The news-herald., 1903-02-28
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
WICKENBURG MINING, SMELLING
AND DEVELOPMENT COM
PANY.

fAN L.
Know all men by these presents, that
we, whose hands are hereunto affixed,
do hereby associate ourselves together
for the purpose of forming a corpora
ton under the laws of the Territory Of
Arizona, and to that end make the fol-
lowing statement:
First: The names of the intOrpOrat-
ors are Edgar Gerald Bellairs, Claude
Berry BursOn and Felipe Garcia, and
the name of the corporation shall be
the Wickenburg Mining, Smelling and
Development Company. The principal
place in which the business of said
corporation is to be transacted is II
Wickenburg, Territory Of Arizona,
where meetings of the board of d.
rectors may be held and the corpora
ton may have such branch offices
either within or without the Territory
of Arizona as may be established by
the board of directors.
Second: The general nature of the
business proposed to be transacted by
this corporation is as follows, to-wlt:
To make contracts, to purchase,
lease. bond, locate or otherwise ac-
quire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise
dispose of pledge, mortgage, hypothe-
to in rAo1 on6
and all kinds CO personal property,
mines, mining. claims, oil lands, min
eral lands, oil, gas, aSphaltum. petro
leum, asbestos, salt, water and water
rights and machinery, and to work,
mine, explore, operate and develop the
same: to do general real estate, man
ufacturing and mercantile business; tn
own, handle and control letters patent
and inventions and shares OF capital
stock of other corporations; TO borrow
money and execute notes, bonds, mort
cages 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
person might or could do; and in gen
eral to do all things necessary to the
proper conduct CT the business of this
corporation in the territory and else
where, not inconsistent with the laws
of the United States and the Territory
of Arizona. To erect in the neighbor-
hood of Wickenburg, Territory of Ari-
zona. a smelter for the purpose of con-
Quoting a general smelling business.
Third: The authorized amount of
the capital stock of this corporation
shall be one million dol lars, divided
into one million shares ut one dollar
per share par value. At such time as
board Of directors may by resolution
direct, said capital stock shall be paid
into this corporation either in cash or
nv the sale and transfer to it of real
or personal property for the uses ana
purposes of said corporation, in pay
ment for which shares of the capital |
stock of said corporation may be is
sued, and the capital stock so issued |
shall thereupon and thereby become !
and be fully paid up and non-assess-
able, and in the absence CT actual
fraud in the transaction the judgment
Of the directors as to the value Of the
purchased shall be conclusive.
Fourth: The time of the commence
ment of this corporation shall be the
date of the filing of these articles of
in the office Of the Se.-
retary Of Arizona and the termination
thereof shall be twenty five years
thereafter.
Fifth: The affairs of this corpora
ton shall be conducted by a board Of
three directors, and the following
named shall constitute the board OF
directors until their successors are
elected: Edgar Gerald Berlairs, Claude
Berry Burson anA Felipe Garcia.