The copper era., 1904-06-16
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE ARIZONA GOLD MINING CON- PANY, INCORPORATED.

- - -I- T ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the provisions ol the laws Q, the Territory of Arizona to engage in and carry hereinaftcr named and specified. and We dc hert by subscribe and ackuOw ledge accori!uQ to law. these Articles Of Incorporation and i; The name assumed by this corporation and oy which II shall be known is Arizona Gold Mining Company. Incorporated. and it's princi. pal place Of business shah be at The town ol Clifton, Graham County. Arizoua. The cor ioraie existence of this corporation shall begin Incorporation in the office Of ti. County Ru- l,4eI s; o! f rauan , 1oluli ATE "a and ccrti- 1cd copy of the same with the Auditor uf the ] Territory of A fiona, and the termination ' thereof shall be twenty live years thereafter ] The nature Cf The business tD be transacfei by this corporation, and which ii is authorized to iransact, is that of general mining business and for this purpose II tS empowered 10 acquire, own. exchange, lease. bond. sell mortga-e and deal in lands. mines. minerals. mining claims 1 locations. mill sites and water rights in inc ] Territory of Arizona and elsewhere; to scn,,irs maintain and operate any and sll kinds oi ma. chinery and appliances necessary to the conduct . Of ltS business. 10 borrow money and secure the same by pledge or mortgage Of any or all the property of the corporation and to conduct any other business appurteuant or auxiliary to any Of the purposes above mentioned. g. The amount of the capital stock of this gorporaiion shall he Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand dollars lS.-70 D00 Up) divided into Two Hundred any Fifty Thousand shares Of the par value Of One Doliaf sl-UO) per share io be paid at such time and in such manner as the Board of Directors shall direct and for such purposes a> to said board shall seem best and said stock >hasl be sui for money or exchanged for ser vices tp the corporation eIchanged for property acquired by the corporation and when issued shall be fully paid and non-assessible. The business Of this corporation shall be conducted by a board of directors consisting of seven stockholders who shall be elected annually by the stockholders on the first Mon day in November of each year. said election 10 be held at the principal place of business men, - naiisa a. ina iiSIis sGj place of such meeting 10 be given in such man. ner as ihe bylaws of this corporation shall pro- vide. Said directors shall hold their office for the term of one year from the date of their their election and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. The follow ing named persons who are subscribers tO the capital stock of this corporation shall constitute the board of directors until the first Monday in November of the year 1904 and until their cessors shall have been elected and qualified, to-wit;
 F. II. Franz, :. J. Forbes, J. E. Holt, and A. G. smith.
 remaining members of the board who shall elect persons to serve during the uneXpircd term. 4 ma jority If the members of such board shall constitute quorum and any meeting Of such board at which n quorum is present shall be deemed a legal meeting and shall have the same authority as q full board.
 }. he officers of this corporation shall consist of a president. vice president secretary and treasurer and such other officers a, the board of directors may deem necessary tO carry on the business of the corporation. All officers shall be elected annually by the board of directors and shall serve one year or until their sue ccSsors have becu elected and qualified The following named persons shall constitute the officers of this corporation unul the first annual meeting of the directors tO be held on the first Monday in November of the year 1904, viz; F. NJ WILLIAMS. .......-...... ....-.. President " T Poland Vice President J. HAMPTON . Secretary and Treasurer 6. The highest amount of indebtedness to which this corporation may subject itself is Fftcen Thousand Dollars (Sl5,oO0 Oo). :. The stockholders of this corporation and their private property shall be exempt from liability on account of the debts of this corpora & The board of directors of this corporation 1 shall have power to establish bylaws and make all necdful rules aud regulations for the man agcmcnt of the affairs of thIs corporation and for the government of the officers thereof, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States and the laws of the Territory of Arizona.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hercunto set our hands and seals this 18th day of May A. D. l90i
 ". A. LEONARD. tscaD
 w. T. POLAND, tSeaD
 C. J NELSON. (ScaD
 S J FORBES. (ScaD
 F.. NJ. WILLIAMS, tSeaD
 J. F.. HOLT. (ScaD
 F. II FRANZ, (scaD Territory of Arizonal
 County of GrahamJ ss'
 Before me. John k. Hampton. a Notary Public in and for the County of Graham, Territory of AriZona on this day personally appeared w. A. Leonard. W. T. Poland. C. J. Nelson, <. J. Forbes, E. Nj. Williams. J. E. Holt and F.. II. Franz, known to me to be the persons whose -iiaiaasi are subscribed t0 the foregoing instru- ment and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purpose and con sidcration therein expressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of office this the 18th day of My, A. ID. 1904
 JOHN K. HAMPTON,
 Notary Public. My Commission expires August l. I9O7
 Recorders Office Graham County. Arizona Filed for record the 16 day of May, 1901. at 9 o'clock a. and recorded in Book ? of Iucor- porations on pages 52 B at request of John R. Hampton.
 MT SIMNS, County Rccor Ter.
 By l.. SIMMs, deputy. First publication June ?. 1901 -