The Arizona sentinel., 1903-04-01
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
OF THE Arizona Smelling, Mining and Transportation Company.

Know all men by these presents that we, whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 FirSt-The names of the corporators gre:
 James Rice, of Los Angeles, California.
 Frank N. Rust of Los Angeles, California
 Edward H. Rust, ofIOs Angeles, California
 and the name of the corporation shall be The
 Arizona Smelling, Mining and Transports tion Company. The principal place ill which
 the business of said corporation within the Territory of Arizona is to De
 transacted is Yuma, Yuma county
 Arizona, and the principal place Of
 business of said corporption outside of the Territory of Arizona shall be the city of Los Angeles, State of California, at which place
 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-That the general nature of the busi
 ness proposed to be transacted by this corpo'
 ration is as follows, to-wit:
 The smelting, refining, sampling and reduc' ton Of any and all ores; to purchase and sell
 any and all ores, fiuxes and bullion; to pur-
 chase, lease, bond, locate or otherwise ac' quire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dis pose of, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate, and deal in real estate and any and all kinds Ol
 personal property, mines, mining claims, oil
 lands, mineral lands, oil, gas. asphaltum petroleum, water and water rights, and ma. | pb nd tn JIoinp who're
 and develop the same; to do a general real es tate, manufacturing and mercantile business to handle and control letters patent and in-
 Ventions and shares of capital stock of other corporations, to acquire by purchase, or in
 any lawful manner, and to possess, enjoy,
 operate and use, grants, franchises and con- sessions from any territory or state of the United States, or from any other state or
 country of the world, lands, steamships, steamship lines, railroads (other than rail-
 roads in the territory of Arizona), wagon
 roads, canals, mills, factories, houses capital stock and bonds of corporations, public or
 private, chattels, goods, wares and mer- 1 chandise and chooses in action, and to buy
 and to own, control, deal in, sell or dispose of the same, or any part thereof, and to enter | into contracts for the construction and opera, tion of any such enterprise or corporation, to borrow money and execute notes, bonds
 mortgages, or deeds of trust to secure the same, and to exercise in respect of all such
 bonds, mortgages, notes, shares of capital stock, and other securities and obligations
 any and all rights, powers and privileges of | individual owners thereof, including the l right to vote upon any shares of stock held | by it, to the same extent that natural per
 son might or could do; and in general to do
 all things necessary to the proper conduct Oi | the business of this corporation In the terri | tory of Arizona and elsewhere, not incon'
 sistent with the laws of the United States
 and the territory of Arizona.
 Third-The authorized amount of capital
 stock of this corporation shall be five million
 dollars ($5OO0, ,O0O), divided into 5O0,0G0 shares | of the par value of ten dollars (Sl0) per share | At such time as tho board of directors may, 1 hy resolution direct, said capital stock shall
 be paid into this corporation either In cash or | by sale and transfer to 1t of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said : corporation in payment for which, shares oi
 the capital stock of the said corporation may
 be issued, and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be 1 fully paid up and non-aSSessabls, and tn the
 absence of actual fraud in the transaction tbc