Mohave County miner., 1903-12-26
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE Swiss-American Mining Con-
 pdny.

Know All Men By These Presents, That we, whose hands are hereunto af1Xed do hereDy associate ourselves together for the purpose or 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 E. B, Smith, Jacob Baumann, JT; Henry and the name of the Corporation snail De SWISS, American Mining Company. The prlnclpal place within the Territory Of Arlzona Tn Whlch the business of said Corporation is to be trans acttd is kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, and the Corporation may establish pranch or. fees either within or without the Territory of Arizona where meetings or the boaru ol UT rectors may be held
 SECOND: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this Corporation is as follows, to-wit:
 To make contracts to purchase, lease, bond, locate or otherwise acquire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage hypothecate and deal in real estate ana any ana all kinds of personal property, mines, mlnlng claims, oil lands, coal lands mineral iands' OIL gas coal Shale, aSphaltum petroleum, as beStoS, salt water and water rights ana ma chinery and to work, mine, explore operate and develop the same; and in general to do all | things necessary to the proper conduct Of the | business of this Corporation in the Terrltory | and elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory or Arl- ZUna.
 | THIRD: The authorized amount of capital stock of this Corporation shall be one million three hundred thousand dollars Sl,3OO0 0Oo) | divided into 1,30O0O0 shares of the par value of one dollars (Sl.OO) each. At such times as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct said capital stock shall be paid into this Cor, poration, either in cash or by the sale and | transfer to it of real or personal property TOT | the uses and purposes of said Corporation, m payment for which shares of the capital stock | of said corporation may be issued and the cap ital stock so issued shall thereupon and there by become and be fully paid up and non-aSSess | Dblp and in the absence Of actual frauQ Tn the | transaction the judgment of the Directors as tC | the value of the property purchased shall bt conclusive.
 FOURTH The time of the commencement | of this Corporation shall be the date or the filing of certified copy of these Articles ot In corporation according to law, and the termlna ton thereof shall be twenty-five years there | after.
 FIFTH: The affairs of this corporation Shal be conducted by Board of Five Directors ah' the following named shall constitute the Boar( of Directors until their successors are elected
 E. B. Smith C. J. Greene Jacob Baum nm, Jr. Henry Hughes and Albert V. Baumann There after the Board of Directors shall be elected from among the stockholders on the first da, in September of each year. The officers of Salt Corporation until their successors are elected
 shall be: Jacob Baumann,, Jr, President; (
 J. Greene, ePreSldent; Albert V. Baumann
 Secretary; E B. Smith, Treasurer. SIXTH: The highest amount of indebtedness
 or liability, direct or contingent, to which thl corporation is at any time subject small D
 Twenty Five Thousand dollars (S25OOO), whlc
 amount does not exceed twO-thirdS the amour
 of the capital stock
 SEVENTH: The private property of tn
 stockholders of this Corporation shall be eH ' pt from corporate debts of any kind what
 Soever.
 Tn Witt ess Whereof, We have hereunto St our hands and seals this 24th day of NOvembel
 1903.
 ALBERT V. BAUMANN (SeaD