The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-12
ARTICLES OF IHCORPORATION.
 OF THE Rio Del Monte Gold Mines Company

l RIO uei Monte G0IG MlIleS company Know all men by these presents that John P. | Jones' Richard F. Pcttigrew and stephen w. Dorsey, being citizens of the United States of America, have this day associated ourselves to- gether for the purpose of forming corporation under and by virtue of the general 1ncorpora- | tion laws of the Territory of Arizona, and all the amendments thereto, and for that object do | hereby adopt the following articles of incorpor- ation, namely:
 | First-Ihat the names of the incorporatorS are John P. Jones, Richard r, Pettigrew and | Stephen w. Dorsey, and that the name | of the corporation shall be the Rio Del Monte Gold Mines Company. That the pr1ncl- pal place for the transaction of the business of she said corporation is and shall be the Town of Yuma in the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona. with branch offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to l time determine.
 | Second-Thc general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by said corporation l is mining gold silver and other metals, and in the furtherance of that object, to buy sell lease bond, develop and operate mines mining claims mills, cyanide plants, pump, SEW mills, coal ! ullIICS, COtAC lO OuSf SN-A; AN'''S' DO--N construct maintain and operate canals, dtchcs, fumes, reservoirs wells, pipe lines and all other equipments necessary or incidental to the dcvcl- Opment of water and other powers, for mining milling and domestic purposes; to obtain by purchase or otherwise, mill building and town sites: to cree: thereon all necessary buildings l for it's own use or to rent: shafts, mills, smelt CTS. cOncentratorS, cruShcrs and all kinds of machinery, apparatus or contrivance necessary or useful in reducing ores and extracting the values therefrom; to buy, own, lease bond construct, maintain and operate railroads, wag | onroadS, electric roads, tramways or other l agencies adapted to the conveyance of ores | freight material of any kind, as well as passcn gers: to own, control, buy and sell patents ol | other inventions in any way relating to the raining business, to carry on and maintain q general mercantile business, or to grant exclus l i've rights to others to do on the premises o1 the corporation; to borrow money, issue bonds and to mortgage. pledge or otherwise dispose o1 any or all of it's property; to acquire both req | and personal property of any and every sort, tc buy and sell the same, to consolidate it's prop erty with other corporations; to buy, sell ant own the stock CT bonds of other corporations and to do and perform in any and all acts arc l things necessary to do and perform in any man ner incidental to the carrying out of all the puT poses hcreinbetore specified
 | Thrd-That the amount of the capital stock l of said company shall be Five Hundred Thous and (500.O0O) shares Of the par value of Fiv, Dollars (S5C0) per share
 Fourth-That the corporate existence of sait company shall commence upon the day of tho l of Art al O1 in thI office of the County Recorder of the County o Yuma, Arizona, and shall continue for twenty five years thereafter.
 Fifth-That the affairs of the corporation shal be managed by Board of nine directors, ar( th.t the first Board of Directors shall consist O. John P. Jones, Richard r. Pettigrew, Ma -:II Butler, Stephen w. Dorsey J, B. Landfeld Jr. Charles H. Fay. James Simmons, J. B. Petcr son and Edmund H. Moves, who shall hold thei offices for period of one year from the date o the recording of these Articles or until thci successors are duly elected and qualified. A the expiration of the year above stated, or soon CT if the stockholders elect, q new Board Of Di rectors shall be elected by the stockholders o said corporation at its regular annual meeting said annual meeting to be held on the second Monday of October of each year in the Town 0 Yuma, Territory of Arizona.
 Sizth-The Board of Directors shall have tn power to appoint an Executive Committee con sisting of three members of the Board wh' shall exercise all of the powers necessary fo the proper conduct of the business and repor their proceedings to the Board of Directors
 Seventh-Ihc officers of said corporation shal consist of a President, Vicc-Pr' 'ident, Secre tary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer and Assist ant Treasurer and such other officers as th Board of Directors may from time to time create
 Eighth-Thc President and Vice-President O the corporation shall be members of the Boar' of Directors. and no Director shall hold oftiC who is ret bona fide stOckholdcr of record il the corporation. In the event of the death o resignation or disability of any Directors tn remaining members of the Board of Director may fill the vacancy by the election of som stockholdcr.
 Ninth-That the highest amount of indebted ness that this corporation shall at any tim create shall not exceed the sum of Five Hundre' Thousand (s5OO,OOO) Dollars.
 Tenth-That all private property of the stock holders of said corporation shall be exempt iron any and all liability for corporation debts.
 In witness whereof we have hereunto set ou hands ana SeaIS thlS ara Gay CI JdiudIy, l'V-
 JOHN P. JONES. (Seal.
 RICHARD F. PETTGREW, (Scal.
 STEPHEN W. DORSEY, (Seal. STATE OF NEW YORK
 County of New York.
 On this 3rdday of January, 1902, before n personally came John P. Jones, Richard + Pettigrew and Stephen w. Dorsey, each to m personally known and known to me to be tn individuals described in and who executed tn foregoing instrument, and they sevcrally aC knowledged to me that they executed tho same
 JOHN G. HONEY,
 [SealI Notary Public N. Y. County
 Recorded at request of J. H. Carpenter at 3:l p, n. January 2, A. D. 1902.
 c. p. GROWN, County Recorder. Territory of Arizona, ss
 County of Yuma,
 |, C. P Cronin. County Recorder in and fo the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona q hercb- certify that the forcgC ing is q true, ful and correct copy of the articles of incorpoTatio of the Rio Del Monte Cold Mines Company, 6 filed for record in my office, and which appear of record in Book 8 of Bonds and Agreements page - ct seq, records Of Yuma county afort said.
 In witness whereof nave hercunto set m hand and affixed my seal Of office, tnla l9th Ga ol ' ''''i'''''S' A. D' ''O~' C.P. CROWN.
 TSeall County Recorder, Yuma County. A.
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