Mohave County miner., 1906-02-10
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF The Mocking Bird Mining Company.

voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the provisions of Chapter Two, Title KILL 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 In corporation of such Corporation to-wit:
 ARTICLE l.
 The name of this Corporation shall be THE HOOKING BIRD MINING COMPANY.
 ARTICLE IL
 The principal place of business of said Cor pOratiOn within the Territory of Arizona shall be the town of hingman. 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. as shall be designated by the Board of Directors or as the interests of the Corpora tiOn shall hereafter demand.
 ARTICLE H.
 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 an6 oth- erwise acquire mineral claims, mineral lands, mines, mill-Sites and real estate in the Terri tory of Arizona, or in any other State or Terri tory of the United States of America and to pay for the same in money, or Tn fully paid up shares of the Corporation. or Utherw,se; ana 10 sell. lease, bond. or otherwise dispose of the same or any of them;
 (b) To work. explore and operate mines and other property of this corporation, or of other companies or parties;
 (cj To own. operate and control reduction works and rehneries 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 or otherwise;
 (dl To carry on the business of inn n-keepers, bOarQQg lOuSpS machine plants. general merchandise and assaying;
 le) 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 indirectly conducive to any of the objects of the Corporation or otherwise;
 GD To acquire. manage, operate and farm agricultural 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 tOwnslleS. and to build. buy, sell, rent lease, own, operate. control and man age property in any town or city;
 (h) To lend and borrow money. to buy. sell, acquire and dispose Of and deal in corporate stock and secureties, or negotiable paper;
 QJ To borrow or raise money for any pur poses of the company and to secure payment of the same, with interest, or for any other pur pose of the Company. tO make execute ana de liver trust deeds and mortgages. or to charge by undertaking all or any part of the property of the company its uncalled capital stock and to CT cate. issue. make, draw. accept and negotiate perpetual or redeemable debentUre Of exchange bills of ladlug, warrants, Obliga- tions and other negotiable and transferable in- struments;
 G To do and perform any and all such oth- 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 ".
 I'M, be One Million Dollars. (SI OOO,OO0) divided into One Million OOOO, ,OOO) shares, of the par value of One Dollar (Sl.O0 each said stock shall be fully paid up and forever non aSsesSable, and shall be pald 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, l9J6 UO-wit: Jaunary 10th. l9O6, and the term of it's existence shall be Twenty-Five years thereafter, terminating on the Third Tuesday in the month of January 1851: provided. however. that the said Corpora tiOn may be continued in existence for a like period of twenty-five years, and may be re newed for such term from time to time, as pro- 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 Directors 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. and may be increased to Seven members at the first regular meeting of said Board which shall be held at kingman, MOhave County, Arizona, on Tuesday, January 10th, 1906, or as soon thereafter as the organization of the said Cor pOration shall be perfected; The names, place of residence and respective official positions of those who shall constitute the said first Board 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 first meeting to be held by the above named Board of Directors shall be the election of the seven members who shall constitute the Board of Directors and who shall be elected for the 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 the power to transact such other business may be necessary for the purpose of perfecting the organization Of the said Corporation: a set of Bylaws may be adopted at said first meeting or at any suqsequent meeting of the Board of Directors, which said Bylaws shall prescribe the duties and powers of such Board, the man. ner. times and places of all special elections or meetings, and shall specify and set forth the rules and regulations for the management and control of the affairs of the corporation.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness and lia- bility to which this Corporation shall at any time subject itself is limited to the sum of One Thousand Dollars, (S1.OOO). The private prop erty of its officers and shareholders shall be and is exempt from liability for any corporate debts of whatsoever nature or character
 ARTICLE VIII.
 These Articles Of Incorporation may be al- tered. amended or corrected by majority vote of the Board of Directors at its first regular meeting, and thereafter in accordance with the provisions of the Bylaws to be adopted and as provided by the laws of the Territory of Arizona.
 In Witness Whereof We have hereunto set our hands and seals at Ringman in the Coun- ty of Mohave, Territory of Arizona this 18th day of January 1906
 ROSS H. BLAKELY, TSeall
 J. D. JORDAN. TSeall
 CHARLES METCAT.FE TSpall