The Arizona sentinel., 1903-06-24
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
OF THE Sierra Grande Gold Mines Company.

Company.
 Know all men by these presents: that we whose hands are hereuHto affi xed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose Offorming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that eIid we certify as follows, to-wit,
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 The names of the incorporators are: stephen w. Dorsey, Albert Chapelle, Lionel A. .3heldon.
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 The name of this corporation shall be: Sierra Grande Gold Mines Company. The principal place of business of the corpo- ration within the Territory of Arizona shall be at the town of Yuma, Yuma county, where the annual meeting shall be held. The direct ors may meet and do business in the city of Los Angeles, California, or in such other place in this or any other country as they may, from time to time, determine.
 III.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as fol- lows, tO-wit:
 To make contracts, to purchase, lease, bond or otherwise acquire or exchange, sell or oth- erwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage and deal in all kinds of mines and mining stock, min- ing claims, mineral lands, water rights, pumping plants, and own, buy and sel. any and all kinds of mining machinery, or inven- tiOns or patents referring to or in any way with the prI duction of ores and the extraction of the values therefrom; and to work mines, explore, operate and develop the same, either in the territory of Arizona or To own, buy and sell capital stock of other corporations and to exchange the capital stock of this corporation for that of other corporations, to consolidate with other upon such terms and conditions as the board of directors may decide; to own and operate stores for the sale of merchant disc of every name and description, to loan money and borrow upon such security as the directors may decide; to own aud operate saw mills, stamp mills, cyanide plants or such other mechanical appliances as may be ne- ceSsary, and to do any and all things that may be necessary or requisite to conduct a general mining, merchandising and financial business, as well as to construct and operate railroads to facilitate mining operations and to stock and bond the same as the directors may determine.
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 The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be three million dollars (S3, ,OOO,O0O), divided into S,OOO,OGO shares of par value of one dollar (Sl.00)each. Said capital stock shall be paid in this corporation either in cash or by sale and transfer to it of any mine or mining property, lands, patents or the stock of other companies for the uses and purposes of the corporation in payment there for and the shares of the capital stock of this corporation may be issued in payment for such property, money or stock Of other corpo- rations and become thereby fully paid up and nOn-assessabls, and the judgment of the directors as to the value of the property so bought and paid for in stock shall be conclu- sive.
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these .4rtclcs Of Incorporation in the office of the county recorder of the county of Yuma, Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five (25)ycars
 VI.
 The affairs of the corporation shall be con- ducted by board of nine CD directors and the following persons shall constitute the board oi directors. who shall hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualified: John P. Jones, J. G. Mossin, l.. A. Sheldon, G. K, Porter, $. w. Dorsey, J. B. Lippincott, Albert Chapelle, G. C. Haldeman, c. T. Par sons.
 The board of directors shall have power to appoint an executive committee from among it's members consisting of three (3) persons and to grant to said executive committee full power to conduct the affairs of the company and report their proceedings from time to time to the board.
 VIII.
 The board of directors, by resolution, may increase it's number at any time to eleven CD directors.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or 1ia- bility direct or contingent to which this cor poration shall, at any time, he subject, shall not exceed eight hundred thousand dollars (SSOO,OOO.
 The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corpo- rate debts of any kind whatsoever. In witness whereof, the incorporators have hereunto set their hands and seals this 27th day of April, 1903.
 STEPHEN W. DORSEY,
 ALBERT CHAPELLE,
 LIONEL. A. SHELDON. State of California, County Los Angeles, Yss. Before me, Charles D. kimball, notary public, on this day personally appeared Ste Dhen w. Dorsey, Albert ChapeiIe and Lionel X. Sheldon, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing they executed the same for the purpose and therein expressed.
 Given under my hand aud seal of office this 18th day of April, A. D. 1903.
 My commission expires October 9, 1906.
 CHARLES D. K1MRALL, lSeaD Notary Public. Territory of Arizona, County of Yuma tss l, C. P. CrOnin. County Recorder in and for the county of Yuma, Territory of Arizona do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true, full and correct copy of articles of incOrpOra- ton of the Sierra Grande Gold Mines Co. as filed for record in my office on the Sth day of May, A. D. 1903. and as appears of record in Book of Articles of Incorporation, page, rt seq, Records of Yuma county afOrcaid. In witness whereof have hcreuutO set my hand and affixed my seal of office this Sth day of May, \. D. l905
 C.P. CRoNIS, (SeaD County Recorder, Yuma county,
 Arizona Territory.
 By O. r. BOndeSsOu, Deputy. First published May I3,
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