The Arizona sentinel., 1906-03-07
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE Metals Prospecting and Mining Company.


 Know all men by these presents, That we, whose names are hereunto affixed do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona and we do hereby for such purpose declare and adopt the following arti- cles of incorporation:
 The names of the incorpOrators are V c. Benjamin. J. w. Darlington and George H. Bailey.
 The name of this corporation shall be The Metals Prospecting and Mining Company.
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 The principal place of business shall be at Yuma. in Yuma county, Territory of Arizona, with branch office at Los Angeles, in the state of California, and such other place or places the Board of Directors may deem advisable, where meetings of the Board of Directors may be held, and any other business of the corpora tion consistent with the laws of the Territory of Arizona be transacted.
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 The general nature of the business of this corporation to be transacted is to locate lease, bond, purchase, or otherwise acquire, own, hold exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of pledge. mortgage and hypothecate mines and mining claims, and operate, develop and work | the same: to acquire, own. hold exchange, sell, or otherwise dispose of. pledge, mortgage, hy- potheeate real CsGate. and to improve the same; to acquire, own, hold, exchange. sell or other wise dispose of, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate all kinds of personal property; to acquire, own. 1 erect and operate power plants of all deScrip- tiols: to purchase. build own, lease. mortgage and bond pipelines and reservoirs; to con- struct, own, lease, bond, mortgage, buy and op- crate mills smelterS, cyanide plants, and sam bling works, and to build own, buy and operate tramways and railroads connecting it's mills, snelters works and mines with some navigable stream, body of water, or existing railroad to do general merchandising business in all it's branches; to acquire, own, lease, bond. sell, handle and control letters patent and inven- tions, and shares of stocks and bonds in and of other corporations; to borrow money and exc cute notes, bonds, mortgages and deeds of trust to secure the same. And to exercise in respect | to all such bonds mortgages, notes, shares of stock and other securities and obligations, any and all rights, powers and privileges of individ- ual owners thereof, including the right to vote upon any shares of stock held by it, to the same extent that natural person might or could do; and to do any and all other business necessary to the proper conduct of the affairs of the cor poratlon not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona | V.
 The capital stock of this corporation shall be three million dollars divided into three million shares of the par value of one dollar each Said capital stock shall be paid for in full as issued and shall be non-assessabie. VI
 The time the commencement of this corpo- ration shall be the day of filing these articles according to law and the termination shall be twenty-five years thereafter. | VII
 The affairs of this corporation shall be con- ducted by Board os seven Directors who shall be stockholders in the corporation. The off, cers of the corporation shall be a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and such other officers as the Board of Directors may deem necessary, and the following named per sons shall constitute the Board of Directors un- til their successors, duly elected and qualified, shall take their places, to-wit: J. w Dorrfng- ton, George H. Bailey, " c. Benjamin, c. l.. Brown Henry M Gandolfo, w. s. Jones. ana Thomas Childs. The Board of Directors shall elect annually the president, vice president sec retary and treasurer, and the president and vice president shall be stockholders in the cor poration The Board of Directors shall be elected annually at stockholders meeting held on the second Wednesday in October.
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 The highest amount of indebtedness or liabil- ity direct or contingent. to which the corpora ton is at any time subject shall not exceed one dOllo
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 The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from all cor porate debts
 In witness whereof the said parties have here unto set their hands this sth day of February, A. D. 1906. V. c. Benjamin.
 George H. Bailey.
 J. w. Darlington. TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, lss | County of Yuma
 On this Sth day of February. A. D. 1906 be- fore me L.Brown. a notary public in and for the county of Yuma, Territory of Arizona personally appeared V C. Benjamin, J. w Darlington and George H. Bailey, personally known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing articles of incorporation, and they each duly acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the uses and purposes therein expressed
 In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand
 and affixed my notarial seal at Yuma. rc,,, in Yuma County, Arizona Territory,
 the day and year in this certificate first
 above written
 c. l.. Brown,
 Notary Public in and for Yuma
 County, Arizona Territory. My notarial commission will expire Novem-