The Arizona sentinel., 1905-04-12

ARTICLES OF ISCoRFoRkTioN
Orc San Felipe Mines Company.
Know all men by these PRESENTS
That we the undersigned. have associated
! ourselves together for the purpose OF forming 0
corporation under the general laws OF the Ter
ritory OF Arizona and the Amendments thereof
and have adopted for the government Of such
CORPORATIONS the following articles:
| First
The names OF the incorporators are Stephen
w. Dorsey, John w. A on and George Halde
man, all 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 Hermosillo, 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 in Yuma, Arizona, on such day as the
| By Laws of the corporation shall designate, but
the directors may meet at any place in this OF
other countries that they may find convenient
to transact the business OF the corporation.
Third:
| The general nature OF the business OF this cor
poration shall be
omake contracts, to purchase, lease, bona or
otherwise acquire or exchange, sell or otherwise
dispose of, pledge mortgage and deal in all 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 to, or in any way connected with the pro-
duction of ores and the extraction of the values
| therefrom and to work, mine, explore, operate
and develop the same, either in the Territory
Of Arizona, Mexico or elsewhere, To own, buy
and sell capital stock of other corporations and
to exchange the capital stock of this corpora
tion for that OF other corporations, to CONSOLE
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
necessary and to do any and all things that
may be necessary or requisite to conduct gen.
eral mining, merchandising and financial bust
ness as well as to construct and 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 Q,00o,0oo)
shares, of par value Of one dollar (SI.OO 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 ard transfer 10 it OF real or
personal property, including the capital stock
franchises and property Of other corporations,
either domestic or foreign, in paymentfor which
the capital stock of this corporation may be
issued, and the capital stock SO issued shall
thereupon become and be fully paid up and nom
asseSsable, and in the absence OF actual fraud
in 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 fling
OF these articles in the Office OF the county re-
corder in Yuma county, Arizona. and the film G
OF 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: The affairs of this corporation shall
be conducted by board of directors, which
shall be composed Of not less than three nor
more than seven members, to be chosen from
among the stockholders OF the corporation at
the annual stockholders meeting or by the
board of directors, and until their successors
are elected and qualified Stephen w. Dorsey,
John w, \. Of and George c. Hsldeman shall
serve as directors.
Seventh: The highest amount OF liability, d.
rect or contingent to which this corporation is at
any time subject is three hundred thousand
dollars $500, OO0t.
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 1905,
Stephen w. Dorsey,
j. w. A. on,
George C. Haldeman.
State OF California, q.
County Of Los Angeles, 81
Before me. Charles D. KimbaIl, Notary
Public on this day personally appeared Stephen
w. Dorsey, John w. a. on and George c. Hal
den9an, known to me to be the persons whose
names are subscribed to the foregoing inStrE-
nent and acknowledged to me that they exc
cuted the same for the purpose and conSidera-
ton therein expressed.
Given under my hand and seal Of Office this
End day OF March, 100.
Ny commission expires October p 1906
Charles d. Kimball,
ISeaD Notary Public.
Territory of Arizona, go.
County Of Yuma 81
ii. NJ. PolhamuS, CoHnty Recorder in and
for the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona
do hereby certify that the foregoing is g true
full and correct COPY Of Articles of Tncorpora-
ton OF the ORC San Felipe Mines Company. as
filed for record in my office on the Sth day of
March 4. y. 1893, and as appears Of record in
Book. 80. Of Articles of Incorporation page $40,
ct seq. Records of Yuma county, aforesaid.
In witness whereof 1 have hereuuto set my
hand and affixed my seal of office this Sth day
of March, A. d. 1905.
J. NJ. PolhamuS,
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