The Arizona sentinel., 1903-05-20

associate ourselves together for the purpose offormng corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end we certify as follows, to-wit,
 The names of the incorporatorsa are: stephen w. Dorsey, Albert Chapelle, Lionel A. cheIdon. | II, l 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, 10 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-
 
 connected with the pro duction Of ores and the extraction of the values therofrom; and to work mines, explore, operate and develop the same, either in the territory of Arizona or elsewhere. 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 corporations upon such terms and conditions | as the board of directors may decide; to own and operate stores for the sale of merchan- disc ofevery 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 ccssary, and to do any and all things that may be necessary or requisite to conduct 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.
 The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be three million dollars G, ,0OO,O30), divided into 3,CO00GO shares of a par value of one dollar tSl. .O0)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-asseSsablsan and the judgment of the directors as to the value of the property so bought and paid for in stock, shall be conclu- sve.
 The time of. the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these -..rtcles of Incorporation in the office of the county recorder Of the county of Yuma, Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five (25)years
 VI.
 The affairs of the corporation shall be con- duCted by board of nine (9) 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, s. w. Dorsey, J. B. Lippincott Albert ChapeIle, 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.
 The board of directors, by resolution, may increase it's number at any time to eleven CID directors
 The highest amount of indebtedness or Iia- bility direct or contingentto which this cor poration shall, at any time, be subject, shall not exceed eight hundred thousand dollars ($SOO,0O0).
 The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corpo- rate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 In witness whereof, the fncorporators 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, ss.
 
 public, on this day personally appeared Ste. phen W. Dorsey, Albert Chapelle and Lionel A. Sheldon, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purpose and consideration therein expressed.
 Given under my hand aud seal of office this 18th day of April, A. D. 1863.
 My commission expires October 9, 1906: CHARLES p. KIMBALL (SeaD Notary Public Territory of Arizof4a, County of Yuma }ss l, (. F. 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 incorporar tiOn of the Sierra Grande Gold Mines Co. as filed for record in my office on the 8th day of May, A. D. 1903, and as appears of record in Book 1 of Articles of Incorporation, page, ct seq, Records of Yuma county. afofeaid. In witrrss whereof have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this Sth day of May, A. D. 1903.
 c. P. CRoNTN tSeaD County Recorder, Yuma county,
 Arizona Territory.
 By o. P. BondeSson, Deputy. First published May 13,
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