the judg-
ment of the Directors as to the value
of the property purchased shall be con-
elusive.
Fourth.
The time of the commencement OF
this Corporation shall be the date OF
| the filing of these Articles of Incorpo-
ration in the office of the Secretary OF
Arizona and the termination thereof
shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
Fifth.
The affairs of this Corporation shall
be conducted by a Board of four Di-
rectors, and the following named shall
constitute the Board of Directors until
their successors are elected: Gust H
| Hammel, Jr., c. H. Williams, Edward
Beisbarth. Thereafter the Board OF
| Directors shall be elected from among
the stockholders as the Bylaws of the
| Corporation may provide.
| Sixth.
| The highest amount of Indebtedness
or liability, direct or contingent, tC
which this Corporation is at any time
subject shall be not more than two
third dollars (s66 $3.50.
Seventh.
| The private property of the stock
holders of this Corporation shall b.
exempt from corporate debts of an,
kind Whatsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. We hav'
hereunto set our hands and seals thi
18th day of December. 1901.
! Gust II. Hammell. Jr., (Seal
| G. II. Williams, lSeal