Mohave County miner., 1906-02-10
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Ora Plata Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That we. whose hands are hereunto affixed do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end make the following statement:
 First. The names of the corporators are. John W. Gerritt. and John Boyle. Jr.. and the name of the corporation shall be ORA PLATA COMPANY. The principal place within the Territory of Arizona in which the businest of said corpoI atiOu is to be transacted is Kiugman. Mohave County. Arizona. and the co poratiOn may establish bra cl of. ces either within or without the Territory of Arizona where meet ings of the Board of Directors may be held.
 Second: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation K as follows. to-wit: To make contracts: to puTt haSe lease. bond, locate otherwise ac- quire. own. exchange, sell or otherwise dispose or. pledge. uItgage. hypothecate and deal in real estate and any and all kinds Of personal property. mines, midiug claims. oil lands. cCal lands. mineral lands. oil gas. coal. shale. as- phaltdm petroleum. asbestos, salt. water anu water rights, mills. smelters. and machinery. and to work. mine. explore. operate and develop the same; and in general to do all things nec- essary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the territory and elsewhere. not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be Five HuudI ed housaud DollaIs ,S5JJ.OOOOO divided into five hundred thousand shares of the par value of One Dollar Sl.JO each At sucs- time as the A said capital stock shall be paid into this cor poratiOn. either in cash or bN sale and transfer 10 it of real or personal property for the uses and purposes Of said corporation. in payment fOi which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued. and the capital stock so issued shall thereupou and thereby become and be fully paid up and non-assess- able. and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment of the Directors as to the whole of the property purchased shall be conclusive.
 Vt... this corporation shall be the date of the filing of certified copy of these Articles of IucoI- poration according to law. and the termin nation thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 Fifth. The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of five directors. but which number may be changed at any regular or reguiaTly called stockholders meeting by a ma jority vote of the stockholders of record. and the following named shall constitute the Board of Directors until their successors are elected: John w. Gerritt. John T. Favorte Geo. W. Mark. Frank NJ. Allen and John Boyle. Jr. Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be elected from among the stOckholi ierS on the first Tuesday in December of each year. The officers of said corporation until their sue cessors are elected shall be: Frank NJ. Allen. President; John w. Gerritt. Vice-Presideut. and John Boyle. Jr., Secretary and Treasurer.
 Sixth: The highest indebtedness or lia iIity. direct or contingent to which this corporation is at any time subject shall be On Hundre Thousand Dollars. SlO0OO' OI which amount does not exceed twO-thirds the amount of the capital stock.
 Seventh: The private property of the stock holders of this corporation sha Ie exempt from corporate debts of any kind Whatsoever.
 In witness We have hereunto set hands and seals this 2 day of December. l9l5.
 JOHN W. GERRITT. tSeall
 JOHN BOYLE, JR., lSeall TERRITORY OF ARIZONA.
 County of MOhave. On this the 2bth day of December, in the year 1908. before me. E. F. Thompson. Notary Pub lie in and for tEe Territory and Iuuty afur,- said, residing therein. duly commissioned and sworn. personally appeared J. W. Gerritt. known tc me to be the person described in. whose name is subscribed to and who execute the annexed instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes and con alterations therein expressed. In witness whereof. I have hereuuto set my hand and affixed my official seal of my office in the Territory and County the day and year last above written.
 [Notarial Seal E.F. THOMPSON,
 N,ttry Public. My Immisson expires July II h, 19JS. STATE OF ,N MISSOURI ss.