The Arizona sentinel., 1906-07-04
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE Tonopah Mutual Mining Com
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| Know all men by these presents, that we, | the undersigned, William H. Fuller, John | Luckenbach and Clarence T. TOrrey, all Of 1 the County Of Los Angeles, State Of Califor- | na. have tliS day associated ourselves to- ! gether for the purpose of forming q corpora ton under the laws of the Territory of Ari- zona, and hereby adopt the following Ar ticcS Of Incorporation:
 Article I. The name Of this corporation shall be tile ''TonOp1h Mutual Mining Company, and it's principal place of trlnSacting buSi ness shall be Yuma, Yuma County, Terri tory of Arizona, with q branch office at the City Of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County State of California. where meetings of the stock holders and of the Board of Directors may be duly held and the business of the corporation carried on in accordance with l the laws of Arizona with the same effect as if held, done or performed at Yuma, Arizona, and with offices and agencies at Tonopah, Nevada and such other places as may be designated by the Board of Directors of said corporation.
 | Article ?. The nature of the business to be transacted by said corporation is to pur- chase locate, acquire, lease, own, hold, con trol mine. operate or sell, transfer, or dispose l Of mines, mining property. and mining righ Is; 10 purchase, acquire own, hold, lease, con | trol, operate, sell, transfer or dispose of water, water rights, ores, bullion, minerals metals, CT oils; to manufacture build. pur chase, lease or acquire, own, control, operate or sell, mills, mill sites, chlOrination works smelters. and all other mining machinery Or 1 appliances necessary thereto, and gas, eiec- tric lights and power plants, and all patents, 1 ,iyl,f tn a taining; to refine ores; to purchase, to ac- qure, lease, own or sell real and personal property of every kind and descriptions; to manufacture, buy and sell all kinds of mer chandise to borrow money; to issue and sell bonds secured by mortgage on any or all of it's corporate property; to purchase, acquire, own, pTeempt,a and sell it's own stock and bonds and the stock of other corporations, and 10 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 all or any of the busi- ness therein specified.
 Article 3. The amount of the capital stock cf said corporation shall be the sum of Ono Million Five Hundred Thousand q 500,030) Dollars, divided into One Million Five Hun- dred Thousand q ,5G0O0) shares of the par value of One CD Dollar each. One million two hundred and fifty thousand q Q,2j0,000 shares shall be common stock and two hum drod and fifty thousand (2j0,0G1) shares shall be preferred stock. The preferred shall be entitled to cumulative dividends at the rate of six per cent (69S) per annum, payable scmi-annCally, out of the earnings Of the cor pOraiion 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 off. 5Q0.G30 shares, when issued must be fully paid in cash or property upon issuance of same, shall be n0H-assess;- ble for any purpose whatever, and the same shall he issued at such times and upon such conditions as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors and said directors are hereby au- thorzcd to issue any Or al of said stock fully paid and nOn-asscssable, 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 on-asscssable.
 Article l. The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles Of Incorporation for record in the office of the County Recorder of Yuma County, Territory of Arizona, and the period for which it is organized and the ter
 nination thereof shall be twenty-five years after the date ofsaid 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 (25O,O9O) Dollars.
 Article 6. The affairs ofthis corporation shall be conducted and managed by board of five directors, who shall be stock holders in the cor i poration, and in said board shall be 1 vested the corporate power of the corporation. The names of the persons who are appointed to serve as directors for this corporation until the first annual election of officers and directors, and until their successors are duly elected and ! qualified are as follows: William H. Fuller, Director and President; Geo. N. Fuller, Di- rector and Vice-President; John Luckenbach
 Director, Secretary and Treasurer; Clarence l 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 theffrst Tuesday in May each year. at 10 o'clock a. m.
 Article :. The officers of this corporation shall be a President Nicc-President, Secre- | tary and Treasurer and such other officers and agents as the Board of Directors may d>em necessary and may be created from time to time for the proper transaction of it's business; that until the first annual election of officers, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, the following named persons shall constitute tho officers and d- rectors, viz: William IT. Fuller, Director and President; Geo. N. Fuller, Director and
 Vice-President; John Luckenbach, Director, Secretary and Treasurer; Clarence T. Torrey, |; Director and Lynn J. N. Taller, Director.
 Article s. The officers and directors of this ] corporation shall hold office for the term of one year from their election, and until their 1 successors are duly elected, unless a director shall cease to be a stoclholder, in which case his office shall be declared vacant. and such
 vacancy filled for the unexpired term by the
 remaining members of the Board of Direct
 DTS. and which Board of Directors shall have
 the power to fill said vacancy, or any other
 vacancy, in the Bonrd of Directors of said corporations
 Article Q. The private property of the ! stockholders of this corporation shall be eX- emptfrom all corporate debts and liabilities
 of every kind, and the stockholders of this
 corporation are hereby exempted from all li-