The Arizona sentinel., 1902-05-21

we Inc undersigned, nereDy associate our selves together for the purpose of forming under the laws of the territory of Arizona, and do hereby make, sign and ac- knowledge the following articles of lncorpor- atiOn:
 ARTICLE I. The name of the incorporation so formed is the Mesquite Gold and Copper Mining Com pany, and the names of the incOrporatOrs are D. A. Moore, F.. B. Moore, Thomas Wood, F.. l.. Wood, Nj. H. Richards and T. W. T. Rich ards. The principal place of business is and shall be Yuma, ill the county of Yuma, terri tory of Arizona. Tie corporation may also have branch offices at Los Angeles, Califor- mia, and in New York City, and in such other places as the board of directors may deter mine, where meetings of the stockholders and the board of directors may be held and the business of the corporation carried on in accordance with the laws of Arizona with the same effect as ifheld, done and performed at Yuma, Arizona
 ARTICLE H.
 Sccond.-That the general nature of the business to be transacted by said corporation is to acquire and hold by purchase, lease or otherwise, or to sell, copper, gold, silver and lead mines, claims or mineral lands or pros poets and any other kind or character of mines, claims or lands of whatsoever charac- ter, and any land supposed to contain any mineral of any kind or character, and to ac- quire by purchase mill sites and smelter sites and any other land desired by sai 1 corpora ton for building storage purposes or road ways To acquire by purchase or construc-
  wagon roads, railroads telephone and telc- graph lines and electric lines or any other means of transportation or communication; to produce, use and sell electricity; to develop water, oil petroleum, gas and asPhaltum to buy and sell water, oil petroleum, gas and asphaltum, to build pipe lines, water ways and fumes and to Op- crate water powers. To construct and operate mining machinery and oil refineries on mines or elsewhere. To construct and op- crate mills and other machinery for extract ting metal from ore. To erect and construct and operate cyanide plants, to construct and erect smeltcrs, smeltng and refining plants and to operate the same; to build warehouses and other houses and to control them and use them, To oextract any and all kinds of min- erals or metals; to purchase or sell all kinds of ores, minerals or metals; to extract miner alS or metals for other parties and they to pay | for the same by the ton or otherwise, as may be agreed upon; to borrow or loan money, give or receive mortgages bends or other legal securities; to buy and sell stock of other corporations, and generally to do and per form any and all business which individuals or natural persons may lawfully associate themselves together to perform.
 III.
 Third-Thc authorized amount of capita stock ofthis corporation shall be one million dollars (Sl ,CGOOCOJ divided into one million shares of the par value of one dollar (Sl.OO Ter share. At such time as the board of di rectors may by resolution direct said capita stock shall be paid into the corporation cithe in cash or by the sale and transfer to it o real or personal property for the uses ant purposes ot said corporation, in payment TO which shares of the capital stock of said cor poration may be issued, and tine capital stocl so issued shall tbereupOn and thereby bd conc and be fully paid up and nOn-asscssabl6
 Fourfh.-The time of the commencement O thjs corr oraticn shall bc the date Ofthe filinl of these articles of incorporation in the ollie of the Secretary Of Arizona. and the tcrmina ton shall be fifty years thereafter.
 Fifth.-The business ofthe corporation sha be managed and conducted by a board of d rectors, not less than three nor more tha seven as shall be determined by the sal f board of directors, who shall have full au thority to conduct the business of said eorp' ration to divide pro rata among the stocl holders all the moneys and profits Of the co , poration, and after the payment Of all deo' to divide pro rata all the assets, real and pc n sonal property or the proceeds of the SaI r thereof, of said corporation in like manner.
 VI.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or li bility. direct or indirect, CT contingent mich this corporation shall subject itsel | shall be fifty thousand dollars (s5o,0CO. x VII.
 j. Scvcnth-Thc officers of this cOrporatio I shall be a President Vice-President, a Se retary and Treasurer, who shall be electe annually by the board of directors, at sue times as may be designated by the bylaws d this corporation; that until the first ahhu l. election of officers and directors and uni t. their successors are duly elected aud quallhe z the following-named persons, who are su e scribcrs to the capital stock of this compan d shall constitute the officers and directors d this company, to-wit: D. A. Moore, D1rect' - and President; Thomas Wood, Director ar Vice President: T. ". T. Richards, Dircct and Secretary:
 Eighth-Thc stock kholdcrs of this cOrpor ton and their private property shall be C cmpt from liability for the corporation deb of this corporation and the capital stock shi -o be forever nOn-assessable.
 ,d In witness whereof, we have hcreunto our hands and seals this eleventh day of r yember A. D. l9W-
 D. A. MOORE, lSeall
 r.. B. MOORE, Seal
 THOMAS WOOD, lSeall ;, FL. WooD, Seal
 NJ H. RICHARDS, lSeal- "" T. VT, RICHARDs, [Seal- VI STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
 iN COUNTY OF Los ANGELES
 On this eleventh Gay of November, in t year A. D. 1901, before me, GanO Henry, T tary public in aEd for the State and Coun Iy aforesaid residing therein, duly commission and sworn, personally appeared J. A. Moo F. B. Moore, Thomas Wood, F. l.. wood, H. Richards and T. ". T. Richards, know rc to me to be the persons described m, al ,d whose names are subscribed to, and who e> li- cuted the annexed instrument, and they n knowIcdged to me that they executed U is same for tfte purposes and the considerable C. therein expressed.
 In witness whereof have hcreuii'" Se' U U nv hand and affixed my official seal at my oiil Id in Sald StaIe anu '""''''' ~