Mohave County miner., 1904-01-09
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE Swiss-American Mining Conn-
 pdny.

Know All Men By These Presents, That we, whose hands are hereuntO affxed do hereDy associate ourselves together ltb tbe of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end make the following statement:
 FIRST: The names of the corporatorS are E. B. Smith, Jacob Baumanm mann 'r po,,manE sn,S Hughes, c. J. Greene and Albert W. Baumann, and the name of the Corporation snail pc SWISS, American Mining Company The prlnClpal place within the Territory or apizon N t he m trans acttd is kingman, Mohave County, ArlZona, and the Corporation may estaoilsh Drancn or fees either within or without the Territory or Arizona where meetings or the boaru ol LII" rectors may be held.
 SECOND: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this Corporation is as follows, to-wit:
 To make contracts; to purchase, lease, bond, locate or otherwise acquire own exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge mortgage, hypOthecate and deal in real estate and any ana | all kinds of personal property, mines, mlhlng | claims oil lands coal lands mineral lands, oil, gaS coal, Shale, aSphaltum, petroleum, as bestos, salt water and water rights ana ma | chinery and to work, mine, explore, operate | and develop the same; and in general to do all | things necessary to the proper conduct or the business of this Corporation in the Territory | and elsewhere, not inconsistent With the laws | of the United States and the Territory Of Arl- ZOna.
 | THIRD: The authorized amount of capital stock of this Corporation shall be one million | three hundred thousand dollars (Sl,3O0,OOO) divided into 1,30OOOO shares Of the par value | of one dollars (S1.OO each. At such times as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this Cor, poration either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it of real or personal property TOT the uses and purposes of said Corporation Tn | payment for which shares of the capital slocK of said corporation may be issued, ana the cap ital stock so issued shall thereupon ana there- by become and be fully paid up and non assess able, and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment of the Directors as to the value of the property purchased snail De conclusive.
 | FOURTH: The time of the commencement
 of this Corporation shall be the date of the
 filing of certified copy of these Articles Of In
 corporation according to law, and the termlna
 tion thereof shall be twenty-five years there
 after
 FIFTH: The affairs of this corporation shall
 be conducted by Board of Five Directors anG
 the following named shall constitute the BoarC
 of Directors until their successors are elected
 k. B. Smith. c. J. Greene Jacob Baumann, Jr
 Henry Hughes and Albert V. Baumann. There
 after the Board of Directors shall be elected
 from among the stockholders on the first day , in September of each year. The OfncerS or SalC Corporation until their successors are elected shall be: Jacob Baumann. Jr, President; C J. Greene, Vice-Presldent; Albert V. Baumann
 Secretary; E. B. Smith Treasurer. SIXTH: The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent to which thl
 corporation is at any time subject snail D, |. Twenty Five Thousand dollars (S25,OOO), whlci
 amount does not exceed tWO-tnlruS Cne aInouh of the capital stock.
 SEVENTH: The private property of tn , stockholders of this Corporation shall be ex enpt from corporate debts of any kind what soever.
 In Witt ess Whereof, We have hereunto SC
 our hands and seals this 24th day Of November
 1903.
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