Mohave County miner., 1905-11-04
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Gro Plata Mines Company.
ARTICLES

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PREsENTs:-
 That We. whose hands are hcreuntO affixed, purpose of forming corporation unGer the laws of the Territory of Arizona, aLd to that end make the following statement:
 First: The names of the corpOra,ors are. John w. Gerritt, Edward Wyman and John Boyle, Jr., and the name of the corporation shall be ORC PLATA MINES COMPANY. The principal lace within the Territory Of Ari- Zona in winch the business of said corporation Is to be transacted in Kingman, MObave COun- ", Arizona, and the corporation may establish brauch offices either within or without the Territory of Ariz, na where meetings or the Board oi Directors may be held.
 Second: The general nature of the business proposed 10 be transacted by this corporation Is as iOllOws, tO-wit: 10 make contracts to purchase. lease, bond, locate, or otherwise acquire, own. exchange, sell or otherwise dis pose o1 pledge, mortgage. bypOthecate and deal in real estate and any and all kinds Of e!sonal property, mines, mining claims oil lands. coal lands. mineral lands, oil. gas. coal. shale. asphailum, petroleum, asbestos, salt, waier and water rights, mills, smelters, and machi cry, and to worK. mine, explore, Op- crate and develop the same: and in general to of the business of this corporation in the Ter ritory and elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the erritory of AriZOns.
 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock f this corporation shall be Five Hun. dred Thousand Dollars ($5OO,COO OO) divided into five hundred thousand shares of the par value of One Dollar ($l.OO) each. At such time as the Board Of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corr Ora,iun, either in cash or by sale and transfer 10 1t oi real or personal toperty TOT the uses anC purposes of said corporation, in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued, and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon aud thereby become and be fully aid up and non assessable, and m the absence of actual fraud n ihe transactiOn the judgment of the Direc- tors as 10 the whole of the property purchased shall be conclusive.
 Fourth: The time oi the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of certified copy of these Articles Of Incor- D. ration accordingi 10 law. and the termina- tion thereof shall be twenty five years there. after.
 Fifth: The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of three directors. but which number may be changed at any regu'ar or regularly called stockholders' meet ing by majority vote of the stockholders of record, and the following named shall consti. ute the Boa of Directors until their success. orS are elected: John W. Gerrit, tdward Wyman and John Boyle. Jr. Thereafter the the stockholders on the fr>t Tuesday in De- cember of each year The officers Oi said cor poration until their successors are elected shall be Edward WymaD. President and Treasurer: John w. Gerrtt. Vice President aud John Boyle. Jr., Secretary.
 Sixth: The highest indebtedness or liability. direct or contingent 10 which this corporation is at any lIme subjt ct, shall be. One Hundred Thousand iol!ars, ($l00.C0o0n) which am,uuJ does not exceed two-thlrds the amount of ,he capital stock.
 Seventh The private property of the stock holders Of this tOrpOrstiOn shall be exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever. In witness, we have hereuDtO set .ur hauds and seals this 18th day of August. 1905
 JOHN w GERRITr (SeaD
 EDWARD WlMAN, (SeaD
 JOHN BOYLE. JK. (Seal)