Mohave County miner., 1904-04-23
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE Gold Giant Mining and Mill ing Company.

AAS NOA1lk'QA1/s 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 which the business of said corporation within the Territory of Arizona IS to be transacted is, Vivian, Mohave county, and the principal place or business o1 said corporation outside the Ier, 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, Uo-wit: To make contracts to purchase lease. bond, locate or otherwise ac quire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of 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 y telephone and telegraph lines and equipment therefor, and to work. mine, explore. operate and develop the same; to do general real estate, manufacturing and mercantile business, to own, handle and control letters patent and ln ventiOnS, 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 such bonds, mortgages, noteS shares of capital stock and all other SecurelieS and obligations, and any and all rights powers and privileges of lnIl to vote upon any shares of stock held by 1t to the same extent that natural person might or could do; and i'll 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.OOUS) dollars divided into twenty-five thousand (25.CO0) shares. of the par value of Ten (SlO) 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 a 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 n-aSSeSSable, and when so paid and issued, said stock shall be fully paid and for ever nOn-aSSeSsable, and each certificate of stock when issued shall have printed or
 
 of Stocl represented by said certificate are fully paid 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 County. Territory of Arizona, and he termina tion thereof shall be twenty-five years there after.
 Seventh: The affairs of said corporation shall be conducted by a board of seven direc- tors, and the following named shall constitute the Board of Directors until their successors are elected: J. NJ. kellerman, w. II. Clune, H. E. Crandall, B. F. Crews, c. k. SloSson w. L. Moore and c. 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 corporation may at any time subject itself shall be Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars, S25.00U00l 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 its corporate debts of any kind or nature whatsoever.
 Eleventh: The Board of Di, ectors shall have ower 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 all kinds of business within the objects and pur. poses of such corporation, anC may repeal or amend the same at any time by two-thirdS vote of the full Board of Directors. subject to the approval of 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. H w. H. CLUNE (SeaD
 H. E. CRANDALL, (seaD B. F. CREWS. (SeaD c. F. SLOSSON, (SeaD w. l.. MOORE, (-eaD C. A. SERGEANT (SeaD
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA. lSS County of Los Angeles.
 Before me- James w. Creede Notary Pub appeared J. M. Kellerman, w. H. Clune. H. E. Crandal, B. F. Crews, c. k. 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 12 h day of April, A. D. 1904. JAMES w. CREEDF,
 Notary Public in and for the County of Los Angeles, State of California.
 My commission expires on July 30th, 1904
 Recorded at request of w. l.. Moore. April 10th, A. D. 1904 at 5 minutes past o'clock D. m. in book J, pages 192 ct. seq. oi Incorporation Records of Mohave County, Arizona Territory.
 (SeaD JNO. P. FEENY
 County Recorder. TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, sS
 County of Mohave.
 I. Jno P. Feeny, Recorder of Mohave County, Territory of Arizona do hereby certify that l have compared the foregoing copy of Articles of Incorporation of the Gold Giant Mining and