Arizona republican., 1902-08-24
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE "TONOPAH GOLD MINING COM
 PANY."

Know All Men By These Presents: That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming d corporation under the laws of the Ter ritory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 First: The names of the corporators are: James II. Forman and R. l.. Johns, and the name of the corpora ton shall be Tonopah Gold Mining Company. The principal place in which the business of said corporation 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 Butler CTonopah) in the State of Nevada, at which meetings 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.
 Second: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows, towit: To make contracts, to purchase. lease, bond, locate or otherwise ac- uuire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage, hypothe- cate and deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property, mines, mining claims, oil lands, min- eral lands. oil, gas, asphaltum. petro- leum, asbestos, salt, water and water rights and machinery, and to work, mine, explore, operate and develop the same; to own, handle and control shares of capital stock of other corpo- rations; to borrow money and execute notes, bonds, mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same, and tc eXer- else in respect of all such bonds, mort gages, notes, shares of capital stock and other securities and obligations any and all rights, powers and privi- | leges of individual owners thereof, in- cluding 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 general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation ir the Territory and elsewhere, not in consistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona. ! I capital stock of this corporation shal be One Million dollars &1,OOO, ,0OO.OO) di- vided into one million shares of the pan value of one dollar (s1.OO) each. Al such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, said capita stock shall be paid into this corpora tion either in cash or by the sale anC transfer to it of real or personal prop ! f,f ff corporation, in payment for whicl shares of the capital stock of said cor poration may be issued and the capita stock so issued shall thereupon an' thereby become and be fully paid III and non-assessable, and in the absence ot actual fraud in the transaction tn judgment of the Directors as to tn value of the property purchased shal be conclusive.
 Fourth: The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be tn date of the filing of these Articles O Incorporation in the office of the Sec retary of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five year thereafte".
 Fifth: TT,n affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of thre Directors and the following named shal constitute the Board of Directors unti their succcasors are elected: James II
 Forman, residing in Butler City. Ne vada: R. L. Johns, residing in Butle City Nevada; Kenneth Donnellan, re siding in Butler City. Nevada. There after tho Hoard of Directors shall b
 elected from among the stockhOlder as the bylaws of the corporation ma, provide The officers rf said corpora
 tion until their sur >essors are electe
 shall be: Jams;, H. Forman, Presi
 dent: Kennetd Donnellan, Vice-Presi
 dent F. L. Johns, Secretary; k. 1
 IoL1ns, Treasurer.
 Sixth: The highest amount of in
 debtedness or liability, direct or con
 tingent to which this corporation is a
 any time subject shall be One Hun
 dred Thousand Dollars ($10OO0O.Ot
 which amount does not exceed two
 thirds the amount of the capital stocl