The Arizona sentinel., 1906-05-30
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE Tonopah Mutual Mining Com.
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the County of Los Angeles, State of C;tlifor- mia. have this day associated ourselves to- gether for the purtoSc of forming corpora ton under the laws of the Territory of Ari- zona, and hereby adopt the following Ar ticles of Incorporation:
 Article l. The name of this corporation shall be the "Tonopah Mutual Mining Company" and it's principal place Of tranSactins busi- ness shall be Yuma. Yuma County, Terri tory of Arizona, with branch office at the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, State of California. where meetings of the 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 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, 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, orcs bullion, minerals, metals, or oiis to manufacture. build, pur- chase, lease or acquire, own, control, operate or sell. mills, mill sites, chlorination works smetcrs. and all other mining machinery or appliances necessary thereto, and gas cleo tric lights and power plants, and all patents, patent rights and licenses thereunto apper- taining; to refine ores; to purchase, to ac- Quire, lease, own or sell real and personal of ind fC 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 its corporate property; to purchase, acquire, own, preempt Id sell it's own stock and bonds and the stock Of other corporations, and to do and perform all things necessary 10 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 of said corporation shall be the sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Q,500,009) Dollars, divided into One Million Five Hun dred Thousand Q,500000 shares of the par value of One CD Dollar each. One million two hundred and fifty thousand Q.250,00G shares shall be common stock and two hun- dred and fifty thousand (250,C00) shares shall be preferred stock. The preferred shall i be entitled to cumulative dividends at the rate of six per cent (6eo) per annum, payable semi-annually, out 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 pay1aent of the holders of the same the i rar value thereof with cumulative dividends. | Which capital stock of l 50 0O shares, when | issued, must be fully paid in cash or property upon issuance of same, shall be non-assessa- 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- thOriZed to issue any or ali Of said stock fully paid and non-assessablc, 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-assessable.
 1 Article i. 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 imitation 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
 -l,.,I q, sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand l (25OO9O Dollars
 Article t. 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 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 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 a. m.
 Article '. The officers of this corporation shall be a President. Vicc-Presidcnt, 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 it's 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 and Vice Presidents; John Luckenbach Director, Secretary and Treasurer; Clarence T. Torrey, Director and Lynn J. N. Fuller, Director.
 ArticleS The officers and directors of this corporation 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 stock holder, in which case his office shall be declared Tacan and such vacancy filled for the uncXpired term by the remaining members of tho Board of Direct DTS, and which Board of Directors shall have the power to fill said vacancy, or any other vacancy in the Bolrd of Directors of said corporation.
 Article 9. The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be ex- enpt 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 10. The capital stock of this borpor- ation shall be non-assessable, and each certi- fcate thereof shall state upon it's face the