Arizona republican., 1902-11-21
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE GOLDEN ANCHOR MINING COM
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS. That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end make the following statement:
 FIRST: The names of the corpora tors are: Paul Gaston, Edward Bowes, D. C. Mitchell, D. P. Hooking and A. M. Mcdonald and the name of the cor poration shall be GOLDEN ANCHOR MINING COMPANY. The principal place in which the business of said cor pcration within the Territory of Ari- zona is to be transacted is Phoenix Maricopa County, Arizona. and the principal place of business of said cor poration outside the Territory of Ari- zona shall be the City of San Francisco, in the State of California, 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 nay be established by the board of di- rectors.
 SECOND: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows, to-wit:
 To make contracts; 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, min ing claims, oil lands, mineral lands, oil, gas, asphaltum, petroleum, asbestos, salt water and water rights and ma chinery and to work, mine. explore. f1r a general real estate, manufacturing and mercantile business; to own, handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares of capital stock of other corporations. to borrow money and exc cute notes, bonds, mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same, and to eX- ercise in respect of all such bonds, mortgages, notes, shares of capital stock and other securities and obliga- tions 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 general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation 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 One Million dollars S1, 1,OO0OO0.OO), di- vided into One Million q ,OOO, ,0OO) shares of the par value of One Dollar (S1.0O) each. At such time as the Board of Di- rectors 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 per sonal property for the uses and pur- poses of said corporation, in payment for which shares of the capital stock oi said corporation may be issued and the capital stock so issued shall thereupOr and thereby become and be fully paid up and non -assessa ble, and in the ab- sence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment of the directors as to the value of the property purchased shal be conclusive.
 FOURTH: The time of the com mencement of this corporation shall b' the date of the filing of these Article. of Incorporation in the office of the Secretary of Arizona, and the termina- tion thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 FIFTH: The affairs of this corpora ton shall be conducted by a Board O Five (5) Directors and the followin: named shall constitute the Board of Di rectors until their successors are elect ed: Paul Gaston, Edward Bowes, D C. Mitchell, D. P. Hooking and A. M Mcdonald. Thereafter the Board o Directors shall be elected from amoni the stockholders as the By Laws of tn corporation may provide. The officer of said corporation until their success ors are elected shall be Edward Bowes president; Paul Gaston, vice-presideni and D. c. Mitchell, secretary; D. ( Mitchell, 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 Hundre Thousand dollars (S100000.0O), whic amount does not exceed two-thirds tn amount of the capital stock
 SEVENTH: The private property C the stockholders of this corporatlo shall be exempt from corporate debt of any kind whatsoever.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We hay hereunto set our hands and seals tn 23d day of June. 1902.
 PAUL GASTON, (SeaD
 EDWARD BONES, (SeaI)
 D. c. MITCHELL, (SeaD
 D. C. ROCKING. (SeaD
 A. M. MCDONALD. (SeaD