The Arizona sentinel., 1903-01-14
ARTICLES OF IACORPORATIOA
LA ABUNDANCIA MINING COMPANY.

I H. c. Brown and F. W. Steddom have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming d corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and we do hereby certify | 1. That the name of the corporation shall be LA ABUNDANCIA MINING COMPANY, and it's principal place of transacting business shall be in the Territory of Arizona, at the city of Yuma in the county of Yuma and in the State of California, at the city of Los Angeles, in tho | county of Los Angeles.
 9 That the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted is as follows: To acquire, own, work, operate, lease, mort gage, hypothecate and sell mines, mining claims and mineral lodes and deposits of every kind and description; also mining and milling machinery, tramways, apparatus, and equip ments of all kinds for the exploration for, and for the mining, extraction and reduction of precious and other metals; also to acquire, buy. use, cultivate, improve, mortgage hypo- thccate, sell and exchange land water and water rights and water power, for the generation of cleo tricity, and all other useful and mechanical purposes; and also all other property necessary and incidental to any or all of the aforesaid objects; also to buy. deal in, and sell and hypothccate, merchandise of all kinds; and also to acquire. own pledge, hypothecate, and sell shares of stock in other corporations and companies; and also bills of exchange, promis- sory notes and securities of all kinds.
 3. That the amount of capital stock author ized is one million dollars (sl,o00,00O), to be paid in cash or property, or both, to said cor poration, in the discretion of its board of directors. The said capital stock shall be div ided into one million O,OOO,O0O) shares of one dollar (sl.0O) each.
 f. That the time of the commencement of said corporation is at and on the date on which these articles shall be filed for record in the office of the County Recorder in and for the aforesaid county of Yuma, in the territory of Arizona and shall terminate with the expira- tion of twenty-five (25) years beginning with and following that date.
 5. That the officers of said corporation. to conduct it's affairs shall consist of board of directors, consisting of five (5) members, and they shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders of said corporation to be held on the first Tuesday of November of each year, at the said city Of Yuma, in the territory of Arizona, unless otherwise ordered by the boaIt. H s'~cetorS or by the stockholders. The other officers of said corpoi ~tioD S.i..u be Q President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and General Manager, to be elected by the board of directors; and such minor officers as may be appointed by the board of directors.
 6. That the highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which the corporation is at any time to subject itself is ten thousand (slO OOOO0) dollars.
 :. That the private property of each officer and stockholder of said corporation is and shall be exempt from all liability for all or any cor porate debts.
 8. That the shares of stock Of this corpora tion, when issued as fully paid, shall there after remain non-assessable.
 g. That the following persons are named as directors of the corporation to act as such until their successors shall have been chosen, viz:
 NAMES RESIDENCE W. w. GODSMARK Los Angeles Cal. H. c. BROWN, Los Angeles Cal r. W. STEDDOM, Los Angeles, Cal. J. A. GIBSON Los Angeles Cal. G. N. MCCULLOUGH, Pasadena. Cal IN WITNESS VIII HERDoF, we have hcreunto set our hands and seals this - day of Decem- Der, A. D., 1902.
 ". W. GODSMARK, [Seall
 H.. BROWN, [Seall
 F. w. STEDDOM, GScall
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, loc
 COUNTY OF Los ANGELES ~ Before me, G. A. Corbin, q Notary Public in and for the County Of Los Angeles, State of California on this day personally ap- peared W. w. Godsmarz, H. c. Brown and F. W. Steddom, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and they severally acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein expressed Given under my hand and seal of office this e7th day of December, A. D. 1902.
 [Seall G. A. CoRBIN,
 Notary Public in and for the County of Los Angeles, State of California.
 TERRITORY or ARIZONA
 County of Yuma. " LCP Cronin, County Recorder in and for the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, do hereby certify that the foregoing is true, full and correct copy of Articles of Incorpora- ton of La Abundancia Mining Company as filed for record in my office on the 3Oth day of December, A. D. 1902, and as ap- pears of record in Book of Articles of Incor- poration, page -, ct sea-, records of Yuma County aforesaid.
 In witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 30th day of December, A. D. 1902.
 [sEALl CP. GROWN, County Recorder, Yuma County, Arizona Territory.
 First publication Jan. fl, 1903.