The news-herald., 1902-12-06
(Seal,
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
GOLD MINING COM
PANY.

We, Irwin G. Stump, Arthur G. Dom
nell and Marcenus H. Briggs, agree to
form a corporation under the laws Of
the Territory of Arizona, and we here
by agree and certify as follows:
[. The name of said corporation
shall be Wallace Gold Mining Com
pany," and it's principal place of trans
acting business at Phoenix, Arizona,
with branch Office in the city of New
York, state of New York and at such
other places as may be determined by
its board of directors.
II. The business of said corporation
shall be to purchase, lease, bond or
otherwise acquire, own, exchange. sell
or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mort
gage, hypothecate and deal in mines,
mining claims, oil lands, oil, gas, as
phaltum, petroleum, water and water
rights, and to work, explore and de-
velOp the same; to do general real
estate and mercantile business, to own,
buy, sell handle and operate under LETT
ters patent and inv antions, and in gen
eral to do all things necessary to the
proper conduct of the business of the
corporation in the territory and else
where, not inconsistent with the laws
of the United States AID the Territory
of Arizona.
III. The amount of the capital stock
of said corporation shall be five L lion
dollars ($5,OOO,0OO), divided into five
million (5,OOO,00O) shares of the par
value of one ($1.OO) eacn, which stock
shall be issued fully paid up and nom
assessable in exchange for cash, service
or property.
". The said corporation shall com.
mence business on the date these ar
ticles are filed in the office OF the Sec
retary of Arizona, and shall terminate
twenty-five (25) years thereafter.
V. The affairs of said corporation
shall be conducted by board of i've
60 directors, elected annually by the
stockholders of the corporation.
vi. The highest amount of indebt-
edness, direct or contingent, to which
this corporation shall subject itself at
any time is one million ($1, ,OOO,O0J) dol
lars.
VII. The private property of stock
holders of this corporation shall be
exempt from it's corporate debts.
VIII. G. H. Akers, a resident Of
Phoenix, Arizona, for three years last
past, is the agent of this company,
upon whom all notices and processes,
including summonses, may be served.
In witness whereof. we have here
unto subscribed our names this Sth day
of October. 1902
IRWIN G. STUMP.
A. G. DONNELL.
MARSENUS Fl. BRIGGS.
State of New York,
County of New YORK, SIS.
On this 9Th day of October, in the
year 1902, before me, Martin e. Gill, a
Notary Public in and for the county
aforesaid, residing therein, duly COM
missioned and sworn, appeared Irwin
C. Stump Arthur c. .Donnell aud Mar
senus H. Briggs, known to NE to be
the persons described in, and whose
names are subscribed to, and who exc
cuted the annexed instrument, and
they severally acknowledged to me
that they executed the same for the
purposes and considerations therein
expressed.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year last above writ
ten
My commission expires March 80,
1903
(SeaD MARTIN E. GILL,
Notary Public No. SO, New York
County
Territory of Arizona,
County of Maricopa, SIS.
I, B. F. McFall, County Recorder In
and for the county and territory afore-
said, do hereby certify that the within
instrument was filed for record at 2:O6
o'clock p. m. on this 18th day Of Octo-
Der, 1902, and duly recorded in Book
No. 12 Of interpretations, Records of
Maricopa County, Arizona, at pages 299
to 500. 1 IlMM
Witness my hand and official seal
the day and year above written.
(Seal,) B. M. McFALL,
County Recorder.