Mohave County miner., 1906-03-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Ora Plata Company.

kSow ALL MEN BY THESE PREsENTs:-
 l That We. whose hands are hereunto affixed. do hereby associate ourselves together for the Ih'iose or 0rming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end make the following statement:
 First. The names of the corporators are. John w. Gerritt. and John Boyle, Jr.. and the name of the corporation shall be ORA PLATA COMPANY. The principal place within the Territory of Arizona in.which the busineSt of l said corporation is tO be transacted k h luguan l MOhave County. AriZofIa. and the Go, roratiou may establish bra. ch ofi.ces either within or without the Territory ot Arizona where meet ings of the Board of Directors may be held. | Second: The general nature of the business proposed U be transacted by this corporation K follows. to-wIt: To make contracts. to purchase. lease. bond. locate or otherwise ac- quire. own. exchange sell or otherwise d diSpose | oi. pledge. moItgage, hypothecate and deal m real estate and any and all kinds of personal property. mines. miling claims. oil lands. coal l lands mineral lands. oil. gas coal. shale. as- l phaltdm. petroleum. asbestos, salt. water and | water rights. mills. Smelters. and machinery, ! and to w'rk. mine. explore. operate and develop | the same; and in general to do all things nec- | essary to the proper cOuduct of the business of | Ihls Corporation m the territory and elsewhere. not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory Of Arizona.
 | Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be Five Hundred | Ihuu>Ind Dollars S5OJOOOOOI divided into five hundred thousand shares or the par value of | One Dollar lsl.OO each. At sucl- time the | Buard Ot Directors may by resolution direct. | Said capital stock shall be paid int, this cor | puraiiOu. either in cash or b, sale and transfer | 70 II Of real or personal property for the ! and purposes of said corporation. in payment | io. which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may Ie issued. and the capital stock so isSueI shall thereupOn and the eby become and be fully paid up and nOn-assess- able. and iu the absence of actual fraud in the | transaction the judgment of the DirecIurs as to the whole Of the property purchased shall be conclusive. Fourth. The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing Jf d certified copy of thee Articles of Iuco,- thereof shali b. twenty-five years thereafter.
 Fifth. The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of five directors. but which number may he changed at any regular majority vote of the stockholders of record. and the following named shall constitute the Board of Diret tors until their successors are . ected: John w. GerTitt. John T. FavOrite. Geo. w. Mark. Frank M Allen and John Boyle, Jr. Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be elected frOu among the stockholders ln the first Tuesday iu December of each year. i The officers of said corporation uutI their sue ,eSsors are elected shall be: Frank NJ Allen. President: John w. Gerritt. Vice-PreSi,ient. and John Boyle. Jr.. Secretary and Treasurer Sixth: The highest indebtedness or la ,ility. i ttect or contingent to which this corporation s dt any time subject shasl he ca. HunGIe 1 ghOusIUd Dollars. tSlJO.tO 0J which amount foes not exceed twO-thrds the amount Of the 1 capital stock. seventh: The private property "f tue stock l iOlderS Ot this corporation shaIl be exempt l rom corporate debts of any kind whatsoever. Tn witness we have hereunto set our hands l and seals this ? day O! December. l9J5.
 JOHN ". GERRITT. tSeaIl |
 JOHN BOYLE. JK.. lSeall TEKRIToRY OF ARIzoSA.LSs
 County of Mohave. ISo' On this the 2Otn day of December in the year l EO5. before me. E. r. Thompson. Notary Pub l lie in and for the Territory and .uniy afure- | said, residing theren. duly commissioned and l sworn. personally appeared J. V. Gerritt. | inown tc me to be the person described in. whose name is subscribed to and who eXecutel | the anneNed instrument and acknowledged that ! re executed the same for the purposes and com alterations therein expressed.
 In witness whereof. I have hereuuto set my hand and affixed my official seal of my office n the Territory anI County the day and year last above written.
 GNotarial Seall E.F. THOMPSON.
 My commission expires July .l:h. I9Js.
 STATE OF MISSOURI.
 City of St Louis. lSS' - On this 22ni day of December. in t-e year .9J5 bvfJ.e me, Emily M. Mittendorf. NOt7ry Public in and for the City anI State aiOi C .ail. re-idIng therein. duly commissioned aud sworT. personally appeared John Boyle. IT,, known to me to be the person described in whose name is subscribed to and who executed the annexed instrument and acknowledged to me hat he executed the same for the purpose and considerations therein expressed. In Witness Whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and alike my official seal of my office in St. Louis. Missouri. the day and year last above written.
 EMILY NJ. MITTENDORF.
 lNOtarial Seall Notary Public. | My commission expires March 2+. l9O6.
 Recorded at request of J. W. Gerritt Dec. cbth A. D. 1905. at 40 minutes past Ia o'clock a. m. in book 2 pages 35I-S5S-35D of Incorporation Records of Mohave County. Arizona Territory.
 THOS McNEELY.
 County Recorder
 First insertion February l0. l9J6 Last insertion March lT
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