Mohave County miner., 1904-11-19
Articles ot incorporation
 OF THE Victor-Paymaster Mining Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, the undersigned, have this day associ ated ourselves together. and do hereby so asso- ciate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Te rritOry of Arizona, and to that end we do hereby adopt the following charter:-
 ARTICLE [.
 The name of this corporation shall be the VICTOR.PAYMASTER MINING COMPANY.
 ARTICLE II.
 That the principal place of transacting busi ness of said corporation shall be at Chloride, County ot MOhave, territory of Arizona and be kept at Los Angeles, County of Los An geles, State of California, and at such other places as the Board of Directors may establish, at which places or any of them, all incorpor be held and all business of the said corporation may be transacted.
 ARTICLE III. The amount of the capital stock of this cor poration shall be One Million Dollars $1,0O0, 0OOO0) divided into one million shares of the par value of One Dollar (Sl,O0) each, and said capital stock shall be paid up at the date of issuance thereof, or at any other time deSig' mated by the Board of Directors, in money property or any other valuable right or thing and, in the absence of actual fraud, the judge ment of the majority of the Board of Directors | or of the managing officers of said corporation elusive.
 ARTICLE W, The general nature of the business in which this corporation proposes to engage is as fol- lows, to wit To l cate, acquire, convey lease, mortgage, bond and in any ot manner, handle | control. deal Tn and With mines mining claims | and mineral bearing lands, and every estate, | right and privilege therein; to patent, design, manufacture, equip, ard operate machinery, | structures, appliances, mills, mining equip ment power plants. water works, tramways and reduction works; to construct ana equip roads and highways; to acquire, handle, deal with and dispose of minerals. petroleum, gas, | and all similar substances: to engage in the manufacture and sale of any product; to | transact and conduct a general mercantile buSi- ness; to enter into and become party to any transaction of purchase, sale lease, mortgage, pledge or hypothecation of real or personal | property; to mine, Smelt, reduce and cOncen- | crate ores by any process; to acquire, own manage. deal with and dispose of shares of cap | ital stock and the bonds and securities of other corporations or incorporated companies; to loan it's money and rent its property; to borrow or hire necessary money and other property; to execute and issue promissory notes and bonds mortgages and deeGs of trust: and in general, to engage in any and all kinds of business that natural person might or could transact, in the United States, or else where
 ARTICLE
 The affairs of this corporation shall be con. ducted by a board of five (5) directors composed of five stockholders who shall be elected ar nually as the bylaws shall provide and until such election the following named persons
  Hamilton, G. G. Johnson, T. K. Hulme, Victor P. McDowell, and F. H. True.
 ARTICLE VI
 The highest amount of indebtedness or lia bilty to which this corporation shall at any time subject itself shall not exceed one hun dred thousand dollars SlOOOOO.OO)
 ARTICLE VII
 This corporation is formed to endur for twen ty-flve (25) years after it's articles of incorpor- ation are duly executed and filed for record and it's charter rights may be renewed from time to time for period not to exceed twenty. five (25) years.
 | ARTICLE VIII.
 this corporation shall be, .snd is hereby made forever exempt from all liabilities for it's debts and obligations.
 ARTICLE TX. All capital stock of this corporation shall be and is hereby made forever non-assessable by this corporation for any purpose.
 ARTICLEx.
 The articles of incorporation may be amend ed in any particular by a vote of the owners and holders of a majority of the issued capital stock of the company at any annual meeting or at any special meeting called for such pur pose and such amendment shall be filed with the recorder of the county of MOjave and the auditor of the territory of Arizona and pub lshed as required by law.
 In witness whereof we have hereuntO set oul hands and seals, this 18th day of Ocl ober, 1904
 F. H. HAMILTON (sEAL
 G. G. JOHNSON (sEAL)
 V1cToR ': CT aH P. ENC McDowELL((snAI SEAL
 F. H. TRUE (sEAL)