Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1906-08-04
Articles of Incorporation Of the
FRANCONIA MINING & DEVELOPMENT CON-
PANY.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS :

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That We the undersigned. have this day as
sOciated ourselves together for .he purpose Of
forming corporation under the laws of the
Territory of Arizona, and for that purpose we
adopt the following charter
The name OF this corporation shall be the
FRANCoNIA MINING DEVELOPMENT COM
PANY.
This Company shall keep an office at Fran
coma, Arizona. aud may keep other principal
offices aud places OF business nj the City OF Los
Angeles. state OF California, at which place or
places all incorporates, stockholders and di'
rectors' MEETINGS may be held and all corporate
business may be transacted.
The amount Of the capital stock OF this cor
pOration shall be Five Hundred Thousand
| (S5UO,OUU) dollars, divided into five hundred
thousand (5UU,UCO) shares OF the par value OF
One (Sl.OO) Dollar each, aud said capital STOCK
shall be paid up at the date Of issuance, or at
| such time as the board OF directors may desig-
| nate, in money. property, labor, or any other
valuable right or thing, and the Judgment OF
the board OF directors or managing officers as
to the value thereof shall be conclusive.
ARTICLEIv
The general nature OF the business in which
! this corporation shall engage is as follows, TO
wit:
"a To engage in aud carry on the business
of mining, developing aud the taking QUITO ore,
| doing assessment work, erecting Smelters
stamp mills, and any and all other KINDS OF
machinery or devices for the treating or hand
ling ore of any kind or nature, TO erect any and
| all kinds of mills aud renneries for the pur-
pose of treating and handling ore. and to main
\ tain and operate pumping plants, water lines,
\ water rights and concessions and leases Tor
such pumping plants, water rights
\ and also bitches and tramways for the purpose
| OF carrying water 10 or from this company ;
| property or any property. to own, buy, lease or
deal in mines, location Of claims of every kind
/ and nature.
/ of maintaining and conducting warehouses;
/ stOrehOuSeS, restaurants, lodging houses ana
| eating houses.
I ~ 10 engage in and carry on the business
/ Of smelling, dealing in and handling OF ores ana
/ minerals OF every kind aud nature.
| CD To engage in and carry on the business
| of exploring for and developing mines and mln-
| erals of every kind and producing mining mill
4 ing and treating the same to produce. treat
| and disJil oils. petroleum. asphaltum, mineral
| gas, and all kindred hydrO-carbon pi oducts ana
| of other products manufactured from any such
1 SubstanceS:tO acquire, construct, OWh-nolu' OPP
| erate manage, lease, sell, mortgage and convey.
1 and otherwise dispose Of SmelterS, rennerles,
| pipe lines tanks tank cars. storage accommo-
cations warehouses machinery; drllllng ~ rIgs,
( pumping plants and mining machinery OF every
/ kind and nature and Mt ceSSary appliances con,
nected Herewith, together with works and
4 property Of any and all mines.
| 90 TO acquire. hold, pledge, hypothecate, or
1 otherwise dispose of the shares OF capital STOCK
! OF other corporations, also bonds. debenture
| bills, prOmiSSUry notes, mortgages and pledges
and generally to do each ana every tnlhg tnat
natural person can do or may do under the laws
| of the United States, or the laws OF the Terri
| ~ Of Arizona
| This corporation is formed TO undure for
| twenty-fi years after its articles are duly ex
ecuted. but its charter rights may be renewed
before its charter eXpireS) from time TO time
for periods not exceeding twenty five years at q
time, perpetually.
4 hold IA
| this corporation snail be and is hereby made
forever exempt from any and all liability fol
its debts or obligations. and the incorporation
is not TO be subjected to any Indebtedness IL
| excess Of One Dollar Isl CO).
| ARTICLE VII
| The capital stock of this corporation shall bt
and is hereby made forever non-assessiole oN
this corporation for any purpose.
| In witness whereof we have hereunto set oul
hands and seals this the 9TH day Of June. A D..
1905
o. F. GOODRICH SEAL
F. BOWLES SEAL
| W A STEWART SEAL
| NJ LANDSBERG SEAL
State OF California,
County OF Los AngeleS.-SS.
Before me. Z. wiSeman. a Notary Public
in and for said county and State, on this day
| personally appeared Geo, JudOn, o. +. Good
I rich. A. Buwles. W. A. stewart ana N
| Landsb berg, known to me to be the persons VINO
subscribed to the foregoing instrument a11
acknowledged to me that they executed The
same for the purposes and consideration there
in expressed.
Given under my hand and seal of ONCE thi:
| the 9TH day Of June, A. D., 1906
| (NOtarial Sea) j. L. WlSEMAN,
| Notary Public in and for the Count, state o.
| California.
Ny commission expires on the nth day o
| May, 1909.
Filed and recorded at request OF Geo. Judon
| June 18th, A ID. 1865 10 minutes past cloci
| a. m. in book pages 374 1885 OF lncorpora
tion Records of MOhave County, Arizona Terri
tory. THOMAS MCNEEI1.
SEAL County Recorder.
First insertion July y. 1906 Last Sept l.