The news-herald., 1903-02-07
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
MINING, SMELLING
AND DEVELOPMENT COM
PANY.


Know all men by these presents. that
We. whose hands are hereunto aftlzed,
do hereby associate ourselves together
for the purpose of forming corpora
ton under the laws Of the Territory OF
Arizona, and to that end make the fol-
lowing statement:
First: The names Of the in"orporat-
0rs 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 IL
! Wickenburg, Territory Of Arizona,
where meetings Of the board CT O.
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 hy
the board of directors.
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 1c-
! qure own, exchange, sell or otherwise
dispose of pledge, MOI tgage, hypothe-
cate and deal in real estate and any
and all kinds OF personal property
mines, mining claims, OIL lands, mill
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 8 general real estate, man
ufacturing and mercantile business; to
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 a 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 CT Wickenburg, Territory Of Ari
zona. 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 dollars, 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
by the sale and transfer to it of real
! OF peISClaI pIOPcIly LOT Ln0 uses anu
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 Of actual
fraud in the transaction the judgment
Of the directors as to the value Of tins
property purchased shall be conclusive.
Fourth: The time Of the commence
ment of this corporation shall be tho
date of the filing of these articles Of
incorporation in the ctf1ce Of the See-
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 Bellairs Claude
Berry Bu1Hor and Felipe Garcia.