Mohave County miner., 1904-11-26
Articles of incorporation
 OF THE Victor-Paymaster Mining Company.

hNOW 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 corporation under the laws of the Tt trr1tory of Arizona, and to that end we do hereby adopt the following charter:-
 ARTICLE [.
 The name of this corporation shall be the VlCTOR,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 that other offices and places of business shall be kept at Los Angeles, County of Los An geleS, State of CalfOrIi ia, and at such other places as the Board of Directors may establish, at which places or any of them, all incorpor- ators, stockholders and directors, meetings may be held and all business of the said corporation may be transacted.
 ARTICLE III.
 The amount of the capital stock of this cor | OOOOO) divided into one million shares of the par value of One Dollar (Sl,OO) 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 or of the managing officers of said corporation as to the value thereof, shall be deemed con | elusive.
 ARTICLE ". The general naCure OI the DuSlncSS Tn WnlCl | this corporation proposes to engage is as fol lows, to wt.-TO l, cate, acquire, convey. lease, | mortgage, bond and in any Ot e. manner, handle | control deal in and with mines, mining claims and mineral bearing lands, and every estate, | right and privilege therein; to patent, design, manufacture, equip, aLd 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, Inll ,,v yhctnt manufacture and sale of any product; to | transact and conduct 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 its money and rent it's property; to borrow or hire necessary money mon Y, and other notes and bonds, mortgages and deeds 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 l where.
 | ARTICLEv.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be con. ducted by 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 shall compose such board u Of f directors: F H. I III, O. 1 l. \. 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 (SlOO,OOOOO).
 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.
 The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be, 'snd is hereby made forever exempt from all liabilities for it's debts and obligations.
 All capital stock of this corporation shall be, and is hereby made forever nOn-assessable by this corporation for any purpose ARTICLE
 The articles of incorporation may be amend ed in any particular by 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 lished as required by law
 In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals, this 18th day of Oc, ober, 1904.
 F. H. HAMILTON (SEAL)
 G. G. JOHNSON (sEAL)
 T. K. HULME (SEAL)
 VICTOR P. MCDOWELL(sEAL)
 F. H. TRUE (SEAL) State of California, Gee
 County of Los Angeles. sS'
 On this 18th day of October, A. D., 1904, be- fore me, notary public, in and for said county of Los Angeles, state of California residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn. person ally appeared F. H. Hamilton, G. G. Johnson, T. K. Hulme, Victor P. McDowell, and F. H. True. known to me to De the persons whose names are subscribed to the within instrument, and they acknowledged to me that they exc cuted the same for the purposes and consider atiOnS therein expressed