The Arizona sentinel., 1903-04-08
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 a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 First-The names of the corporators are:
 James Rice, of Los Angeles, California.
 Frank \. Rust. of Los Angeles, California. Edward H. Rust, of Los Angeles, California. and the name of the corporation shall be The Arizona Smelling, Mining and Transporta- tion Company. The principal place in which the business of said corporation within the Territory of Arizona is to be 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, fiuxcs and bullion; to pur- chase, lease, bond, locate or otherwise ac- quirc, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dis pose of, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate, and deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property, mines, mining claims, oil landS mineral lands, oil, gas, asphaltum, petroleum, water and water rights, and ma chinery and to work, mine, explore, operate and develop the same; to do 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- chandise and choses in action, and to buy an 1 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  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 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 of 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 (S5, ,OOOO0O), divided into 5OO,0C0 shares of the par value of ten dollars (Sl0) per share. At such time as the board of directors may, by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation either in cash or by sale and transfer to it of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said corporation in payment for which, shares of the capital stock of the said corporation may be issued, and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and non-assessabls and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment Of the directors as to the value of the property purchased shall be conclusive. Fourth-The time of the commencement Of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these .rticles of Incorporation in the office of the Secretary of Aritona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years (25l thereafter.
 oF cl,o be conducted by a board of five (5) directors for the first year, who shall be appointed by the incorporators at its first meeting immed- lately after incorporating, and the board so appointed for the first year may increase its number 10 seven (O directors, said board to hold this office until their successors are elected.
 Thereafter the board of directors shall be elected from the stockholders as the laws of the corporation may provide.
 Sixth-The highest amount of indebtedness or liability direct or contingent to which this corporation is at any time subject shall be one million two hundred fifty thousand dol lars (Sl, ,25O, O,OOOl.
 Seventh-The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be eX- empt from corporation debts of any kind whatsoever.
 In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 18th day of February, A. D. l913.
 JAMES RICE. [SeaLl
 FRANK N. RUST, ISeal.l
 EDWARD II. RUST. [Seal.l STATE OF CALIFORNIA, lc.
 County of Los Angeles,
 On this, 18th day of February, in the year one thousand nine hundred and three, before me, N. P Nelson, Notary Public in and for the State and county aforesaid, residing there in. duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared James Rice, Frank N. Rust, Ed ward H. Rust, known to me to be the persons described in, whose names arc subscribed to and who executed the annexed instrument, and they acknowledged to me that they exc cuted the same for the purposes and consid- erations therein expressed.
 In witness whereof, have hcTeunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, at my office in the said state and county, the day and year last above written.
 x. P. NELSON,
 (Signed.) Notary Public,
 (Notarial Seal)
 In and for Los Angeles County, California. My commission expires Jan. 2I, 1907.
 Recorded at request of Isaac T. Stoddard, at a. m. March2 1903.
 c. P. GROWN,
 County Recorder. FTT-T,r nu- AI1Tz