The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1905-04-19
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OLE TIE
Orc San Felipe Mines Company.

Orc San Felipe Mines Company.
Know all men by these PRESENTS
That we the undersigned hare associated
ourselves together for the purpose of forming q
| corporation under the general laws Of the Ter
ritory OF Arizona and the Amendments thereof,
and have adopted fer tie government OF such
| corporations the following articles:
First:
The names OF the incorporators are Stephen
". Dorsey. John ". =. Off and George C Halde-
man, al! citizens OF the United States.
Second:
The name OF said corporation shall be:
THE ORC SAN FELIPE MINES COMPANY
And the principal place Of business SHALL be
in the town Of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona;
with branch Offices in Hermos;llo, Sonora, Mex
leo, Los Angeles, California and such other pla-
ces in this and other countries as the directors
may from time to time designate
The meeting OF the stockholders shall be held
annually ia Yuma Arizona, on snch day IS the
By I:.ws of the corporation shall designate, but
Lie directors may meet at any place i'll this or
other countries that they may find convenient
70 transact the business of the corporation.
Third:
The general nature of the business of this cor
poration shall be
To make contracts, to purchase, lease, bond or
otherwise acquire or exchange sell or otherwise
dispose Of pledge, mortgage and deal in al kinds
OF mines and mining stock. mining
claims, mineral lands, water rights,
pumping plants, furnaces, smelling or
Teaching plants and concentration works.
and own. buy and sell any and all kinds of min
ing machinery or inventions, or patents refer
ring tc, CT in any way connected with the pro
duction Of ores and the extraction Of the values
therefrom. and to work, mine, explore, opera e
and develop the same, either il the Territory
of Arizona, Mexico or elsewhere, TO own, buy
and sell ca ptal stock CT other corporations and
to exchange the capital stock Of this corpora
ton for that Of other corporations, to consol1-
date with other corporations upon such terms
and conditions as the Board Of Directors may
decide To own and operate stores for the sale
Of merchandise of every name and description.
to loan money and borrow upon such security as
the directors may decide; to buy water rights
and water power and utilize the same for the
use Of the corporation, or for sale to others; to
own and operate saw mills, cyanide plants or
such other mechanical appliances as may be
may be necessary or requisite to conduct gen
eral mining merchandising and financial bust
ness as well as to construct aad operate rail
roads to facilitate mining operations and TO
stock and bond the same as the directors may
determine.
Fourth: The amount Of the capital stock Of
this corporation shall be one million 1,o00,GN)
shares of par value of one dollar (sl.0O each.
At such times and upon such conditions as the
board of directors of this corporation shall by
resolution accept or direct, said capital stock
shall be paid into this corporation, either in
cash or by the sale and transfer TO it of real or
personal property, including the capital stock
franchises and property CT other corporations,
either domestic or foreign, in payment for which
the capital stock Of this corporation may be
issued, and the capital stock so issued shall
tiereupon become ard bc fully paid Up and non
asse5Sable, and il the absence OF actual fraud
ia the transaction the Judgment Of the board Of
directors as TO the value OF the property SO pur-
chased shall be conclusive,
Fifth: The time Of the commencement Of
this corporation shall be the date Of the filing
OF these articles in the Office of the county re-
eorder in Yuma county, Arizona. and the filing
of q copy of the same with the auditor OF the
territory Of Arizona, and the termination there
of shall be twenty-five years thereafter, but
the same may be renewed from time to time for
the period Of twenty-five years as provided by
law.
Sixth: FIJe affairs of this corporation shall
be conducted BY board OF directors, which
shall ae composed OF lot less than three nor
more than seven members, to be chosen from
among the stockholders oE the corporation at
the annual stockholders meeting or by the
board of directors, ana until their SUCCESSORS
are elected and qualified Stephen w Dorsey,
john w, A. OF and George C. Haldernan shall
serve as directors.
Seventh: The highest amount OF liability, oil
rect or contingent to which this corporation is at
any time subject is three hundred thousand
dollars $500, OO0).
Eighth: The private property of the stock
holders Of this corporation shall be exempt
from corporate debts.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set
our hands this - day of March, 1908,
Stephen W. Dorsey,
j. w. 4. Of,
George c. Haldenan
State of California. &c
County OF Los Angeles, 49,
Before me. Charles d. kimhan, Notary
Public, on this day personally appeared Stephen
W. Dorsey, John w A. on and George c. Hal
deman, known 10 me to be the persons whose
names are subscribed to the foregoing inStrG-
ment and acknowledged tc me that they exc
cUted the same for the purpose and considera-
ton therein expressed
Given under my hand and seal of Office this
2nG day of March, 1893
My commission expires October p, 1906.
Charles D. kinball,
[Seal) Notary Public.
Territory of Arizona, CO
County of Yuma
I, j. M PolhamuS, County Recorder in and
for the county of Yuma, Territory of Arizona,
do hereby certify that the foregoing is true.
full and correct copy Of Articles of Incorpora-
ton of the ORC San Felipe Mines Company, as
fled for record in my Office on the Sth day OF
March, A d. 1866 and appears of record in
Book of Articles of Incorporation, page SO,
ct seq. Records of Yuma county, aforesaid.
In witness whereof have hareunto set my
band and affixed my seal OF Office this Sth day
Of March Il. d. 1868.
J. NJ PolhamuS.
County Recorder Yuma County,
Arizona Territory,
First pub March ID 1868