The Arizona sentinel., 1906-06-20
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE Tonopah Mutual Mining Com
 pany.

the undersigned, William II. Fuller, John Luckenbach and Clarence T. TOrrey, all of the County of Los Angeles, State of Califor- na. have this Gay associated ourselves to- gether for the purpose of forming a corpora ton under the laws of the Territory of Ari- zona, and hereby adopt the following Ar ticleS of Incorporation:
 Article l. The name 6fthis corporation shall be the ''Tonopah Mutual Mining Company" and it's principal place Of transacting busi- ness shall be Yuma, Yuma County, Terri tory of Arizona, with a brl:Ich office at the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, State of California. where meetings of he stockholders and of the Board of Directors may be duly held. and the business of the corporation carried on in accordance With the laws of Arizona with the same effect as il held, done or performed at Yuma, Arizona, and with offices and agencies at ToaOpah Nevada, and such other places as may be designated by the Board of Directors of said corporation.
 Article ?. The nature of the business tC, be transacted by said; corporation is to pur- chase, locate, acquire, lease, own, hold con trol mine. operate or sell, transfer, or dispose of mines, mining property and mining rights; to purchase, acquire, own, hold, lease, con- trol, operate, sell, transfer or dispose of, water, water rights. ores, bullion, minerals, metals, or oils; to manufacture. build, pur- chase lease or acquire, own, control, operate, or sell, mills, mill sites, colonization works snelters. and all other mining machinery or appliances necessary thereto, and gas elec- tric lights and power plants, and all patents, patent rights and licenses thereunto apper- taining; to refine ores; to purchase, to ac- quirc, lease, own or sell real and personal property of every kind and description; to manufacture, buy and sell all kinds of mer chandisc; to borrow money; to issue and sell bonds secured by mortgage on any or all of its corporate property; to purchase, acq uire, own, preempt and sell it's own stock and bonds and the stock of other corporations, and to do and perform all things necessary to transact the affairs and business of the corporation, within and without the Terri tory of Arizona, requisite and proper for the purpose of carrying out'jll or any Of the busi- ness therein specified.
 Article 3. The amount of the capital stock cf said corporation shall be the sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand q ,500O09) Dollars; divided into One Million Five Hun-
 
 value of One CD Dollar each. One million two hundred and fifty thousand O,25O,OOW shares shall be common stock and two hun- dred and fifty thousand (250.G0O shares shall be preferred stock. The preferred shall be entitled to cumulative dividends at the rate of six per cent (6@o) per annum, payable seIni-annualit, cut of the earnings of the cor pOratiOn before any dividend is paid on the common stock. Such preferred stock may be retired by the corporation at any time by the payment Of the holders Of the same the Par value thereof with cumulative dividends. Which capital stock of .5Q0.000 shares when issued, must befully paid in cash or property upon issuance of same, shall be non-;isseSsa ble for any purpose whatever, and the same shali he issued at such times and upon such as may be prescribed by the Board Of Directors and said directors are hereby au- thOriZed to issue any or all of said stock fully paid and non-assessable on condition of the transfer to this corporation of property or rights in property of any description which said corporation is hereby authorized to ac- quire, own and deaf in. and each certificate of stock shall state upon it's face the number of shares represented thereby, and that the same is nOn-aS aSsesSable.
 Article f. The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation for Yuma County, Territory of Arizona, and the period for which it is organized and the ter thereof shall be twenty-five years after the date of said filing, unless the same be renewed pursuant to the laws of Arizona before termination thereof
 Article 5 The highest amount of indebted ness or liability to which this corporation shall at any time subject itself shall be the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand (2j0,G9O Dollars
 Article 6. The affairs ofths corporation shall be conducted and managed by a board of five directors, who shall be stockholders in the cor pOration, and in said board shall be vested the corporate power of the corporation. The names of the persons who are appointed 10 serve as directors for this corporation until the first annual election of officers and directors, and until their successors arc duly elected and qualified are as follows: William II. Fuller, Director and President; Geo. N. Fuller, Di- rector and Vicc-Prcsidcnt; John Luckenbach, Secretary and Treasurer; Clarence T. Torrey, Director and Lynn J. N. Fuller, Director. The directors of this corporation shall hereafter be elected by the stockholders at the annual meeting, which shall be held on the first Tuesday in May each year, at 10 o'clock d.. m.
 Article :. The officers of this corporation shall be a President, Vice-President, Secre- tary and Treasurer and such other officers and agents as the Board of Directors may deem necessary and may be created from time to time for the proper transaction of its business; thnt until the first annual election of officers, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified the following named persons shall constitute the officers and di- rectOrS viz: William H. Fuller, Director and President: Geo. N. Fuller, Director ar q John Luckenbach, Director, Secretary and Treasurer; Clarence T.. Torrey, | Director and Lynn J. N. Fuller Director.
 Article B. The officers and directors of this | shall hold office for the term of one year from their election, and until their successors are duly elected, unless director shall cease to be stockholder in which case vacancy filled for the uneXpired term by the | remaining members Of the Board of Direct 1 DTS. and which Board of Directors shall have | the power to fill said vacancy, or any other | vacancy, in the Board of Directors of said | corporation.
 Article Q. The private property of the | of this corporation shall be ex- empt from all corporate debts and liabilities of every kind, and the stockholders of this corporation are hereby exempted from all li- ability for any of the debts or liabilities of ! this corporation.
 Article To- The capital stock of this borpor- ation shall be non-assessable, and each certi- ficate thereof shall state upon it's face the 1