Mohave County miner., 1904-04-30
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE Gold Giant Mining and Mill ing Company.

SSAAAk0AAys KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
 That we whose hands are hereunto affixed. do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona and to that end make the following statement:
 First: The names of the incorporators are, J. M. kellerman, w. H. Clune, H. E. Crandall, B. F. Crews, C. E. Slosson w. l.. Moore, and C. A. Sergeant.
 Second: The name of the corporation shall be the Gold Giant Mining and Milling Com. pany."
 Third; The principal place of business in Wnlcn the business of said corporation within the Territory of Arizona Is to be transacted is, Vivian, Mohave county, and the principal place oi business Of said corporation outside the Ter ritory of Arizona shall be in the City of Los Angeles, in the State of California at which place meetings of the Board of Directors may be held, and the corporation may have such branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona as may be established by the Board of Directors.
 Fourth: 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 ac qulre, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose or, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate and deal in real estate. and any and all kinds of personal property mines, mining claims, oil lands, min- eral lands. oil gas, asphaltum. petroleum, as- beStoS, salt, water and water rights and ma. chlnery, and to own and operate transportation, telephone and telegraph lines and equipment therefor, and to work, mine, explore operate ana develop the same; to do general real estate, manufacturing and mercantile business, to own, handle and control letters patent and in. VentlonS, and shares of capital stock of other corporations; to borrow money and execute notes, bonds mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same, and to exercise in respect all Sucn DonQS, mortgages, notes, shares of capital stock and all other Secure,ies and obligations and 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 general. to do all things nee. eSSary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the Territory of Arizona, and elsewhere not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Ari. ZOna.
 Fifth: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand (250.OOOS dollars, divided into twenty-five thousand (250O0) shares of the par value of Ten (SlW Dollars each. And payments for said stock at such time as the Board of Directors may, by resolution direct, may be made in business interests or property at valuation to be fixed by a vote of two. thirds of the directors, and duly assigned to the corporation; in services rendered to or for the corporation or in caSh-and when so paid for, the same shall be issued as fully paid for, and non-assessable, and when 50 paid and ever non-assessable and each certificate of stock when issued, shall have printed or stamped upon it's face, the fact that the shares Ot Stocl represented by said certificate are 1ully pald and non -aSSeSSable.
 Sixth: The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these articles of incorporation for record in the office of the County Recorder of Mohave tion thereof shall be twenty five years there. after.
 Seventh: The affairs of said corporation shall be conducted by a board of sever direc the Board of Directors until their successors are elected: J. M. kellerman, w. H. Clune, H. E. Crandall, B. F. Crews, c. k. Slosson, w. l.. Moore and O. A. Sergeant: Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be elected from among the stockholders of the company, as the by. laws of the corporation may provide.
 Eighth: The officers of this corporation. un. til their successors are elected, shall be J. M. kellerman, President, w. H. Clune, Vice-PreS. ident, w. l.. Moore, Secretary, and Broadway Bank and Trust Company, Treasurer.
 Ninth: The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent to which this be Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars, 1925, OOOO) which amount does not exceed two-thirds of the capital stock
 Tenth The private property of the stock. holders in this corporation shall be exempt from it's corporate debts of any kind or nature whatsoever.
 Eleventh The Board of Dii ectors shall have rower to make and adopt such prudential bylaws as they may deem proper for the man. agement of the affairs of the corporation, not inconsistent with the laws of the Territory of Arizona, for the purposes of carrying on all kinds Uf business within the objects and pur amend the same at any time, by twO-thirds vote of the full Board of Directors subject to the approval of a majority of the stockholders of said corporation.
 In Witness Whereof, the above named incor. porators have hereunto set their hands and seals the 18th day of April 1904.
 J. M. KELLERMAN (SeaD
 w. H. CLUNE (Sealj
 H. E. CRANDALL, (SeaD
 B. F. CREWS. (SeaD
 c. K. SLOSSON, (SeaD
 C. C.. A. A. SERGEANT SERGEANT {seaB {ea STATE OF CALIFORNIA. lee
 County of Los Angeles
 Before me, James w. Creede, a Notary Pub lie, on this 18th day of April, 1904, personally appeared J. M. kellerman, w. H. Clune. H. E. Crandall, B. F. Crews, C. E. Slosson, and w. l.. Moore, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instru ment Articles of Incorporation, and acknowl edged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein ex pressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of office this
 (seaD ls'h day of April A. D; 1904:
 Notary Public in and for the County of
 Los Angeles, State of California.
 My commission expires on July 3Oth, 1904. Recorded at request of w. l.. Moore, April l6th A. D. 1904, at minutes past o'clock D. m., in book ,, pages l92 et seq. oi Incorporation Records of Mohave County Arizona Territory.
 (SeaD JNO. P. FEENY.
 County Recorder. TERRITORY OF ARIzoNA,l co
 County of Mohave.
 I. Jno. P. Feeny, Recorder of Mohave County, No nf Art1 do nhxvn nnrfif fhat have compared the foregoing copy of Articles of Incorporation of the Gold Giant Mining and