The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1905-10-25
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
Golden Terra Nevada Mining
Company.

I'm Ot'A- y
Know all a2eu by these presents. that we. the
undersigned D. Il. Jackson c. s. Young and
d. r Dirlam, all of the County of Los Angeles,
State OF California, have this day associated
ourselves together FOR the purpose OF forming a
corporation under the laws of the Territory Of
Arizona and hereby adopt the following Ar
ticles OF Incorporation.
Article l. The name OF this corporation shall
be the Golden Terra Nevada Mining Com
pany'' and it's principal place Of transacting
business shall be Yuma, Yuma County, Ter
ritory of Arizona with branch office at the
City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, State
OF California, where meetings OF the stock
holders and Of the board Of directors may be
duly held and the business Of the corporation
carried on in accordance with the laws OF Ari-
zona with the same effect as If held, done or
performed at Yuma. Arizona, and with offices
and agencies at such other places as may be
designated by the board OF directors OF said
corporation.
Article 2 The nature of the business to be
TRANSACTED by said corporation is to purchase,
locate acquire lease. own, hold. control. mine.
operate or sell. transfer, or dispose Of, mines,
mining property and mining rights; to pur-
| chase acquire own, hold lease, control, operate,
sell transfer or dispose of, water, water rights,
| ores bullion, minerals, metals or oils; to man
ufacture, build. purchase, lease, acquire, own,
control operate SELL mills, mill sites, chlorin-
alton works, smelters, and all other mining
machinery or appliances necessary thereto, and
gas, electric light and power plants and all
patents, patent rights and licenses thereunto
appertaining; to refine ores to purchase, ac-
ouire lease own or sell real and personal pro-
perry OF every kind and description; to manu-
| facture buy and sell all kinds of merchandise;
| to borrow money; to issue and sell bonds
secured by mortgage, on any or all OF its cor,
porate property; to purchase, acquire. own,
| pre-empt and sell its own stock and bonds and
| the stock Of other corporations, and to do and
! perform all things necessary to transact the
| affairs ana business Of the corporation, within
and without the Territory of Arizona, requisite
1 and proper for the purpose OF carrying out all
| or any of the business herein specified.
| Article g. The amount of the capital stock
shall be the sum of One Million q .000O00O Dol
lars divided into one million Il 0.OOO shares OF
the par value OF Zone Q) Dollar each, which
capital stock, when issued, must be fully
paid in cash or property upon issuance of same.
| and shall forever be worcestershire for any pur-
| pose whatever and the same shall be issued
at such times, and upon such conditions as may
be prescribed by the board of directors, and
said directors are hereby authorized to issue
any or all Of said stock ully paid and non
assessable on condition of the transfer to this
corporation Of property or rights in property OF
any description which said corporation is here
by authorized to acquire, own and deal in, and
each certificate of stock shall state upon its
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and that the same is forever worcestershire.
Article f. The time Of the commencement OF
said corporation shall be the date of the filling
OF these Articles of Incorporation for record in
the office Of the County Recorder OF Yuma
County, Territory OF Arizona. and the period
| for which it is organized and the termination
thereof shall be twenty-five years after the date
of said filing, unless the same be renewed pur-
suant to the laws of Arizona before termination
| thereof
Article s. The highest amount OF indebted
ness or liability to which this corporation shall
at any time subject itself shall be the sum OF
One Hundred Thousand Dollars.
| Article O. The affairs Of this corporation
| shall be conducted and managed by board OF
| i've directors, who shall be stockholders In the
| corporation and In said board shall be vested
the corporate power Of the corporation. The
| names OF the persons who are appointed to
serve as directors for this corporation until the
first annual election of officers and directors,
4 and until their successors are duly elected and
qualified are as follows: d. H. Jackson, j. F.
/ Dirlam, G, F. Young, Carl Andersen and
George H. Fruhling. The directors of this
| corporation shall hereafter be elected By the
stockholders ct their annual meeting. which
shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first
Wednesday in June each year.
Article T. The officers Of this corporation
| shall be President, Vice-President Secretary
and such other officers and agents as the board
Of directors may deem necessary and may be
created from time to time for the proper trans.
action Of its business; that until the first an
nual election Of officers, and until their sue
cessors are duly elected and qualified, the fol
lowing named persons shall constitute the off,
GERS and directors viz: D. H. Jackson. Direct
or and President; j. F. Dirlam, Director and
Vice-President; George H Fruhling, Director
and Secretary; and Carl Andersen. Director;
| and C. F. Young, Director.
| Article 8. The officers and directors Of this
corporation shall hold Office for the term Of one
year from their election, and until their success
sors are elected, unless director Shall cease to
be u stockholder, in which case his ONCE shall
be declared vacant, and such vacancy filled for
the unexpired term by the remaining members
Of the board OF directors, and which board OF
directors shall have the power to fill said va
cancy or any other vacancy. In the board OF di
rectors of said corporation
Article 9. The private property Of the stock
holders of this corporation shall be exempt
from all corporate debts and liabilities of every
kind and the stockholders of this corporation
are hereby exempted from all liability for any
of the debts or liabilities of this corporation
Article TO- The capital stock Of this corpora
ton shall be forever worcestershire, and each
certificate thereof shall state upon its face the
number of shares represented thereby, and that
the same is fully paid up and forever non assess
able.
Article II.
The board OF directors shall have the power
to borrow money for any purpose for the corpo
ration, and power 10 execute corporate notes oil
coupon bonds Of the corporation therefor; and
to secure the payment OF the same by mortgage
on the property of the corporation, or in any
other manner designated by law Or by the by
laws of the corporation; and to do and perform
all acts necessary in managing and carrying out
the affairs ana business of the corporation.
Article II. The board of directors of the cor
poration shall have the power to pass bylaws
|, and to make amendments thereto, and the said
corporation shall have the power to increase OF
diminish its capital stock by majority vote OF
the stockholders represented at any regula:
stockholders meeting, or any special meeting
OF the stockholders called for that purpose, ant
by the fling of the certificate thereof, and by
II publishing the So nc in the same manner as is