The Arizona sentinel., 1904-10-05
Articles Of Incorporation
of the
Wendendale Gold Mining Company.

Know all men by these presents, that the
being desirous of forming a
company which shall be q body corporate
under the laws OF the Territory OF Arizona, do
hereby associate themselves, and all others
who may hereafter become members of the
company hereby created, and become incor-
poratcd, and do hereby make, sign and
the following articles of in
The name of this body corporate shall be
and is The Wendcndale Gold Mining Com
pany.
The names of the incorporators are Otis T..
Young, E. G. Young and Harry b. Hanna.
III.
The principal place in which the business
of the corporation, within the Territory of
Arizona, is to be transacted, is at Harrisburg
Yuma County, Arizona, but the board of
directors shall have power to establish branch
offices and to hold meetings of stockholders
or directors at any place outside of Arizona
where they may direct.
~.
The amount of the capital stock of this
company shall be one million dollars, Isl ,OOO,-
COO, consisting of one million q 600 600 shares
of the par value of one dollar SD each; which
stock shall be fully paid for in cash or real
or personal property before issued and shall
be worcestershire.
The board of directors may cause said
capital stock or any part thereof to be sub
scribed or paid for in cash in the purchase or
exchange or transfer of real or personal
property and issue or cause to be issued any
part or all of the capital stock as required, at
any time, or from time to time, and when SO
issued it shall be fully paid and non-assess-
able, and in the absence Of fraud in the trans
action the judgment of the board of direc-
tors as to the value of the property pur-
chased or transferred or exchanged shall be
conclusive,
The object for which this company is
formed are to do any and all things herein
set forth to the same extent as natural per-
sons might or could do in any part of the
world, viz:
To purchase or otherwise acquire, to hold,
own and mortgage, pledge and sell, assign
and transfer. or otherwise dispose of gold,
silver, copper and other mines, also bitches,
aqueducts, fumes, pipe lines, water and
water rights, dam sites, power and real
estate. mines, mining rights and claims,
both placer and quartz, goods, wares and
merchandise and personal property of every
class and description; to construct, build,
erect, equip, repair alter and own all necessary
railroads, whereof the motive power is steam.
electricity or other power to operate and
1r1a roll nth
work; to apply for, purchase or otherwise
acquire, TO hold, own. use, operate and to
sell. assign or otherwise dispose of, to grant
license in respect Of or otherwise turn to ac-
count any and all inventions, improvements
and possessions used in connection with or
secured under letters patent of the United
States or other countries or otherwise, and
with view to working and developing the
same, to carry on any business for manufact-
uring or otherwise which the corporation
may think calculated directly or indirectly to
effectuate these objects. To enter into, make,
perform and carry out contracts of any kind
with any person, firm, association or corpor-
alton.
VI.
This corporation will begin business OH the
day this instrument is placed on record in
the county seat of Yuma county in the Ter
ritory of Arizona. and will terminate in
twenty-five years from date, but its charter
rights may be renewed (before its charter ex-
pires) from time to time, for periods not ex-
cecding twenty-five years at a time, perpet-
ually.
This corporation may purchase and sell the
o1 Of fIn
ton of its board of directors,
VIII.
The affairs of the company shall be man
aged by Il board of directors of not less than
three nor more than five, who must be stock
holders of record.
The names of its directors for the first veal
are: Otis f.. Young, Harry b. Hanna and f
G. Young.
The officers OF the company for the frs
year or until their SUCCESSORS are elected shal
be- President and treasurer, Otis f. Young
vice-president, Harry B. Hanna; secretary, f
q. Young.
The following limitations upon lhe board
of directors are hereby created, viz: All of
ficers and agents shall be special agents with
anu ItSbilOtCu pONClH: anu Oify WIN
authority as shall be in conformity with this
certificate and with the bylaws.
X.
The largest amount of liability TO which
this corporation shall subject itself, shall no.
exceed fifty thousand dollars (S5O,0OO).
Nj
The private property of the stockholders O
this corporation shall be exempt from the
corporation debts of any kind whatever.
The board of directors shall have power tC
provide such prudential bylaws as they deem
proper for the management of the affairs O
the company, in accordance with law; to pro
vide n common seal and alter the same al
pleasure.
In witness whereof we have hereuntO Sc
our hands and seals this 26th day of July, A
d. 1904. Otis f. YOUNG,
F. G.. YOUNG.
HARRY Il. HANNA.
STATE Of, Of ,3e. PcnHsyIxania' IN IyI,a IS.
Before me, Robt. j. Osborne, a Notary Pub
! lie in and for said County and State, on thi:
| day personally appeared Otis X. Young anC
! K. g. Young, known to me to be the person:
who subscribed to the foregoing instrument
| and acknowledged to me that they executed
| the same for the purposes and consideration:
| therein expressed.
| Given under my hand and seal of office
| this 26th day of July, a. D. l904.