Arizona republican., 1902-08-25
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 H. Forman and k. 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 (TOnopah) in the State of Nevada, al 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 make contracts, to purchase. lease, bond, locate or otherwise ac- quire, 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 to 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 gener2l to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the Territory and elsewhere, not in- consistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 Tihrd: The authorized amount of
 
 1 be One Million dollars (s1.OOO, OOO.OO) di- vided into one million shares of the par value of one dollar ($1.OO) each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corpora tion either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it of real or personal prop erty for the uses and purposes of said ! s,, ,oV,+ fnr~ xs-lnf nfnh shares of the capital stock of said cor poration 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 purchased shall | be conclusive.
 Fourth: The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of | Incorporation in the office of the Sec retary of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years | thereafte.'.
 Fifth: TIu. affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of three Directors and the following named shall constitute tle Board of Directors until | their succC a1ors are elected: James H. Forman, residing in Butler City, Ne vada; R. L. Johns, residing in Butler City. Nevada; Kenneth Donnellan, re- siding in Butler City, Nevada. There after tho Hoard of Directors shall be elected from among the stockholders as the bylaws of the corporation may provide. The officers >f said corpora tion until their su< .essors are elected shall be: JamF;- H. Forman, Presi- dent; Kenneth Donnel;an. Vice-Presi- dent; F.. L. Johns, Secretary; R. L.
 Tatsns, Treasurer.
 Sixth: The highest amount of in- debtedness or liability, direct or con- tingent to which this corporation is at any tims subject shall be One Hun | Gred Thousand Dollars ($100 0CO.OO) which amount does not exceed two thirds the amount of the capital stock