Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1906-09-15
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
St. Louis Consolidated Mining and
Milling Company.
Know ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS :

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we, the persons hereinafter named as
incOrporators. have associated, and do hereby
associate ourselves together for the purpose OF
forming a corporation under the laws Of the
Territory OF Arizona, and We hereby agree,
certify and declare as follows:
Fl st: That the names of the incorporators
are: Archibald Douglass, q. +. DERRICK, r W.
Steddom, Il. X. GARNER and Donald Barker;
Second: That the uame of the corporation
shall be
ST. LOUIS CONSOLIDATED MINING AND MILLING
COMPANl.
Third: That the principal place Of business
within the Territory of Arizona in which the
business of said corporation Is TO be transacted
is kingman, in the County of Mohave, Terri
tory OF Arizona, and the principal place out
side Of said territory Is Los AngeteS. in the
county of Los Angeles, state OF California,
where meetings Of stockholders and directors
may be held;
Fourth That the general nature Of the bust
ness proposed to be transacted by SAID corpor-
alton is as follows:
To acquire by purchase, lease, location or
entry under the laws of the IN. ted States or
of the territory Of Arizona or Of any other
state or territory or IOrtlgn 'uutry, mines,
minerals. mining claims, mining property, tim
Der or other lands, water rights and privileges,
and TO hold, work, develop, improve and OPP
crate the same. and 10 develop and distribute
water t. construct, purchase, lease or other
W sc acquire, and t. Cwn, hold and operate
mills and smelters for the reduction or treat
N ell OF ores, pl1ulS lOT utNtl-
Uping aud distributing electrical energy or
power;
10 make locations of or to acquire by pur
/ chase or otherwise mining claims situated
upon public lands for the production Of gold,
silver, copper other minerals. oil, gas, coal.
petroleum, asbestos, salt or any other mineral
/ substance;
To ehgase in a general manufacturing bust
ness; to deal in general me- rchandiSe. including
machinery Of all kinds: to apply 10 the govern
ment OF the United States aud TO other gov
I &c. aeea ffF.a n
to own. hold ana deal in patents, patent rights,
patented appliances and Inventions Of all
kinds: to borrow and lend money for hire; TO
execute notes, bonds, mortgages or deeds Of
! trust to secure loans; to exchange any Of the
/ property or the capital stock or bonds OF this
corporation for the capital strck or bonds or
any part thereof OF other corporations;
To operate stage and other transportation
lines; to deal in stocks and bonds and other
securities; TO acquire franchises for the opera
tion of public utilities; t. construct or other
wise acquire roads, fumes, aqueducts and
bitches;
I And to do any other act or thing incidental
to or proper or expedient to be done in connec
ton with Ur auxiliary ~ t..v business aforesaid
I to the same extent as and With all the powers
Uf an individual;
Fourth: The authorized amount Of capital
stock shall be SIX hundred thousand dollars,
(S6OOOOO.OUJ, divided into sixty thousand snares
OF the par value of ten dollars each. At such
time as the board Of directors may by resOlu-
tion direct said capital stock shall be paid in,
either IN cash OF Dy Tue Sdlt ITduSltT Oh
real or personal property 10 the said corpora
tion for it, uses and purposes, in payment for
which capital stock may be issued aud the
stock so issued shall thereupCn and thereby
become and be fully paid up and non-assess
| able. and the judgment Of the directors as TO
the value Of the property purchased shall be
con elusive;
Fifth: The time Of commence rent # This
corporation shall be the LIST day of September
1906, and the termination thereof shall be
twentyh five years thereafter;
4 Cfxfh ba off Of gha11
be conducted by "a board of not N, re than nve
directors. and the following named persons
shall constitute such board, and the officers of
| The corporation until their successors are
elected aud qualified:
G. F. DERRICK. Director and President;
4. K. GARNER, Director and Vice President;
F W. SteddOm, Director and secretary:
Donald Barker. Director and Treasurer;
Archibald Douglass Director.
| Thereafter the board of directors shall be
elected from among the stockholders on the
first Monday in September of each year, com.
mencing in 1917;
| Seventh: The highest amount Of indebted
ness or liability to which this corporation is or
at any time may be subject shall be $4,000.
| Eighth: The private property OF the stock
| holders Of this corporation shall he exempt
| from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever.
In Witness Whereof we have hereunto set
our hands and seals this 10th day of August,
1906 G. F. DIETRICH, (Seal)
| DONALD BARKER, (SeaD
| ARCHIBALD DOUGLASS, (Sea)
Il. k GARNlER, (Seal)
| F. w. STEDDOM, (Seal)
| STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ! &C
County OF Los Angeles. %
Before me, William A. Bowen, a Notary Pub
lie in and for the county and state aforesaid, on
] this 10th day of August. 1906. personally ap-
pear ed Archibald Douglass, G. +. DERRICK +.
| W Steddom, 4. X. GARNER and Donald Barker,
known to me to be the persons whose names
| are subscribed to the foregoing instrument and
| acknowledged to me that they executed the
same for the purposes and consideration there
| in expressed.
Given under my hand and seal OF ofice the
day and year in this certificate first above
| written.
| (SeaD WILLIAM A. BOWEN
| Notary Public in and for the County OF Los
| Angeles. State OF California.
| (My commission expires on the 23d day OF