The Arizona sentinel., 1904-10-12

Articles of Incorporation
of the
WeldendaIe Gold Mining Company.

Know all men by these presents, that the
undersigned, being desirous of forming n
company which shall be a 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-
porated, and do hereby make, sign and
acknowledge the following articles of in
corporation.
The name of this body corporate shall be
and is The Wendendale Gold Mining Com
| pany.
The names of the incorporators are Otis f.
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, (Sl ,O0O.-
OOO), consisting of one million q, COO shares
of the par value of one dollar (SD each; which
stock shall be fully paid for in cash real
or personal property before issued and shall
be non -assessable.
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 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 descriptions; 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
manage any mine or mines, railroad or othef
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 IN respect or 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 con tracts of any kind
with any person, firm, association or corpor-
alton.
This corporation will begin business ON 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-
pres) from time to time, for periods not ex-
cceding twenty-five years at a time, perpet-
ually.
This corporation may purchase and sell the
shares of its own capital stock at the discre-
ton of its board of directors,
), VIII.
The affairs of the company shall be man
aged by board of directors of not less than
three nor more than five, who must be stock
holders of reco rd.
The names of its directors for the first year
are: Otis E. Young, Harry B. Hanna and E
G. Young.
The officers of the company for the first
year or until their successors are elected shall
be: President and treasurer Otis E. Young
vice-presdent, Harry B. Hanna; secretary, E
c. Young.
The following limitations upon lhe board
of directors are hereby created, viz: All OF
ficers and agents shall be special agents with
limited and restricted powers, and only with
authority as shall be in conformity with this
certificate and with the bylaws
y.
The largest amount of liability to which
this corporation shall subject itself, shall not
exceed fifty thousand dollars (S5000O.
Nj.
The private property of the stockholders OF
! ! this corporation shall be exempt from the
) corporation debts of any kind whatever.
l MI.
The board of directors shall have power tC
provide such prudential bylaws as they deem
, proper for the management Of the affairs OF
5 the company, in accordance with law; to pro-
r vide common seal and alter the same at
! pleasure.
, In witness whereof, we have hereuntO sci
; our hands and seals this 26th day of July, A
, d. 1904 OTIS e. YOUNG,
l.. G. YOUNG.
HARRY Il. HANNA.
state teonnte of Pen1sEIEsnia' IN EIIa IS.
Before me, Robt J. Osborne, a Notary Pub
lie in and for said County and State, on this
e day personally appeared Otis Il. Young and
2 T.. @. Young, known to me to be the persons
who subscribed to the foregoing instrument
and acknowledged to me that they executed
the same for the purposes and considerations
therein expressed.
Given under my hand and seal of office
this 26th day of July, 4. ID. 1904.
= (SeaD ROBT j. OSBORNE,
NOtary Public
, nv commission expires Jan. 18Th, 1857.
4 Territory of Arizona. GO
County of Yuma. %
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