Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1904-01-23
Certificate of Amendment
Articles of Incorporation
The SOrpresa Gold Mining and
Milling Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That
We Charles ID. Gurley, President and Milford
Steele. Secretary Of the Sorpresa Gold Mining
and Milling Company. corporation duly or
ganized under and by virtue Of the laws Of the
Territory Of Arizona in that case made and
provided, do hereby make this our certificate
in triplicate and in accordance with the said
laws of the Territory Of Arizona, we make the
following statements:
FIRST: That the holders of the entire CAPT
tai stock of the SOrpresa Gold Mining and Mill.
ing company, subscribed, issued and credited
to the holders thereof and outstanding, as
shown by the books OF the corporation, did. on
the 18th day Of November, A D., 1903, hold a
Stockholder'S meeting at the ONCE OF the Com
pany at Boston. Commonwealth of Massachu-
sets. all of the stock being represented and
present, either in person or by proxy, and each
and all of said stockholders waving all notices
of such meeting, written or printed. and all ad-
vertisementS Of such meeting, fully consented
to the action of such meeting whatever the
same might be for the purpose of amending the
Articles Of Incorporation, fixing the amount
and par value of the capital stock Of said cor
pOration.
Mr.. Charles D. Gurley. President, was called
20 the chair, and Mr.. Milford Steele, the Sec
rotary, acted as such Secretary.
Mr. Courtney Baylor introduced the follow
ing resolution, viz:
of Incorporation Of the SOrpresa Gold Mining
and Milling Company be amended so as to read
as follows, viz:
ARTICLE ".
The amount Of the capital stock of this cor
poration shall be One Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars (Sl.5OO,OOO), divided int One
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Q5OOOO shares,
Of the par value of Ten Dollars (S10) each. Said
capital stock shall be paid in the corporation,
either in cash or by the sale and transfer TO it
of any mine or mining property, lands, patents.
or the stock Of other companies. for the uses
and purposes of the corporation >in payment
therefor and the shares of the capital stock OF
this corporation m ~ be issued in payment of
such property, money or stock of other corpor-
ations and become thereby fully paid up and
worcestershire, and the judgment of the direc-
and paid for in stock shall be conclusive. In
case the said capital stock shall be paid for in
cash the same shall be done or before the
LIST day of July, 1904; and if the same shall be
paid for by the purchase and transfer OF min
ing property, such purchases and transfers
shall be made to the said corporation on or be-
fore the first day Of March, 1904.
A stock vote having been taken it appeared
that the entire stock Of the corporation voted
in the affirmative for the adoption of the resO-
luton. The President declared the resolution
carried unanimously
SECOND: The President and Secretary of
said corporation were, at said special meeting,
duly authorized and directed to make. verify
and file such certificate as might be necessary
or required by law TO carry into effect the
change adopted by the corporation by amend
ment to its Articles OF Incorporation.
In Witness Whereof, we, the President and
Secretary of the said corporation have here
unto set our hands and seals, this 18th day Of
November. A. D., 1903, and have caused the
seal Of our said corporation TO be affixed here
Seal unto.
CHARLES D. GURLEY, (SeaD