Mohave County miner., 1902-04-05
Articles of incorporation
OF THE
Cedar Valley Mining Company

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That
We whose hands are hercunto Affixed, do here
by associate ourselves together for the purpose
of forming a corporation under the laws Of the
Territory Of Arizona and TO that end make the
4 following statement:
FIRST: The name OF the corporators are:
]. Thompson Baker Charles Keighley Philip
P. Baker Robert p. Wilson d. Harry Chandler,
Benz. r. Ladd, Jno. G. Jennings, and 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 Mohave
County, Arizona, and the principal place Of
business OF said Corporation outside the Ter
ritory 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 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, to-wit
TO purchase lease bond locate or otherwise
acquire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dis
pose OF, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate and deal
in real estate and any and all 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, manufactur-
ing and mercantile business; 10 own, handle
and control letters patent and inventions and
shares OF capital stock Of other corporations;
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mortgages, or deeds OF trust 20 secure the
same, and TO 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 TO vote
upon any shares Of stock held by it 20 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 Corpora.
tion in the Territory and elsewhere not lncon
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 (s50J0,O0O) divided into five million
shares OF the par value Of one dollar CD 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 it OF real or personal
property for the uses and purposes Of said Cor
poration, in payment for which shares OF the
capital stock Of said Corporation may be issued
and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon
and thereby become and be fully paid up and
non-assessable and in the absence Of actual
fraud in the transaction the judgment Of the
Directors as to the value Of the property pur.
chased shall 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 Keighley Philip
p. Baker Robert p. Wilson d. Harry Chan
dler, Benz. F. Ladd, Jno. c.. 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. /
ness or liability direct or contingent. 20 which
this Corporation is at any time subject shall be
one Hundred Thousand dollars Csl0O.OJU.
SEVENTH; The private property OF the
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