The Arizona sentinel., 1902-05-07


 we. the undersigned, hereby associate our selves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the territory of Arizona, and do hereby make, sign and &C., knowledge the following articles of Incorpor- ation:
 ARTICLE l.
 The name of the incorporation so formed is the Mesquite Gold and Copper Mining Com 1 pany, and the names of the incorporatOrs are 1 D. A. Moore, k. B. Moore, Thomas Wood, F.. ! l.. Wood, M. II. Richards and T. w. T. Rich ards. The principal place of business is and shall be Yuma, in the county of Yuma, terri tory of Arizona. The 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 II.
 | Second.-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 &C., | quire by purchase mill sites and smelter sites and any other land desired by sai d corpora | ton for building or storage purposes or road ways. To acquire by purchase or cOnstruc- | tion or otherwise, and the right to operate wagon roads, railroads telephone and tele- 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 smelters, smelling and refining plants and to operate the same; to build warehouses and other houses and to control them and use them To extract 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, bonds 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.
 Third-The authorized amount of capital stock ofthis corporation shall be one million dollars ($1, 100000 divided into one million shares of the par value of one dollar CslOO per share. At such time as the board of al rectors may by resolution direct said capita stock shali be paid into the corporation elthel in cash or by the sale and transfer to it O real or personal property for the uses ano purposes Ot said corporation, in payment fol which shares of the capital stock of said cor poration may be issued, and the capital stocl so issued shall thereupOn and thereby be come and be fully paid up and non-assessable
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 Fourth.-The time of the commencement O | tnlS cOrpO1aIlOn SDdll Dt buc udlC VI bhC Ahiif of these articles of incorporation in the office of the Secretary of Arizona, and the termina ton shall be fifty years thereafter.
 Fifth.-The business of the corporation shal be managed and conducted by board of di rectors not less than three nor more thai seven as shall be determined by the sai( [ board of directors, who shall have full au . thority to conduct the business of said corpO ration to divide pro rata among the stock holders all the moneys and profits of the coI , poration, and after the payment of all debt f to divide pro rata all the assets real and peI P sonal property or the proceeds of the sal thereof of said corporation in like manner.
 VI.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or lis bility, direct or indirect, or contingent t which this corporation shall subject itsel shall be fifty thousand dollars (S5O,OCO). $ VII.
 ,- Seventh-The officers of this corporation l shall be a President, Vice-President, Sec retary and Treasurer, who shall be electe annually by the board of directors, at suc times as may be designated by the bylaws this corporation; that until the first annna | election of officers and directors and unu l. their successors are duly elected aud qualified g the following-named persons, who are sut C scribers to the capital stock of this company d shall constitute the officers and directors ( this company tO-wit: D. A. Moore, DireetC and President; Thomas Wood, Director an Vice-President: T. w. T. Richards, Directc and Secretary:
 Eighth-The stockholders of this corpor; tion and their private property shall be e, empt from liability for the corporation debt of this corporation and the capital stock sha .e be forever nOn-assessable.
 d In witness whereof, we have hereuntO s' our hands and seals this eleventh day of NJ . 1eniber, A D. 1901.
 n h. A. MOORE, lSeali F.. B. MOORE, lSealI
 THOMAS WOOD, lSealI d E. L. WOOD. lSealI
 M H. RICHARDS, lSealJ
 T. WIT, RICHARDS, ,[SealI d STATE OF CALIFORNIA, tss
 COUNTY OF Los AVG ELES.
 k On this eleventh day of November, in u year A. D. 1901, before me, GanO Henry, m tary public in and for the State and Count y aforesaid, residing therein, duly commissions and sworn, personally appeared J. A. Moor E. B. Moore, Thomas Wood, F.. l.. Wood, H. Richards and T. W. T. Richards, know .e to me to be the persons described in, an d whose names are subscribed to, and who ex l. cuted the annexed instrument, and they a 1. knowledged to me that they executed tn is same for the purposes and the cOnsideratio c. therein expressed.
 In witness whereofI have hereunto set m " hand and affixed my official seal at my OftC d in said state and county, the day and yea Iact ahOve written.