Mohave County miner., 1906-01-27
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF The Mocking Bird Mining Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT: That we the undersigned Ross H. Bakely, J. D. Jor- da , and Charles Metcalfe, all of the County Of Mohave. Territory oi Arizona have thls day voluntarily associated ourselves together Tor the purpose of forming corporation under the provisions of Chapter Two, Title XIII, Of the Revised statutes of 1901, of the Territory Of Arizona, and all amendments thereto to trans act the business hereinafter mentioned aud de- scribed. and we do hereby adopt. publish and declare the following to be the Articles Of h. corporation of such Corporation, to-wit;
 ARTICLE l.
 The name of this Corporation shall be THE MOCKING BIRD MINING COMPANY.
 ARTICLE II.
 The principal place of business of said Cor. poration within the Territory of Arizona shall be the town of kingman, in said County or Mohave. and the principal place Of business outside of the said Territory of Arizona shall be at the City of Camden in the State of New Jersey, where meetings of the Stockholders and of the Board of Directors may be held; branch offices may be established at other places within the United States, or in foreign countries, shall be designated by the Board of Directors or as the interests of the Corpora ton shall hereafter demand
 ARTICLE III.
 The general nature of the business for which this Corporation is formed and by it to be con- ducted, is as follows, to wit:
 (a) To purchase, lease. bond, locate and oth- erwise acquire mir eral claims, mineral lands mines. mill-sites and real estate in the Terri tory of Arizona, or in any other state or Ierrl tory of the United States of Amt rlca. and to pay for the same in money, or Tn fully pald up shares of the Corporation. or ',therwiSe; ana To sell. lease, bond. or otherwise dispose of the same or any Of them;
 other property of this corporation, or of other companies or parties;
 (c) 10 own, operate and control reduction works and retineries, smelterS, mills, Or other methods for the reduction. treating and hand ling of ores and mineral products, and to buy, sell, dispose of and deal in ores. metals and mineral products and substances, either in manufactured state nr otherwise;
 (d) To carry on the business of inn keepers boarding houses. machine works and power plants. general merchandise and asSaylng;
 tel To construct. maintain. control and operate trails roadways. tramways, railroads bridges, reservoirs, water courses. aqueducts pipe lines, power lines, electrical works. tele- graph and telephone lines and warehouses, or any and all works and conveniences directly or iniire sIl con luciye to any of the objects or the Corporation or otherwise;
 CD To acquire. manage, operate and farm agrlcultural lands. canals. and lrrigating ditches. and to deal in the products Of the same and any and all other personal property;
 (g) To locate, purchase or otherwise acquire lands and lay out townsiJes. aud to build. buy. sell, rent. lease, own, operate. control and man age property in any town or city;
 (hl To lend and borrow money. to buy. sell. acquire and dispose of and deal in corporate stock and securet!es, or negotiable paper; IL 10 DUrrOW or raise money TOT any puE pose Of the company and to secure payment Of the same, with interest. or for any other pur- pOSr of the Company. to make, execute and de liver trust deeds and mortgages or to charge by undertaking all or any part of the property of the company or its uncailed capital stock. and to e cate. issue. make draw. accept and negotiate perpetual or redeemable debenture or debentureS. stocks promissory notes, bills of exchange. bills of lading, warrants, oblga' tions and other negotiable and transferable in struments;
 ay,, .,,,l oil aR Aff, CT and further acts and things necessary and proper to be done and performed or as may be incidental or conducive to the attainment Of the above specified objects, or any of them.
 ARTICLE ".
 The Capital stock of this Corporation shall be One Million Dollars. (Sl OOO,OOO) divided into One Million O,OOO,OOO) shares, of the par value of One Dollar, (Sl.OO) each said stock shall be fully paid up and forever non aSsessa6le' and shall be paid into the Treasury hereof forth with upon the completion of the organization Of said Corporation. or at the first meeting of the Board of Directors.
 ARTICLE V.
 The time of the commencement of this Cor poration shall be the third Tuescay in the month of January, l9U6, to-wit: January 10th 1906 and the term of its existence shall be Twenty five years thereafter, terminating or the Third tuesday in the month of January 1851; provided, however, that the said Corpora tiUn may be continued in existence for like period of twenty five years, and may be re 
 vided by the laws of the said Territory of Ari zona.
 ARTICLE VI
 The business of the Corporation shall be con ducted and controlled and its affairs conducted by Board of Directors to be elected annually the annual election of such Board of Director shall be held on the Third Tuesday in January in each and every year; the first Board of Di rectors shall be composed of Three members und may be increased to Seven members at tht first regular meeting of said Board which shal be held at kingman, MOhave County, Arizona on Tuesday, January 10th, 1906, or as sOoI thereafter as the organization of the said Cor pOratiOn shall be perfected; The names, plac, Of residence and respective official positions O those who shall constitute the said first BoarC of Directors, are as follows to-wit:
 Ross H. Blakely, of Kingman, Arizona. Pres ident.
 Charles Metcalfe, of Kingman, Arizona, Sec retary.
 J. D. Jordan, of Kingman, Arizona Treasurer The business to be transacted at said frs meeting so to be held by the above named Board of Directors shall be the election of tn, seven members who shall constitute the BoarI of Directors and who shall be elected for thu term of one year. or until the next regular an nual meeting succeeding the date of their cleo tion; and said first meeting shall have tht power to transact such other business as ma, be necessary for the purpose of perfecting thu organization of the said Corporation; set O Bylaws may be adopted at said first meeting or at any suqSequent meeting of the Board O Directors, which said Bylaws shall preScrib the duties ana powers of such Board. the man ner. times and places of all special elections O meetings, and shall specify and set forth tn rules and regulations for the management am control of the affairs of the corporation.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness and lis bility to which this Cor poration shall at an time subject itself is limited to the sum of On Thousand Dollars, (Si ,OOO). The private proT erty of its officers and shareholders shall b and is exempt from liability for any corporat debts of whatsoever nature or character.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 These Articles Of Incorporation may be d tered. amended or corrected by a majority vot of the Board of Directors at its first regula meeting, and thereafter in accordance with tn