The Arizona sentinel., 1902-12-24
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE Arizona Smelling and Reduction Company.

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 Know all men bv these presents. That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby as- sociate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 First-That the names of the corporators are: James Rice, of Los Angeles, Cal; Frank N. Rust of Los Angeles, Cal; Lee Chamberlin, of Los Angeles Cal: and the name of the corpora tion shall be The Arizona Smelling and Reduc- tion Company. The principal place in which the business of said corporation, within the Ter ritory of Arizona is to be transacted is Yuma, Yuma county, Arizona and the principal place of business of said corporation outside of the Territory of Arizona shall be the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, State of Califor- nia at which place meetings of the board of di- rectors may be held. and the corporation may have such branch offices, either within or with out the Territory of Arizona, as may be estab- lishcd by the board Of directors.
 Second-The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows, to-wit: The smelling, refining. Sampling and reduction of any and all ores; to purchase and sell any and all ores, fluxes and bullion; to purchase, lease, bond, locate, or otherwise acquire own, exchange, sell or other wise dispose Of pledge, mortgage, hypothecate, and deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property mines, mining claims, oil lands mineral lands, oil, gas, asphaltum, petro- leurn. water and water rights, and machinery, and to work, mine. explore, operate and develop the same; to do a general real estate, manufac- turing and mercantile business; to own, handle md control letters patent and inventions and shares of capital stock of other corporations; to acquire by purchase, or in any lawful manner, and to possess enjoy, operate and use, grants, franchises and concessions from any territory or state Of the United States, or from any other state or country Of the world, lands. steamships, steamship lines railroads (other than the rail 1 roads in the Territory Of Arizona), wagon l roads canals, mills, factories, houses, capital stock and bonds of corporations public or prl- | vate chattels goods, wares and merchandise | and ehoses in action. and to buy and to own, | control, deal in or dispose of She same, or any | part thereof and to enter into contracts, for the construction and operation of any such enter | prise or corporation, to borrow money and exc | cute notes bonds, mortgages, or deeds of trust to secure the same and to exercise in respect of all such bonds, mortgages notes, shares of capi- | tai stock and other securities and obligations | any and all rights powers and privileges of in- dividual 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 geueral to do all things neces- sary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the Territory of Arizona and elsewhere, not inconsistent 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 (sI, 900 oOO), divided into one million shares of the par value of one dollar each.
 At such time as the board Of directorssmay, | 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 poratiop, 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 di- rectors 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 ofice
 
 tion thereof shall be twenty-five (25) years thereafter. Fifth-The affairs of this corporation shall be | conducted by board of three directors which | may be Increased to seven at the option of this | board and the following named shall constitute | the board of directors until their successors or | others are elected: James Rice, of Los An | geleS, Cal; Frank N. Rust of Los Angeles | Cal; Lee Chamberlin, of Los Angeles, Cal | Thereafter the board of directors shall be elect ed from among the stockholders as the bylaws | of the corporation may provide.
 Sixth-The highest amount of indebtedness or liability direct or contingent to which this | corporation is at any time subject shall be two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($25O OOO OO0l. SeTenth-The private property of the stock holders of this corporation shall be exempt | from corporation debts of any kind whatsoever In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this Sd day of October, A. D. 1902.
 James Rice, (Seal)
 Frank N. Rust (SeaD
 Lee Chamberlin. (SeaD
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
 County of Los Angeles. ''0
 On this third day of October, in the year one thousand nine hundred and two before me, Jes-